Allister Bain (born 1 January 1935) is a Grenadian television and film actor and theatre playwright and screenwriter, who moved to the UK in 1958. A veteran of British performing arts, his TV appearances include roles in ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', '' Bugs'', '' Doctor Who'' and '' Waking the Dead''. On the stage Bain has appeared in plays by Derek Walcott,

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, Michael Abbensetts, Noël Coward, and

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, among many others.

Biography

Bain was born in 1935 in the

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and

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of Grenada, located north-west of

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, north-east of

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, and south-west of

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in the Caribbean. In 1958, Allister moved to

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, having taught

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to limbo for the film '' Island in the Sun'' (1957). Sometime before the start of his career, Bain was in charge of his own dance troupe, the Bee Wee Ballet of Grenada, whose performances were some of the first that contributed to the birth of what became the Notting Hill Carnival."Left Of Karl Marx by Dr. Carole Boyce-Davies".
/ref> Bain has written a number of plays during his career. His first, ''2001 People'', was written in 2001. His play ''Effie May'' debuted in 2005 when Bain was 70 years old, ''Catalysta'' in 2008, and ''Pardon My Simplicity'' in January 2012 ( Rosemary Branch Theatre). He is also the author of ''One Slice of History'' (Good Vibes Records & Music Ltd, December 2012).Good Vibes Records & Music Ltd.
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Filmography

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* 1935 births Black British male actors English dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights English male film actors English male screenwriters English male television actors English screenwriters Grenadian actors Grenadian emigrants to the United Kingdom Living people {{England-screen-actor-stub