Brinsley Forde
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Brinsley Allan Forde (born 16 October 1952, London [1]) is best known as the founding member of the reggae band, Aswad and as a child actor in the children's television series, Here Come the Double Deckers. He also starred as Wesley in the popular British sitcom, Please Sir!, and also in the feature film of the same series in 1971. He also appeared in the James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever, as well as in Georgian House and Goodbye Charlie Brite.
In 1980 he starred in the film Babylon (directed by Franco Rosso), as "Blue" - a disenfranchised black youth who deejayed on a South London reggae soundsystem.
He presented the 6 Music radio shows Lively Up Yourself and Dub Bashment. He is a rastafarian.
[edit] External links
- Brinsley Forde at the Internet Movie Database
- Brinsley Forde's "Dub Bashment" show website on BBC 6 Music
- Brinsley Forde's "Lively Up Yourself" show website on BBC 6 Music
- Forde mini-biography at the IMDb website
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