Person Open DS/UK/13556 Singuineau; Frank (1913-1992); Trinidadian actor Singuineau Frank 1913-1992 Trinidadian actor Male

Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Singuineau joined the staff of the Shell Company and took an active interest in Amateur Dramatics. After the war, he gave up his secure job with the Shell Company, travelled to London, and gained early acting experience broadcasting for the BBC's West India service, and appearing with the leftwing Unity Theatre. He made his London stage debut in Richard Wright's Native Son (1948) with the Guyanese actor Robert Adams. His final stage appearances were in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine with the National Theatre, and Mustapha Ebtura's Playboy of the West Indies at the Tricycle Theatre, before he retired in the mid-1980s. Singuineau made over 70 television appearances and in 1961 he was the first black actor to make an appearance in a British soap opera when he played a patient in several episodes of Emergency Ward 10. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 3/7/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 71380f39-fb2f-450d-9067-0f37c3fcd88e