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Stefan Kalipha (born 1940) is a British film, television and stage actor originally from Trinidad who has been acting from around 1970. He played Ramon, the Cigar Factory Foreman in the 1979 film Cuba, Daoud on The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, and Fat Larry in Babylon, both released in 1980. He also may be familiar to James Bond fans as Hector González, the Cuban hit man in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only. Kalipha's other film roles include Wali Dad in the 1991 film of The Crucifer of Blood and Buldeo in the 1994 film The Jungle Book.

Stefan Kalipha
Born	1940 (age 81–82) Trinidad
Nationality	Trinidadian
Other names	Stephen Kalipha
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–present

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

Background

Stefan Kalipha was born in Trinidad in 1940.[1] He has played characters from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, such as Indian, Latin American, black and Middle Eastern.

Career

Television

In 1970, Kalipha played the part of Casey in an episode of the drama series Callan, entitled "Amos Green Must Live". The role was of a disenfranchised young black man in London who had reached a tipping point about working, even though he had "five A levels and five O levels".

In 1977, Kalipha played the part of Reverend Henry Paul in a television series pilot called Meadowlark. It was a sitcom, based in Brixton, about a black married couple who were sharing their flat with an Irish woman. The 36-minute pilot, which also starred Oscar James, Joan Ann Maynard and Nina Baden-Semper, was never broadcast.[2]

Kalipha was Stanley in the 1985 BBC TV production of Mustapha Matura's play Playboy of the West Indies, a role he repeated at the Court Theatre, Chicago in 1988.[3][4]

In 1992, Kalipha had a recurring role as Jonathan Phelps in the series Prime Suspect.[5]

In 2015, he appeared as Tobias in The Bastard Executioner.[6]

Film

Kalipha's character Hector Gonzalez in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only masquerades as a plane pilot who has the intention of killing British agent Sir Timothy Havelock and his family.[7][8] In 1983, Kalipha appeared as the Data School Instructor in Superman III.[9] In 1989, he played the part of the Hatay tank gunner in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.[10]

Stage

As Ahmed, an efficient tour agent smoothing over the repercussions of violence among holidaymakers in a Moroccan tour villa, Kalipha appeared on stage in E. A. Whitehead's Mecca, presented at the Open Space Theatre, London, in 1977.[11]

Filmography and theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Rameau	Episode: The Affair of the Tortoise
1972	Ace of Wands	Drum	3 episodes
1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Melchior's Aide	Uncredited, Miniseries
	Black Joy	Sharp Eddie
	Mecca	Ahmed	Open Space Theatre
1979	Cuba	Ramon, Cigar Factory Foreman
	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	Ibrahim
1980	The Curse of King Tut's Tomb	Daoud
	Babylon	Fat Larry
1981	For Your Eyes Only	Hector Gonzalez
1983	Superman III	Data School Instructor
1985	Water	Cuban #1
	Playboy of the West Indies	Stanley	BBC TV
1987	Born of Fire	Bilal
	Playing Away	Louis
1988	Playboy of the West Indies	Stanley	Court Theatre (Chicago)
	Tales of the Unexpected	Chief Inspector Aziz	Episode: The Finger of Suspicion
1989	Scandal	Hanif
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Hatay Tank Gunner
1991	The Bill	Curtiss	Episode: Every Mother's Son
1993-2017	Casualty	Joseph Watson/Javed Barazani	2 episodes
1994	The Jungle Book	Buldeo
1996	Gulliver's Travels	Laputa Intellectual	Miniseries
2000	Arabian Nights	Abu Nouz	Miniseries
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Iranian Delegate
	The Sum of All Fears	Arab Gravedigger
2006	The Ten Commandments	Chief Minister	Miniseries
	The Nativity Story	Saint Caspar
	Gate to Heaven	Schlepper
2011	Mesocafé	Saleem
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Maharaja	Uncredited
2019	Aladdin	Imam
	Men in Black: International	Antique Shopkeeper
	The Good Liar	Roger	Uncredited

References

External links

Stefan Kalipha at IMDb

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