Actor Earl Cameron poses outside Buckingham Palace with his CBE, presented by the Prince of Wales, London in this file picture taken on May 28, 2009. — Picture by PA Images via Reuters
LONDON, July 4 — Earl Cameron, who broke down racial barriers by becoming one of British film’s first black stars in the 1950s, has died at the age of 102, his family said today, notable for being Britain’s first major film to feature an interracial relationship.and appeared in Sidney Poitier’s 1973 movieWhile Cameron remained relatively unknown outside Britain, his death prompted a string of tributes from actors and politicians.
Cameron, who arrived in Britain in 1939 and started out as a stage actor in London’s West End, said in 2017 that he never saw himself as a pioneer.Cameron’s children said in a statement quoted bythat “as an actor, he refused to take roles that demeaned or stereotyped the character of people of colour”.Dr Who
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