Larrington Walker

Larrington Walker

Birthday: 1946-08-01

Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica

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.

Movies

Drums Along Balmoral Drive
Drums Along Balmoral Drive

'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blac...

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Burning an Illusion
Burning an Illusion

A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demandin...

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Thin Air
Thin Air

Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved proper...

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The Moon Over Soho
The Moon Over Soho

A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his...

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Second Coming
Second Coming

A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or cursed — ...

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Fighting Back
Fighting Back

A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make ...

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Finding Your Feet
Finding Your Feet

A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair....

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A Hole in Babylon
A Hole in Babylon

Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbe...

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Human Traffic
Human Traffic

For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time...

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Afro Punk Girl
Afro Punk Girl

A dystopian sci-fi drama set in a near future Britain, where Christmases are hot, nights are filled ...

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RSC Live: As You Like It
RSC Live: As You Like It

As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise, is reimagined here with d...

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Murder Rap
Murder Rap

Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali fa...

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Waterloo Sunset
Waterloo Sunset

Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed o...

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