Johnny Sekka

Johnny Sekka (An haife shi Lamine Secka, 21 Yuli 1934 - 14 Satumba 2006) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne ɗan ƙasar Senegal .

Johnny Sekka
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Dakar, 21 ga Yuli, 1934
ƙasa	Birtaniya
Mutuwa	Agua Dulce (en) , 14 Satumba 2006
Makwanci	Forest Lawn Memorial Park (en)
Yanayin mutuwa	Sababi na ainihi (Ciwon huhun daji)
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	stage actor (en) , ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da dan wasan kwaikwayon talabijin
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	Royal Air Force (en)
IMDb	nm0782885

Johnny Sekka

Johnny Sekka

Rayuwar farko da ƙaura zuwa Turai

An haife shi Lamine Secka a Dakar, Senegal, ƙarami cikin 'yan'uwa biyar; Mahaifinsa dan kasar Gambia ya rasu jim kadan bayan haihuwar sa. Sa’ad da yake ƙarami, mahaifiyarsa ‘yar ƙasar Senegal ta aika da shi ya zauna da wata inna a Georgetown (yanzu Janjanbureh ) a ƙasar Gambiya, amma ya gudu ya zauna a kan tituna a babban birnin ƙasar, wanda a lokacin ake kira Bathurst (yanzu Banjul ).

A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu ya sami aikin yi a matsayin mai fassara a wani sansanin sojin Amurka da ke Dakar. Sai ya yi aiki a kan docks. Sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 20, ya yi tafiya a cikin jirgin ruwa zuwa Marseilles, Faransa, kuma ya yi shekaru uku a Paris .

Ya isa birnin Landan na kasar Ingila a shekarar 1952, kuma ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu a rundunar sojojin sama ta Royal Air Force, inda ya fara samun lakabin "Johnny", amma daga bisani dan wasan kwaikwayo na Caribbean Earl Cameron ya rinjaye shi ya zama dan wasan kwaikwayo, kuma ya halarci RADA . Ya zama dan wasa a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Royal Court, kuma ya fito a kan mataki a cikin wasanni daban-daban daga 1958.

Yana da ɗan ƙaramin sashi a cikin fim ɗin 1958 na Look Back in Anger, wanda Tony Richardson ya jagoranta, wanda ya gan shi a kan mataki. Ya dauki babban matsayi a cikin fim din 1961 Flame in the Streets, yana wasa da saurayin Jamaica na 'yar (farar fata) (wanda Sylvia Syms ta buga) na 'yan kasuwa masu sassaucin ra'ayi (wanda John Mills ya buga). Har ila yau, yana da babban matsayi a cikin fim ɗin 1961 don ITV, The Big Pride, na marubucin Guyanese Jan Carew da marubucin Jamaica Sylvia Wynter. An shirya fim ɗin a lokacin British Guiana; Halin Sekka wani matashin fursuna ne wanda ya fashe da babban mai ba shi shawara.

Ya zauna na wani lokaci a birnin Paris, inda ya sadu da matarsa ta gaba, Cecilia Enger. Ya ci gaba da fitowa a fina-finan Burtaniya a shekarun 1960, inda ya nuna irin rawar da ya taka, kamar bawa a fim din Woman of Straw (1964), da sauran fina-finai, kamar Gabashin Sudan (1964), Khartoum (1966) da The Last Safari ( 1967). Ya kuma bayyana a talabijin, a cikin shirye-shirye irin su Jungle Human, Z-Cars, Dixon na Dock Green, Hanyar Gideon, Danger Man, da kuma 1968 episode na The Avengers .

A cikin 1968, ya kuma taka rawar jagoranci a cikin samar da Night of Fame na Yamma . Bisa labarin rasuwarsa a jaridar The Times, wannan shine karo na farko da wani bakar fata ya taka rawar da aka rubuta wa wani bature a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ingilishi. An gan shi a matsayin dan Birtaniya daidai da Sidney Poitier, kuma ya ji takaicin cewa 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da suka fara aiki a lokaci guda tare da shi - irin su Sean Connery, Terence Stamp, Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay da John Hurt - sun zama taurari, kuma ya zama taurari. da ba.

Rayuwar Baya

A ƙarshe Sekka ya ƙaura zuwa Amurka da nufin samun ingantattun ayyuka. Yana da ƙaramin sashi a cikin fina-finan A Warm Disamba (1972) da Uptown Saturday Night (1974), duka Poitier ne ya jagoranta. Na farko kuma ya ƙunshi Earl Cameron da Bill Cosby na biyu da Richard Pryor . Wadannan matsayi sun haifar da rawar da ba za a iya mantawa da su ba a cikin sitcom Good Times, inda ya nuna Ibe, Thelma's ( BernNadette Stanis ) Ƙaunar ƙaunar Afirka. A shekarar 1976, ya yi tauraro a cikin fim din Mohammad, Manzon Allah (wanda aka fi sani da The Message ) game da asalin Musulunci da sakon Muhammadu, inda ya yi wasa da abokin Muhammad dan Habasha Bilal al-Habashi . Ya fito a cikin fim ɗin 1982 Hanky Panky, kuma ya buga Banda a cikin 1984 miniseries Master of the Game .

Ba a jefa shi a cikin Tushen (1977), ana la'akari da shi bai isa Ba-Amurke ba, amma ya sami rawar gani a cikin mabiyi, Tushen: Zamani na gaba (1979), yana yin fassarar Afirka. Sekka sananne ne a tsakanin masu sha'awar almarar kimiyya saboda rawar da ya taka a matsayin Dr. Benjamin Kyle a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na matukin jirgi na Babila 5, The Gathering (1993).

Matsalolin kiwon lafiya da aka maimaita sun tilasta masa yin watsi da rawar da za ta taka a gaba a cikin jerin, kuma a ƙarshe shine dalilin da ya yi ritaya daga yin gaba ɗaya.

Mutuwa

A ranar 14 ga Satumba, 2006, Sekka ya mutu sakamakon cutar kansar huhu a wurin kiwonsa a Agua Dulce, California, yana da shekaru 72, matarsa Cecilia da ɗansa Lamine suka tsira. An binne shi a makabartar Holy Cross, Culver City .

Fina-finai

 

• The Big Pride (1961) — Smallboy Dowling
• Flame in the Streets (1961) – Peter Lincoln
• The Wild and the Willing (1962) – Reggie
• Woman of Straw (1964) – Thomas
• East of Sudan (1964) – Kimrasi
• Khartoum (1966) – Khaleel
• The Last Safari (1967) – Jama
• The Southern Star (1969) – Matakit
• Incense for the Damned (1970) – Bob Kirby
• Things Fall Apart (1971)
• Reou-Takh (1972) – Bob (uncredited)
• A Warm December (1973) – Dr. Joseph Myomo
• Visit to a Chief's Son (1974) – Nemolok
• Uptown Saturday Night (1974) – Geechie's Henchman
• The Message (1976) – Bilal
• Ashanti (1979) – Captain Bradford
• Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) – Stefan
• Hanky Panky (1982) – Lacey
• Fever Pitch (1985) – Chocolate
• Passion and Paradise (1989) – Alfred Adderly
• Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) - Benjamin Kyle, M.D.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• Johnny Sekka at IMDb
• Obituary at Variety.com (subscription required)
• Obituary, The Independent, 29 September 2006
• Obituary, The Guardian, 29 September 2006
• Obituary Archived 2011-06-04 at Archive.today, The Times, 5 October 2006