Larrington Walker

Born: 1946-08-01

Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1947, Larrington Walker was a British-based actor best known for his roles in The Chinese Detective and the 1980s children's educational series You and Me. His film credits included Human Traffic, Second Coming and Finding Your Feet. He continued to work right up until his death, appearing in the BBC's Death in Paradise when he died at the age of 70 in Guadeloupe, where the series is filmed. When the episode was broadcast, the production dedicated it to his memory.


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as Koop's Father
Released: 1999-06-04

Five twenty-something friends spend a drug-fueled weekend in Cardiff, Wales.

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Finding Your Feet

as Gerald Braithwaite
Released: 2017-12-26

A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.

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Murder Rap

as Ernest
Released: 1980-01-31

Wallie, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse...

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Second Coming

as Vincent, Jax's Dad
Released: 2014-09-02

A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or...

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Waterloo Sunset

as Jeff
Released: 1979-01-23

Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has...

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Thin Air

as Maurice
Released: 1988-04-08

Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved...

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As You Like It

as Adam
Released: 2010-01-01

As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise, is reimagined here...

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Fighting Back

as Gabriel
Released: 1986-08-04

A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to...

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Burning an Illusion

as Tony
Released: 1981-11-13

A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy,...

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Drums Along Balmoral Drive

as TV Newsreader
Released: 1986-08-06

'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about...

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The Moon Over Soho

as Joseph L. Patterson
Released: 1985-08-18

A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also...

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A Hole in Babylon

as Deskman
Released: 1979-11-29

Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the...

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Afro Punk Girl

as Mr. Dandy
Released: 2016-09-01

A dystopian sci-fi drama set in a near future Britain, where Christmases are hot, nights are...

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Death in Paradise

as Samuel Palmer
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Play for Today

as Ernest
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Minder

as Juror
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Peak Practice

as Bus Driver
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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Taboo

as Street Beggar
First aired: 2017-01-07

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen...

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The Professionals

as Geronimo
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Black Earth Rising

as Pastor Thomas
First aired: 2018-09-10

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and...

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The Chinese Detective

as Ezra
First aired: 1981-04-30

Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the...

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Dead Head

as Stoker
First aired: 1986-01-15

London based petty crook, Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the...

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