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((Short description|British actor (1938–2020)))
((more citations needed|date=June 2020))
((Infobox person
| name               = Louis Mahoney
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| birth_name         = Louis Felix Danner Mahoney
| birth_date         = 8 September 1938
| birth_place        = [[Banjul|Bathurst]], [[British Gambia]]
| death_date         = 28 June 2020 (aged 81)
| death_place        = London
| othername          = 
| education = [[Central School of Speech and Drama]]
| occupation         = [[Actor]]
| spouse             = 
| yearsactive        = 1962–2020
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'''Louis Felix Danner Mahoney''' (((IPAc-en|ˈ|l|u:|i:|m|ə|ˈ|h|oʊ|n|i)); 8 September 1938 – 28 June 2020)<ref name="tg jul 2020">((cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jul/09/louis-mahoney-obituary|title=Louis Mahoney obituary|first=Toby|last= Hadoke|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=9 July 2020|access-date=10 July 2020))</ref><ref>((cite web|author=Michael Quinn|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/louis-mahoney|title=Louis Mahoney|work=[[The Stage]]|date=7 July 2020))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53233171|title=Louis Mahoney: Trailblazing actor and activist dies at 81|work=BBC News|date=30 June 2020))</ref> was a Gambian-born [[United Kingdom|British]] actor, based in [[Hampstead]] in [[London]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/louis-mahoney-p44656|title=Louis Mahoney &#124; Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie))</ref> He was an anti-racist activist and long-time campaigner for racial equality within the acting profession.<ref name=Catalyst /> He represented African-Asian members on the council of the actors' union, [[Equity (British trade union)|Equity]], and served as joint Vice-President between 1994 and 1996.<ref name=AAM>((cite web|url=https://www.aamarchives.org/archive/interviews/louis-mahoney.html|title=Louis Mahoney|work=Forward to Freedom: A history of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement 1959–1994|year=2013))</ref>

==Early life==
Mahoney was born in [[Banjul|Bathurst]] (now Banjul), [[the Gambia]] in 1938, the eldest of six children to James Mahoney and Princess (née Danner). Mahoney attended the [[Gambia Senior Secondary School|Methodist Boys' High School]].<ref name="tg jul 2020"/> In 1957, he moved to [[England]] to study medicine at [[University College London]]. He also joined the university's cricket team and played for Essex and Ilford. However, he left to pursue drama at the (now Royal) [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama|Central School of Speech and Drama]] in the 1960s.<ref name=IMDBbio>((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537158/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bth_nm|title=Louis Mahoney Biography|work=IMDb))</ref><ref name=AAM />

==Career==
After graduating, Mahoney worked with Colchester Rep and the Mercury Theatre before joining the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1967 – he was one of the first black actors in the Company.<ref>((cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/louis-mahoney-fawlty-towers-and-doctor-who-actor-dies-aged-81-12018463|title=Louis Mahoney: Fawlty Towers and Doctor Who actor dies aged 81|publisher=Sky News|date=30 June 2020))</ref> He worked regularly on the stage throughout his career including shows at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], [[Young Vic]], [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]], [[Almeida Theatre|Almeida]] and his final stage performances were in [[Alan Bennett]]'s ''Allelujah!'' at the [[Bridge Theatre]] in 2018.
 
He helped found Performers Against Racism in the 1980s to campaign against [[apartheid]] in South Africa and was Joint Vice President of Equity between 1994 and 1996.

He had been seen most frequently on [[television]] in series such as: ''[[Danger Man]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'', ''[[The Troubleshooters]]'', ''[[Menace (TV series)|Menace]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (in the stories ''[[Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[Planet of Evil]]'' and ''[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]''), ''[[Quiller (TV series)|Quiller]]'', ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (as Dr Finn in ''[[The Germans]]'', 1975), ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' (as Dr Henry in the episode [[The Professionals (TV series)#Controversy|"Klansmen"]], never transmitted on terrestrial TV in the UK, and in "Black Out", again as a doctor), ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Miss Marple]]'', ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'', ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'' and ''[[Sea of Souls]]''.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=10916|title=Louis Mahoney|website=www.aveleyman.com))</ref>

His films included ''[[The Plague of the Zombies]]'' (1966), ''[[Omen III: The Final Conflict]]'' (1981), ''[[Rise and Fall of Idi Amin]]'' (1981), ''[[White Mischief (film)|White Mischief]]'' (1987), ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' (1987), ''[[Shooting Fish]]'' (1997), ''[[Wondrous Oblivion]]'' (2003) and ''[[Shooting Dogs]]'' (2005).<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1873623|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425020842/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1873623|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2017|title=Louis Mahoney|website=BFI))</ref>

He featured in the [[Channel 4]] documentary ''Random'' (2011), and in the [[BBC Three]] drama ''[[Being Human (UK TV series)|Being Human]]'' (2012) as [[List of Being Human (British TV series) characters|Leo]], an aged and dying werewolf.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/being-human-series-4-episode-1-the-eve-of-war-review/ |title=Being Human Series 4 Episode 1 'The Eve Of War' review |website=[[SciFiNow]] |author=Jodie Tyley |date=6 February 2012 |accessdate=26 August 2014))</ref>

Mahoney's last TV appearance was in the [[Tracy Beaker]] [[CBBC]] spin-off, ''[[The Dumping Ground]]'', as Henry Lawrence, the grandfather of [[Charlie Morris (The Dumping Ground character)|Charlie Morris]] ([[Emily Burnett]]).

==Campaign work==
Mahoney was a long-standing campaigner for racial equality within the acting profession, as a member of the [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]] Afro-Asian Committee (previously called the Coloured Actors Committee until he renamed it), founding Performers Against Racism to defend Equity policy on South Africa,<ref name=AAM /> and as co-creator, with [[Mike Phillips (writer)|Mike Phillips]] and [[Taiwo Ajai]], of the UK's Black Theatre Workshop in 1976.<ref name=Catalyst>((cite web|author=Abigail Dunn|url=http://www.juliushonnor.com/catalyst/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0r3.RefLocID-0hg01b001006009.Lang-EN.htm|title=Reflections of a firebrand|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903142805/http://www.juliushonnor.com/catalyst/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0r3.RefLocID-0hg01b001006009.Lang-EN.htm|archive-date=3 September 2014|work=Catalyst|date=2 March 2007))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tradingfacesonline.com/narratives-of-slavery-text.asp|title=Historical Notes > 1958 - 1982|website=Trading Faces: Recollecting Slavery))</ref>

==Personal life==
Mahoney was married in 1971 and later divorced, and had daughters.<ref name="cssd 2021"/> For decades a resident in [[Hampstead]],<ref>((cite web|author=Sam Volpe|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/louis-mahoney-pioneering-actor-and-hampstead-icon-dies-at-81-1-6724361|title=Louis Mahoney: 'Real Hampstead character' and much-loved campaigning actor who starred in Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers dies at 81|work=[[Ham & High]]|date=1 July 2020))</ref> Mahoney lived on the corner of Gayton Road and Willow Road, and was a regular in local pubs.<ref name="cnj dec 2020"/> He was athletic and played cricket as a [[fast bowler]], joining the Gentlemen of Hampstead club.<ref name="tg jul 2020"/>

==Death==
In 2016, Mahoney was diagnosed with cancer. He died on 28 June 2020, aged 81.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/louis-mahoney-obituary-hampstead-icon-s-death-marks-end-of-an-era-in-nw3-1-6728925|title=Louis Mahoney obituary: Death of Hampstead icon and passionate antiracist marks 'end of an era' in NW3|author=Sam Volpe|work=Ham & High|date=6 July 2020|access-date=7 July 2020))</ref> His funeral took place at Hampstead Parish, attended by his friends and community.<ref name="cnj dec 2020">((Cite journal|url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/stars-support-tribute-to-tv-pioneer-louis-mahoney|title=Stars support tribute to TV pioneer Louis Mahoney|journal=Camden New Journal|first=Tom|last=Foot|date=1 December 2020|accessdate=19 March 2023))</ref>

==Legacy==
The Louis Mahoney Scholarships at the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] were initiated in his memory to encourage applications from Black and global majority students, beginning from the academic year 2021/22, supporting one undergraduate and one postgraduate candidate in each of the following three years.<ref name="cssd 2021">((cite web|url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/news/central-announces-louis-mahoney-scholarships-support-black-and-global-majority-students|title=Central Announces the Louis Mahoney Scholarships to support Black and Global Majority Students|date=9 February 2021|access-date=12 September 2022))</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1964|| ''[[Guns at Batasi]]'' || Soldier || Uncredited
|-
|1965|| ''[[Curse of Simba]]'' || African expert ||
|-
|1966|| ''[[The Plague of the Zombies]]'' || Coloured Servant ||
|-
|1967|| ''[[Prehistoric Women (1967 film)|Prehistoric Women]]'' || Head Boy ||
|-
|1970|| ''Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition'' || Julius ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1973|| ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'' || Fillet of Soul Patron (New York) || Uncredited
|-
|''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Newscaster || Serial: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'', 2 episodes
|-
|1974|| ''[[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?]]'' || Frank || Episode: "In Harm's Way"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1975||  ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Ponti || Serial: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'', 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' || Doctor Finn ||  Episode: "[[The Germans]]"
|-
| ''The Fight Against Slavery'' || [[Olaudah Equiano]] ||  
|-
|rowspan="2"|1981|| ''[[Omen III: The Final Conflict]]'' || Brother Paulo ||
|-
| ''[[Rise and Fall of Idi Amin]]'' || Freedom fighter Ofumbi ||
|-
|1984|| ''[[Sheena (film)|Sheena]]'' || Elder 1 ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1987|| ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' || Lesotho government official ||
|-
| ''[[White Mischief (film)|White Mischief]]'' || Abdullah ||
|-
|1997|| ''[[Shooting Fish]]'' || Magistrate ||
|-
|2003|| ''[[Wondrous Oblivion]]'' || Mr. Johnson ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2005|| ''[[Shooting Dogs]]'' || Sibomana ||
|-
| ''[[Holby City]]'' || Raymond Opoku || 1 episode
|-
|2007|| ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Old Billy || Episode: "[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]"
|-
|2013|| ''[[Captain Phillips (film)|Captain Phillips]]'' || Maersk Alabama Crew ||
|-
|2016|| ''Holby City'' || Thomas Law || 1 episode
|-
|rowspan="2"|2018|| ''National Theatre Live: Allelujah!'' || Neville ||
|-
| ''[[The Dumping Ground]]'' || Henry Lawrence ||
|}

==Theatre==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Show
! Role
! Theatre
|-
|?|| ''Talking To You'' || Various || Duke of York's Theatre
|-
|?|| ''Cato Street'' || Conspirator || Young Vic
|-
|?|| ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' || Caiaphas || Gaiety Theatre, Dublin 
|-
|?|| Murderous Angels'' || Diallo Diop || Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
|-
|rowspan="2"|1967|| ''Coriolanus'' || Lieutenant to Aufidius || Royal Shakespeare Company
|-
|''Romeo and Juliet'' || Musician || Royal Shakespeare Company
|-
|rowspan="5"|1970|| ''Robinson Crusoe || Friday || Mercury Theatre
|-
|''Night and Day'' || President Mageeba || Watford Palace Theatre

|-
|''Hutch Builder to Her Majesty'' || Various || Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

|-
|''White Devil'' || Antonelli || Oxford Playhouse

|-

|''I am Tomarienka'' || Various || Watermill Theatre

|-
|1990|| ''Desire'' || Kindo || Almeida
|-
|1997|| ''Romeo & Juliet'' || Friar John and Monatague || Royal Shakespeare Company 
|-
|2007||  ''Generations'' || Grandfather || Young Vic
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009|| ''As You Like It'' || Adam and Sir Oliver Martext ||Leicester Curve
|-
| ''The Observer'' || Muturi and Dr Durami || Royal National Theatre
|-
|2010|| ''Love Thy Sinner'' || Paul || Royal National Theatre
|-
|2011||''Truth & Reconciliation'' || Rwandan Grandfather || Royal Court
|-
|2013|| ''Feast'' || Papa Legba || Young Vic and Royal Court
|-
|2018|| ''Allelujah'' || Neville || Bridge Theatre
|}

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