Louis Mahoney

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Louis Mahoney
Born	Louis Felix Danner Mahoney (1938-09-08) 8 September 1938 Gambia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962-present

Louis Mahoney (born 8 September 1938) is a Gambian-born British actor.

Mahoney originally studied to be a doctor but abandoned his ambitions for a medical career to become a drama school student.

He has been seen most frequently on television in series such as: Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Troubleshooters, Menace, Special Branch, Doctor Who (in the stories Frontier in Space, Planet of Evil and "Blink"), Quiller, Fawlty Towers (as Dr Finn in "The Germans", 1975), The Professionals, Miss Marple, Yes, Prime Minister, Bergerac, The Bill, Casualty, Holby City and Sea of Souls.

His film appearances include: The Plague of the Zombies (1966), Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981), White Mischief and Cry Freedom (both 1987).

He has featured in the Channel 4 documentary Random (2011) and in the BBC Three drama Being Human (2012) as Leo, an aged and dying werewolf. He is a long-standing campaigner for racial equality within the acting profession.^[1]

References

↑ Abigail Dunn, "Reflections of a firebrand", Catalyst, 2 March 2007.

External links

Louis Mahoney at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Mahoney, Louis
Alternative names
Short description	British actor
Date of birth	8 September 1938
Place of birth	Gambia
Date of death
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