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Ken Gampu

Actor | * 08/28/1929 († 74, 11/04/2003) | Germiston (South Africa)
Ken Gampu (Germiston, August 28, 1929 – Vosloorus, November 4, 2003) was a South African actor. Before he began his career, Gampu was a physical training instructor, salesman, interpreter and police officer. His first acting job was in Athol Fugard's play, No Good Friday (1958). His big break came in the 1965 film Dingaka by Jamie Uys. The same year, he had a significant role in Cornel Wilde's African adventure film, The Naked Prey. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Drama | Thriller

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A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods. ...

The Gods Must Be Crazy

FSK: 12+ years

1980 | 3.6/5 | 1h 49min
Action, Comedy
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Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a ...

King Solomon's Treasure

FSK: 12+ years

1979 | 2.1/5 | 1h 28min
Fantasy, Adventure
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Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legenda ...

King Solomon's Mines

FSK: 16+ years

1985 | 2.8/5 | 1h 40min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
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A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned o ...

The Wild Geese

FSK: 16+ years

1978 | 3.5/5 | 2h 14min
Action
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Movies with Ken Gampu as Actor(38)

as Headman1999 A Reasonable Man
as Witch Doctor1997 Black Velvet Band
as The Elder1997 Fools
as Policeman1997 Aristotle's Plot
as Police Chief1994 Cyborg Cop II
as Ndumo1992 Lethal Ninja
as Dr. Tamba1990 American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
as Malanga1989 Enemy Unseen
as Herb Bunting1988 Act of Piracy
as Gapu1988 Bush Shrink
as President Zalabok1988 Quiet Thunder
as Ken1987 Operation Hit Squad
as Dr. Nduma1987 Scavengers
as Joe Smith1986 Jake Speed
as Wiley1985 Van der Merwe PI
as Umbopo1985 King Solomon's Mines
as Black Leader1983 City of Blood
as Moses1982 Claws
as Joe Bullet1982 Bullet on the Run
as Khumalo1982 My Friend
as Gorilla1981 Kill and Kill Again
as President1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy
as Matari1980 Flashpoint Africa
as Sixpence1980 Game for Vultures
as Mantshonga1979 Zulu Dawn
as Umpslopogas1979 King Solomon's Treasure
as Musulna1978 Slavers
as Alexander1978 The Wild Geese
as Sue1977 Mister Deathman
as Minister Manga1977 Target of an Assassin
as Steve Chaka1976 Death of a Snowman
as Thomas Luke1975 Forever Young, Forever Free
as Gampu1974 The Virgin Goddess
as Joe Bullet1973 Joe Bullet
as Mashoda1972 Rogue Lion
as Sudanese Delegate at Conference1966 All the Way to Paris
as Leader of the warriors1965 The Naked Prey
as Ntuku Makwena1964 Dingaka

TV Shows/Series with Ken Gampu as Actor(2)

as Colonel Mamba1977 Les Diamants du Président
as Kamba1964 Daniel Boone

Citizenship: South Africa
Born: Wednesday, 08/28 1929 (August) in Germiston (South Africa)
Died: Tuesday, 11/04 2003 (November) in Vosloorus (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Ken Gampu frequently works together with these people:
Jamie Uys (14x, Crew)
Ted White (11x, Actor)
Ian Yule (9x, Actor)
Brian O'Shaughnessy (7x, Actor)
Jack Bannon (7x, Actor)
John Orchard (6x, Actor)
Joe Stewardson (6x, Actor)
Kurt Russell (5x, Actor)
Tonie van der Merwe (5x, Crew)
Med Flory (5x, Actor)
Alan Caillou (5x, Actor)
Harold Goodwin (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:13226, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024