Lionel Ngakane
Actor · Director · Writer
Active 1951–present
Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid.
Filmography
Danger Man (1960) — Moses AmaduWind Versus Polygamy (1968) — OfodileVukani/Awake (1962) — DirectorCry, the Beloved Country (1951) — Absolom KumaloTheatre 625 (1964) — OfodileBaobab: Portrait of a Tree (1971) — Legend Storyteller (voice)Safari (1956) — MakoraStudio 4 (1962) — HouseboyThe Painted Smile (1962) — BarmanThe Squeeze (1977) — West IndianDuel in the Jungle (1954) — ServantNothing Barred (1961) — ConvictNor the Moon by Night (1958) — NimrodJemima + Johnny (1966) — Director · WriterThe Night We Got the Bird (1960) — PorterIt’s the Only Way to Go (1970)Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) — BillThe Mark of the Hawk (1957) — African DoctorVictims of Apartheid (1978) — MokweChild of Hope (1975) — Mutumbulua