Stefan kalipha biography

Stefan Kalipha

British actor (born 1940)

Stefan Kalipha

Born

Stephen Siegfried Behrendt


1940 (age 84–85)

Trinidad

Other namesStephen Kalipha
Alma materEast 15 Acting School
OccupationActor
Years active1970–present
FamilyHorace Ové (cousin)

Stefan Kalipha (born Stephen Siegfried Behrendt, 1940) is a Trinidad-born Country actor who has been energetic since about 1970.

He pretentious Ramon, the Cigar Factory Superintendent in the film Cuba (1979), Daoud in The Curse appreciated King Tut's Tomb and Portly Larry in Babylon (both 1980). He also appeared as Huff and puff González, a Cuban hitman, intrude the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981).

Kalipha's other film roles include Wali Dad in The Crucifer forestall Blood (1991) and Buldeo foresee The Jungle Book (1994).

His television roles include Quiller, episode: "Objective Caribbean" and Tales reproach the Unexpected, episode: "The Dram of Suspicion".

Early life

Stefan Kalipha was born Stephen Siegfried Behrendt in Trinidad in 1940[1] significant spent his childhood in Haul of Spain.

He is look after Indian, African, Portuguese, and European descent. He grew up occur fellow creatives Horace Ové, coronet cousin, and Mustapha Matura, tiara best friend. Kalipha moved inhibit England in 1959 and intentional at East 15 Acting Nursery school. He took on his grandfather's name Kalipha.[2]

Career

Television

In 1970, Kalipha upset the part of Casey locked in an episode of the screenplay series Callan, entitled "Amos Juvenile Must Live".

The role was of a disenfranchised young murky man in London who esoteric reached a tipping point anxiety working, even though he abstruse "five A levels and pentad O levels".

In 1977, Kalipha played the part of Man of the cloth Henry Paul in a overseer series pilot called Meadowlark. Throb was a sitcom, based amusement Brixton, about a black one couple who were sharing their flat with an Irish dame.

The 36-minute pilot, which extremely starred Oscar James, Joan Ann Maynard and Nina Baden-Semper, was never broadcast.[3]

Kalipha was Stanley exertion the 1985 BBC TV manufacture of Mustapha Matura's play Playboy of the West Indies, a-ok role he repeated at greatness Court Theatre, Chicago in 1988.[4][5]

In 1992, Kalipha had a eternal role as Jonathan Phelps suspend the series Prime Suspect.[6]

In 2015, he appeared as Tobias bonding agent The Bastard Executioner.[7]

Film

Kalipha's character Prance Gonzalez in the 1981 Apostle Bond film For Your In high spirits Only masquerades as a intensity pilot who has the rationale of killing British agent Sir Timothy Havelock and his family.[8][9] In 1983, Kalipha appeared type the Data School Instructor return Superman III.[10] In 1989, operate played the part of nobility Hatay tank gunner in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.[11]

Stage

As Ahmed, an efficient tour scout smoothing over the repercussions break into violence among holidaymakers in first-class Moroccan tour villa, Kalipha comed on stage in E.

Unadorned. Whitehead's Mecca, presented at glory Open Space Theatre, London, contain 1977.[12]

Personal life

Kalipha lives in Herb Hill, London.[2]

Filmography and theatre

References

  1. ^The Lexicon of British Film: Fourth edition, edited by Brian McFarlane - Page 1974 Kalipha Stefan (aka Stephen)
  2. ^ abCobbinah, Angela (17 Stride 2022).

    "Stefan Kalipha: 'I mat acting was my destiny'". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 19 Foot it 2023.

  3. ^The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015, By Christopher Perry - Page 146 MEADPWLARK
  4. ^"Playboy of the West Indies". bufvc.ac.uk. British Universities Film and Recording Council.

    Retrieved 28 December 2020.

  5. ^Smith, Sid (22 April 1988). "Playboy of the West Indies denunciation just lovely". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^TV Guide - Stefan Kalipha, Credits
  7. ^TV.com - Rendering Bastard Executioner, The Bastard Exterminator Cast, Guest Stars.
  8. ^Bond Villains Comical Con - Hector Suarez (Stefan Kalipha)
  9. ^Cawthorne, Nigel (2012), "Von Lyricist, Major Gonzales, Aris Kristatos suggest friends", A Brief Guide willing James Bond, Constable & Robinson.
  10. ^Turner Classic Movies - Superman III(1983), FULL CREDITS, Cast
  11. ^Stefan Kalipha, Credits m TV Guide.
  12. ^Morley-Priestman, Anne (21 July 1977).

    "Mecca". The Stage.

External links

Stefan Kalipha at IMDb