Ernest Trimingham Explained

Ernest Trimmingham (1880–1942), often misspelled as Trimingham, was an actor on stage and screen from the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.^[1] He was one of the first black actors in British cinema. Trimingham is a common, but exclusively white, surname in Bermuda connected with an affluent merchant family,^[2] and it is likely that Ernest adopted it when he became an actor. He was born in Bermuda in 1880, and died in England on 2 February 1942.^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

• The Adventures of Dick Turpin (1912), a British and Colonial Film Company release
• Jack, Sam and Pete (1919) as Pete^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Black voices in silent cinema | Sight & Sound. BFI.
2. http://www.annefield.net/triminghamlinks.htm THE TRIMINGHAM FAMILY in Bermuda
3. Web site: Ernest Trimingham. IMDb.
4. Web site: Bermuda Ernest Trimingham Earl Cameron Royal National Theatre. Deirdre Osborne. says. December 28, 2010.