Stage and screen actor who enjoyed success with the RSC and in many TV and film roles, including Empire Road and Notting Hill Tony Armatrading, who has died aged 59 of cancer, was a big, warm-hearted actor in the second wave of black British performers who began to make an impact in theatre and television in the mid-1970s. Before relocating to Los Angeles in 1999, he had three busy seasons with the Royal Shakespeare …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM on May 16, 2021