The late great Roy Stewart 15th May 1925 - 27th October 2008

Roy Stewart

Roy Stewart, originally from Jamaica, began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and TV, at a time when there were few working black actors. In 1954 founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square in Ladbroke Grove, and ran the Caribbean club and restaurant The Globe, in Talbot Road until his passing.

Roy Stewart, famously played Quarrel Jr in the the 1973 Bond movie Live And Let Die. Other film appearances include: Carry On Up the Jungle, Twins of Evil and Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers. He has also been active on television, with credits including: Out of the Unknown, Adam Adamant Lives!, Doctor Who (in the serials The Tomb of the Cybermen and Terror of the Autons), Doomwatch, Up Pompeii!, The Troubleshooters, Space: 1999 and I, Claudius.