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Norman Beaton was born in Guyana in 1934. Educated at Queen’s College in Georgetown, he trained as a teacher, and moved to England at 26. He was the first black teacher employed by the Liverpool ...
May 14, 2012 · Norman Lugard Beaton was born in Georgetown, Guyana. Beaton taught School and played with the calypso band The Four Bees before leaving Guyana for London in 1960. He then landed a job as a teacher in Liverpool, becoming the first black teacher to be employed by the Liverpool Education Authority.
Desmond's: Created by Trix Worrell. With Norman Beaton, Carmen Munroe, Ram John Holder, Gyearbuor Asante. Meet Desmond, his non-conforming family, and the regulars of his hairdresser salon in Peckham, London.
Beaton, Norman (1934-1994) Actor The most familiar of the handful of black actors able to sustain a career in British television from the 1960s to the 1990s, Norman Beaton became particularly associated with spirited patriarch roles, most famously as the eponymous barber of Desmond's (Channel 4, 1989-94), but was a much more versatile actor than his popular image acknowledged.
Actor, singer and writer Norman Beaton (1934-1994) recalls his early career steps in Liverpool, and how the production of his first play, the musical Jack of Spades, came about through a chance meeting in the Philharmonic pub. This is a short excerpt from an interview running for one hour and twenty minutes, which is available to listen to in ...
Norman Beaton born in Georgetown, Guyana was an actor, composer and playwright. After moving to England in 1960 Beaton wrote his first musical Jack of Spades (1965), which was a hit at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool.
Norman Beaton. Actor “'Desmond’s' has got us known all around the world. But I don’t want to be just a sitcom artist. I belonged to the National Theatre for ...
