Oliver Adolphus Samuels (born 4 November 1948) is a

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

comedian A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertainment, entertain an audience by making them laughter, laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolishly (as in slapstick), or employing prop c ...

and

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He has been described as the Jamaican "King of Comedy", performing both

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and comic theatre.

Filmography

Plays

''Common Law'' as Winston 6 November (2009), ''Midnight at Puss Creek'' (2011), ''Di Prodigal Pickney'' (2025).https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/oliver-samuels-in-di-prodigal-pickney

References

External links

''Jamaican Gleaner''

"Jamaicans in the UK Pay Tribute to Oliver Samuels"
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