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3Earlston Jewitt "Earl" Cameron, CBE (8 August 1917 – 3 July 2020) was a UsefulNotes/{{Bermud|a}}ian actor who lived and worked in [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} the United Kingdom]].
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5Along with Cy Grant, he was one of the first black actors to break the "colour bar" in British cinema. With his first role in 1951's ''Pool of London'', he also became one of the first black actors to get a starring role in a British film.
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7He passed away a little over one month short of his 103rd birthday on July 3, 2020.
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9!!Notable roles:
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11* ''Film/PoolOfLondon'' (1951) as Johnny Lambert
12* ''Film/{{Sapphire}}'' (1959) as Dr. Robbins
13* ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'':
14** ''Tarzan the Magnificent'' (1960) as Tate
15** ''Tarzan's Three Challenges'' (1963) as Mang
16* ''Film/NoKidding'' (1960) as Margaret and Eileen's Father
17* ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' (1965) as Pinder
18* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (1966, episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]") as William
19* ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'' (1967, episode "The Schizoid Man") as the supervisor
20* ''Film/BattleBeneathTheEarth'' (1967) as Sgt. Seth Hawkins
21* ''Film/MohammadMessengerOfGod'' (1976) as Annajashi
22* ''Film/TheInterpreter'' (2005) as Edmond Zuwanie
23* ''Film/TheQueen'' (2006) as the portrait artist
24* ''Film/{{Inception}}'' (2010) as the old man

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