Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney was born on Septenber 8 1938 and originally came to England to train as a doctor. However he abandoned medicine for the stage,enrolling at acting school in the 1970s. He has also been a tireless campaigner for racial equality in his profession,as a member of the Equity Afro-Asian Committee and as co-creator,with Mike Phillips,of the Black Theatre Workshop. He also helped establish the Equity Performers Against Racism group,developed to circumvent Equity rules preventing political campaigning - in which he was helped by a number of white actors. In addition to appearing with most of the major theatre companies he has notched up numerous television performances in most of the popular dramas ever made,in 2012 playing dying werewolf Roy in 'Being Human'.