Ernest Trimmingham (1880–1942), surname often misspelled as Trimingham, was a playwright, jourbalist, and actor on stage and screen from the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.[1] He was one of the first black actors in British cinema. Trimingham is a common surname in Bermuda connected with an affluent merchant family,[2] and it is likely that Ernest adopted it when he became an actor. He was born in Bermuda in 1880, and died in England on 2 February 1942.[3][4]
He wrote the play Lily of Bermuda staged by Duse Mohamed Ali in Manchester in 1909.[5]
Filmography
edit- The Adventures of Dick Turpin (1912), a British and Colonial Film Company release
- Jack, Sam and Pete (1919) as Pete[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Black voices in silent cinema | Sight & Sound". BFI. 23 August 2020.
- ^ THE TRIMINGHAM FAMILY in Bermuda Anne Field (Anne Healy's Genealogy)
- ^ "Ernest Trimingham". IMDb.
- ^ says, Deirdre Osborne (28 December 2010). "Bermuda Ernest Trimingham Earl Cameron Royal National Theatre".
- ^ Bourne, Stephen (30 November 2001). Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television Second Edition. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-5539-0.
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