Orlando Martins was a pioneering Yoruba Nigerian film and stage actor. In the late 1940s, he was one of Britain's most prominent and leading black actors, and in a poll conducted in 1947, he was listed among Britain's top 15 favourite actors.
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The Nun's Story
Sapphire
Seven Waves Away
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Safari
Good-Time Girl
Sammy Going South
The Hasty Heart
Simba
Call Me Bwana
The Green Cockatoo
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Where No Vultures Fly
West of Zanzibar
Mister Moses
The End of the River
Kongi's Harvest
The Man from Morocco
Men of Two Worlds
The Naked EarthThings Fall Apart
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Television 1
Theatre NightConnected to Orlando 6
About this person
Country
NigeriaCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1985 · aged 85
Written about in
6 languages
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