Larrington Walker
Date of birth: 1946-08-01
Place of birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1947, Larrington Walker was a British-based actor best known for his roles in The Chinese Detective and the 1980s children's educational series You and Me. His film credits included Human Traffic, Second Coming and Finding Your Feet. He continued to work right up until his death, appearing in the BBC's Death in Paradise when he died at the age of 70 in Guadeloupe, where the series is filmed. When the episode was broadcast, the production dedicated it to his memory.
Movie Credits
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
1986-08-06
'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blac
Burning an Illusion
1981-11-13
A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demandin
Thin Air
1988-04-08
Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved proper
The Moon Over Soho
1985-08-18
A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his
Second Coming
2014-09-02
A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or cursed —
Fighting Back
1986-08-04
A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make
Finding Your Feet
2017-12-26
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
A Hole in Babylon
1979-11-29
Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbe
Human Traffic
1999-06-04
For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time
Afro Punk Girl
2016-09-01
A dystopian sci-fi drama set in a near future Britain, where Christmases are hot, nights are filled
RSC Live: As You Like It
2010-01-01
As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise, is reimagined here with d
Murder Rap
1980-01-31
Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali fa
Waterloo Sunset
1979-01-23
Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed o