Earl Cameron, one of the first black actors who played an important role in British television and film, died on Friday at the age of 102.

According to Cameron’s agent, “He died peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family” at Kenilworth in Warwickshire, deadline.

Cameron was born in Bermuda in 1917 and moved to England in 1939. He joined the British Merchant Navy, and in 1941,Chu Chin Chow ”.

“When I arrived in London, I had no qualification for anything. It was a period when it was almost impossible for a black person to get into any job, ”says Cameron, to the Royal Newspaper in 2018.

Cameron continued to be a part of many games, movies and television shows throughout his life; the last role played a minor role in the 2010 movie of Christopher Nolan “start“.

In 2006, Cameron was appointed Commander of the British Empire’s Perfect Order, and in 2016 entered the Hall of Fame of the British Display Nations.

Many of his colleagues backed by stating that Cameron is a “complete legend” and “is setting the ground for actors today.”

“Our family was overwhelmed by the astonishment of the love and respect we received in the news that our father passed,” said one of his children. Guardian.

“As an artist and an actor, he refused to take on stereotypical or stereotypical roles of people of color. He was a man who really followed his moral principles and inspired him. “