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- Died
- Birth nameAndrew Matthew William Faulds
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- Faulds was born in Africa into a missionary family. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1948, but it was as a radio actor that he first became widely known, playing Jet Morgan in Charles Chilton's "Journey into Space" on the BBC. In 1959, he and his wife were among those providing hospitality for the black-listed Paul Robeson during the latter's season at Stratford. It was Robeson who, recognising his friend's deep anti-racist convictions, persuaded him to go into politics, thus starting Faulds' second career. Labour MP for Smethwick from 1966-1974, and for Warley East from 1974-1997, he would no doubt have attained ministerial office if his outspoken support for the Palestinian cause had not been mis-construed as anti-Jewishness.
- IMDb mini biography by: frankhlittle@hotmail.com after Tam Dalyell
- SpouseWhitfield, Bunty(1945 - May 31, 2000) (his death)
- Served in Britain's House of Commons as a Member of Parliament, on behalf of the Labour Party, 1966-1997.
- An actor who turned to politics, serving as a Labour member of Britain's House of Commons from 1966 until retiring in 1997. His devotion to such issues as the Palestinian cause ruled out his advancement in the party hierarchy.
- Stage training Perth Repertory (during school holidays), Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Worthing Repertory, 2 years Stratford.
- The son of a missionary.
- Educated George Watsons, Edinburgh, King Edward VI, Louth, Lincolnshire, Glasgow University.
- [on Enoch Powell's April 1968 "Rivers of Blood" speech] UnChristian ... unprincipled, undemocratic and racialist.
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