Allister Bain

Allister Bain (born 1 January 1935) is a Grenadian television and film actor and theatre playwright and screenwriter, who moved to the UK in 1958. A veteran of British performing arts, he is perhaps best known for playing the role of "Winston Katusi" in part 1 of the Doctor Who Christmas special, "The End of Time". Other TV appearances include in Us Girls, Vanity Fair, Bugs, and Waking the Dead. On the stage Bain has appeared in plays by Derek Walcott, Earl Lovelace, Michael Abbensetts, Noël Coward, and William Shakespeare, among many others.[1]

Allister Bain
Born	1 January 1935 Grenada
Occupation	Actor, playwright, screenwriter
Years active	1964–present

Biography

Bain was born in 1935 in the sovereign state and island country of Grenada, located north-west of Trinidad and Tobago, north-east of Venezuela, and south-west of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. In 1958, Allister moved to England, having taught Dorothy Dandridge to limbo for the film Island in the Sun (1957).[2]

Sometime before the start of his career, Bain was in charge of his own dance troupe, the Bee Wee Ballet of Grenada, whose performances were some of the first that contributed to the birth of what became the Notting Hill Carnival.[2] Bain has written a number of plays during his career. His first, 2001 People, was written in 2001. His play Effie May debuted in 2005 when Bain was 70 years old,[3] Catalysta in 2008,[4] and Pardon My Simplicity in January 2012 (Rosemary Branch Theatre).[5][6] He is also the author of One Slice of History (Good Vibes Records & Music Ltd, December 2012).[7]

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1982	Made in Britain	Hopkins
1983	Fords on Water	Winston's father
1987	Sammy and Rosie Get Laid	Father
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Theatre 625	Male nurse	One episode: "Women in Crisis #2: With Love and Tears"
1969	The Troubleshooters	Jerry	One episode: "This Place Is a Paradise, Mister"
	Dixon of Dock Green	Bus conductor	One episode: "Bobby"
1971	Softly, Softly	Mr. Gill	One episode: "Hostage"
1975	Shades of Greene	Waiter	One episode: "Cheaper in August"
	Quiller	Charlie 1	One Episode: "Objective Caribbean"
1976	Love Thy Neighbour	Electrician	One episode: "Power Cut"
	Spring and Autumn	Bus conductor	One episode: "Episode 3.1"
1977	The Professionals	Mr. Culver	One episode: "Klansmen"
	The Fosters	Lawrence	One episode: "The Diet"
1978	The Chiffy Kids	Stall Holder	One episode: "All in a Good Cause"
1979	Empire Road	Alvin	Four episodes: "Football Crazy", "Godfadder at Bay", "Streets of Thornley", and "Wedding"
1985	Black Silk	Pedro Ojo	Two episodes: "A Long Way Away", "The Cause of Liberty"
1986	Kit Curran	Ambulance mate	One episode: "The Lucky Break"
1987	Vanity Fair	Sam	Three episodes: "Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Open the Campaign", "Vauxhall Gardens" and "Crawley of Queen's Crawley"
1992	Us Girls	Grandad Pinnock	12 episodes
1996	Bugs	Airport guard	One episode: "Whirling Dervish"
2003	Waking the Dead	Lawrence	One episode: "Final Cut: Part 1"
2005	The Bill	O'Ryan (1986) and Mr. Earle (2005)	Two episodes: "The Chief Super's Party" (1986) and "279" (2005)
2009	Doctor Who	Winston Katusi	One episode: "The End of Time (Part 1)"

References

1. Author's note on cover of One Slice of History, London: Good Vibes Records & Music, 2012.
2. "Left Of Karl Marx by Dr. Carole Boyce-Davies".
3. Beds Herts and Bucks - Entertainment - Effie May
4. Allister Bain - Complete Guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent
5. Carolin Kopplin, "Pardon My Simplicity at the Rosemary Branch Theatre" Archived 2 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, UK Theatre Network, 18 January 2012.
6. Pardon My Simplicity Review by Howard Loxton, British Theatre Guide.
7. Good Vibes Records & Music Ltd.

External links

• Allister Bain at IMDb