- Eddie Tagoe
Eddie Tagoe is a
Ghana ianactor best known in the U.K. for playing "Presuming Ed" in the 1986 film production of "Withnail and I ", a role which he resumed in 2000 in a stage production of the same work. Internationally, he may be better recognized for his brief appearance in the blockbuster movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark ". Billed only as the "First Mate", his character was sent to find Indiana Jones in advance of Nazis boarding the ship on which Jones was traveling. Initially unable to find Jones, he was instructed by the captain to look again, and immediately replied, "I found him!", pointing to Jones swimming to the Nazi submarine. Tagoe had a significantly larger part as "Chocolate Mousse" in the1984 farce, "Top Secret! ", and appeared in various other roles such as Sgt. Gwambe in "", as well as in "The Dogs of War" and "Pink Floyd The Wall".The son of a Ghanaian chief, [Simon Turnbull, "ROYAL APPOINTMENTS FOR NEWCASTLE SQUAD!", "The Northern Echo", February 11, 1995.] Tagoe traveled to the
London to studyreflexology , but ended up entering the acting world. In 1995, however, he was recruited to serve as team reflexoligist forNewcastle United F.C. .References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846607/ Eddie Tagoe at IMDB.com] .
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