---
name: "Errol John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/errol-john"
fi1m_id: "errol-john"
imdb_id: "nm0424159"
tmdb_id: 352124
wikidata_id: "Q5395596"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 December 1924"
died: "10 July 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:07.543787+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Errol John

## Identity

Errol John

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/errol-john
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** errol-john
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424159
- **TMDB ID:** 352124
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5395596
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_John, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5395596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/352124

Actor. Born 20 December 1924 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]. Died 10 July 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 December 1924, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]
- **Died:** 10 July 1988
- **Active:** 1959–1984
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (1), 1980s 40 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_John, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5395596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/352124

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Sheena*](https://film.one/film/sheena.md) (40)

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## Biography

Errol John (20 December 1924 – 10 July 1988) was a Trinidadian actor and playwright. Born in Port of Spain, he began his career as a journalist and commercial artist before co-founding the amateur Whitehall Players theatre group in 1946. He emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1951, where he worked in theatre and took small roles in films such as *The African Queen* (1951) and *The Heart of the Matter* (1953).

John gained wider recognition for his play *Moon on a Rainbow Shawl*, which won the Observer Drama Competition in 1957 and was staged at the Royal Court Theatre in 1958. As an actor he appeared in supporting roles in films including *The Nun's Story* (1959) as Illunga, *Buck and the Preacher* (1972) as Joshua and *Sheena* (1984) as Bolu, as well as television series such as *A Man from the Sun* (1956) and *Rainbow City* (1967). He also took the title role in a 1963 Old Vic production of *Othello*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, imdb.com, britannica.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sheena* (1984), Fi1m 40, as Bolu — [page](https://film.one/film/sheena.md)
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Illunga — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Last Days of Patton* (1986), as Sgt. 1st Class George Meeks
- *Sheena* (1984), as Bolu — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/sheena.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Butler Russel
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Chief Justice Sir Worthington Banzana
- *Buck and the Preacher* (1972), as Joshua
- *The Exiles* (1969), as Jimmy Cardinez · Writer
- *Journey to the Unknown* (1968), series, as George Esmond
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Jason Reed
- *Rainbow City* (1967), series, as John Steele
- *Assault on a Queen* (1966), as Linc Langley
- *Guns at Batasi* (1964), as Boniface
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Jimmy Cardinez · Writer
- *Man in the Middle* (1964), as Sgt. Jackson
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as John Ngai
- *PT 109* (1963), as Benjamin Kevu
- *The Sins of Rachel Cade* (1961), as Kulu
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Sergeant Hamid
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), as Illunga — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)
- *To Keep Our Way of Life* (1959), as Mr. Freitas
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Honey Camden Brown
- *A Man from the Sun* (1956), as Cleve Lawrence
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Carew
- *Simba* (1955), as African Inspector

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