Thomas Baptiste

Acting

Thomas Baptiste

Born March 17, 1929 · Georgetown, British Guiana

Died December 6, 2018 · aged 89

Thomas Baptiste was born on March 17, 1929 in Georgetown, British Guiana. He was an actor, known for The Wild Geese (1978), The Ipcress File (1965) and for playing Coronation Street's first black character. He died on December 6, 2018 in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, England.

Known For

The Ipcress FileThe Ipcress File · 1965
The Ipcress File
★ 6.81965
MovieThriller
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
The Wild GeeseThe Wild Geese · 1978
The Wild Geese
★ 6.81978
MovieActionAdventure
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
The Dogs of WarThe Dogs of War · 1980
The Dogs of War
★ 5.81980
MovieThrillerAction
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
Guns at BatasiGuns at Batasi · 1964
Guns at Batasi
★ 7.01964
MovieDramaWar
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsDr. Terror's House of Horrors · 1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
★ 6.51965
MovieHorror
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
In the Cool of the DayIn the Cool of the Day · 1963
In the Cool of the Day
★ 5.81963
MovieDramaRomance
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
Shaft in AfricaShaft in Africa · 1973
Shaft in Africa
★ 6.11973
MovieAdventureCrime
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Amin: The Rise and FallAmin: The Rise and Fall · 1981
Amin: The Rise and Fall
★ 7.61981
MovieDramaHistory
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.

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Rockliffe's BabiesRockliffe's Babies · 1987
Rockliffe's Babies
★ 5.81987
SeriesCrimeDrama
Rockliffe's Babies is a British television police procedural devised by Richard O'Keefe, and starring Ian Hogg as maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe, who is assigned to train seven young recruits to the CID, all fresh out of uniform. Under his irascible guidance, it is hoped that they will blossom into full-blown detectives. But Rockliffe is human – so human that he makes more mistakes than the 'Babies' he's supposed to be training. A follow-up series, Rockliffe's Folly, follows Rockliffe through his relocation to Wessex, dealing with rural crimes as part of a new team of investigators. The seven episode third series proved to be the last, with many citing a change in the programme's formula for the heavy ratings decline. Many viewers stated that the success of the two Babies series came not from Rockliffe himself, but from the popular ensemble cast.

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