Earl Cameron, one particular of the first black actors to have a popular purpose in British television and movie, died on Friday at the age of 102.

According to Cameron’s agent, he “passed away peacefully at household surrounded by his spouse and family” in Kenilworth in Warwickshire, stories Deadline.

Cameron was born in Bermuda in 1917, shifting to the U.K in 1939. He  joined the British Service provider Navy and by 1941 had his very first function in a play referred to as “Chu Chin Chow”. 

“When I arrived in London, I experienced no qualifications for anything. It was a period of time when it was almost difficult for a black particular person to get any sort of career,” Cameron advised The Royal Gazette in 2018.

Cameron ongoing to be a element of lots of plays, movies and tv displays all over his existence his remaining job was a compact part in Christopher Nolan’s 2010 film “Inception“.

In 2006, Cameron was appointed as a Commander of the Most Exceptional Buy of the British Empire and in 2016 he was inducted into the Britain Display screen Nation Hall of Fame.

A lot of of his colleagues have achieved out in support, stating that Cameron was a “total legend,” and “laid the groundwork for actors today”

” Our household has been overcome by the outpourings of appreciate and regard we have received at the news of our father’s passing,” claimed a single of his kids to The Guardian.

“As an artist and as an actor, he refused to get roles that demeaned or stereotyped the character of folks of colour. He was certainly a male who stood by his moral concepts and was inspirational.”