UK’s ‘first black film star’ Earl Cameron dies at 102

Earl Cameron, one of the first black British actors to forge a successful film and TV career, has died at the age of 102. Described as Britain’s first black film star, Cameron’s career began in 1951 with Pool of London, credited as being the first British film to feature an inter-racial relationship.

Cameron’s later credits included playing Pinder in Bond movie Thunderball, Inception, and Sir Sidney Poitier’s 1973 movie A Warm December.

Actor Paterson Joseph wrote on Twitter: “Giant Man. His generation’s pioneering shoulders are what my generation of actors stand on.”