Basdeo Panday

Basdeo Panday, who played a laundryman in the movie "Nine Hours to Rama", was from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. He went to England to study law, had acted in plays in his homeland and was also a capable singer. He also acted in the movie "The Winston Affair" (1964). After making the bar he returned to his homeland where he became actively involved in workers' rights, Hindu/East Indian rights and politics, becoming a leader in the local trade Union movement and party politics. He eventually became Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1995 - 2001).