Larrington Walker
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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 01, 1946
Deathday: September 03, 2017
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Known For
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
1986-08-06
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
Overview: 'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blacks at all. I should've done, but I didn't. They were just there.'
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-06
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Burning an Illusion
1981-11-13
Burning an Illusion
Overview: A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-13
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Thin Air
1988-04-08
Thin Air
Overview: Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption and forced exodus of a local community, the stripping away of local authority powers, left-wing activism, designer drugs, media hacks.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-08
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The Moon Over Soho
1985-08-18
The Moon Over Soho
Overview: A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-18
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Second Coming
2014-09-02
Second Coming
Overview: A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or cursed — with an immaculate conception.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-02
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Fighting Back
1986-08-04
Fighting Back
Overview: A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-04
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Finding Your Feet
2017-12-26
Finding Your Feet
Overview: A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-26
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A Hole in Babylon
1979-11-29
A Hole in Babylon
Overview: Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men find themselves in a situation out of their control.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-29
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Human Traffic
1999-06-04
Human Traffic
Overview: Five twenty-something friends spend a drug-fueled weekend in Cardiff, Wales.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-04
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Afro Punk Girl
2016-09-01
Afro Punk Girl
Overview: A dystopian sci-fi drama set in a near future Britain, where Christmases are hot, nights are filled with violence and the government is replaced by a military leadership enforcing the "Happiness Agenda". Lil, a punk rocker meets Mr Dandy, an alcoholic rebel with an electronic voice box, who teaches her the importance of compassion.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-01
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As You Like It
2010-01-01
As You Like It
Overview: As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise, is reimagined here with darker, more sombre undertones. Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Murder Rap
1980-01-31
Murder Rap
Overview: Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali families.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-31
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Waterloo Sunset
1979-01-23
Waterloo Sunset
Overview: Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed on the surface but at its heart is still the same.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-23
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