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Allister Bain

1932–

United Kingdom

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Allister Bain (born 13 January 1932) is a Grenadian retired actor, playwright, and screenwriter, who moved to the UK in 1958. A veteran of British performing arts, his TV appearances include roles in Us Girls, Vanity Fair, Bugs, Doctor Who and Waking the Dead. On the stage, Bain has appeared in plays by Derek Walcott, Earl Lovelace, Michael Abbensetts, Noël Coward, and William Shakespeare, among many others.

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