Personal Info
Norman Beaton
Acting
Biography
Norman Beaton was a popular and much loved Guyanese born British actor. He arrived in the UK in 1960 and worked as a calypso singer and musician and a teacher - being the first black teacher employed by the education authority in Liverpool. His heart set on a career in showbusiness, he moved to Bristol and became a presenter on the regional news magazine Points West, before a two week prison sentence curtailed his presenting career. He subsequently found work in London's West End, appearing in The Tempest as Ariel, a role he subsequently cited as the most important in his career. He helped set…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Busker's Odyssey
as Mr. Robertson
Black and White in Colour
as Self
When Love Dies
as Pastor
The Mighty Quinn
as Governor Chalk
Endgame
as Hamm
Airbase
as Voice
Big George Is Dead
as Boogie
Playing Away
as Willie Boy
Mark of the Hand
as Narrator
Rachel and the Roarettes
as Priest
TV Shows
Little Napoleons
as N.K. Edwards · 4 ep.
Desmond's
as Desmond Ambrose · 71 ep.
Dispatches
as Robert Mugabe · 1 ep.
Rockliffe's Babies
as Mal · 1 ep.
Dead Head
as Caractacus · 3 ep.
The Cosby Show
as Carleton · 1 ep.
Hammer House of Horror
as Mr. Ngenko · 1 ep.
Minder
as Billy · 1 ep.
Empire Road
15 ep.
The Fosters
as Samuel Foster · 27 ep.