Albert Moses
Albert Moses (born 19 December 1937) is a British-based actor born near Kandy, Sri Lanka. He had begun to act by the 1960s in India where he appeared in several films, then produced and directed his first. From India, he moved to Africa where he undertook work on documentaries. From the early 1970s, in Britain, Moses played small parts in several television series before being cast as Ranjeet Singh, a Sikh from Punjab, India, in the ITV sitcom Mind Your Language (1977–79, 1986).
Selected credits
Roles in film, television and theatre include work with Kirk Douglas, Oliver Reed, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Michael Caine, Sir (Thomas) Sean Connery, Charles Dance, OBE, Kenneth Williams, Benny Hill, Pamela Stephenson, and Diana Rigg.
Theatre
Film
Television
Other
- Produced 13 episodes of Mind Your Language;
- Produced and directed Gabriella, a television film produced on location in Malta;
- Hosted, produced and directed a talent contest variety show
- Wrote The Seventh Commandment, a television drama;
- Wrote Side by side, a television comedy;
- Wrote Don't talk to strangers, a television thriller;
- Wrote The Jokers, a television drama;
- Published children's books Tales from India,[2] The hawk and the turtles,[3] and Mustapha Mouse goes to the city;[4]
- Published a book of 87 poems[5]
Current activity
Moses currently works in the following capacities:
- Chairman of the Asian, Caribbean, Oriental and Asian Artistes of EQUITY.
- A governor of a St Albans school.
- On the board of directors for a St Albans theatre company.
- Member of the London regional committee of ITV under the chairmanship of Lord Lipsey.
- Chairman of the St Albans Film Society.
- Trustree and patron of The Ivy Trust, a children's charity.
- Voluntary teacher at local college, teaching English to foreign students. (See the Mind Your Language page for the irony of this!)
- Committee member of local retirement home.
- Volunteer at local hospital.
- Volunteer at a local school, running a film workshop for children.
Moses was recently made a Knight of the Order of St John.
References
- ^ Goodwin, Cliff (2001). Evil Spirits: The Life of Oliver Reed. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0519-3.
- ^ Moses, Albert; Roberts, Pam (1996). Tales from India. Sagittarius Enterprises. ISBN 0-9528630-0-6.
- ^ Moses, Albert; Roberts, Pam (2005). The hawk and the turtles. Sagittarius Enterprises.
- ^ Moses, Albert; Roberts, Pam (2005). Mustapha Mouse goes to the city. Sagittarius Enterprises.
- ^ Moses, Albert (1999). A collection of poems. Sagittarius Enterprises. ISBN 0-9528630-1-4.
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19 December 1937 |
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British Ceylon (present Sri Lanka) |
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