Trevor Thomas (actor) "Fiddler on the Hoof", 1989) and "The Sweeney" ("The Bigger They Are", 1978). Trevor Thomas (actor) Trevor Thomas is a British actor. He acted mostly around the late 1970s mostly in television programmes, but also starred in the 1977 film "Black Joy", alongside Norman Beaton, as well as in stage productions. Thomas's other film credits include "Yesterday's Hero" (1979), "Inseminoid" (1981), "Sheena" (1984), "Underworld" (1985), "Playing Away" (1987) and "The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz" (2000). His television appearances include "" (1976), "The Fosters" ("Take Your Partners", 1977), "The Professionals" ("Klansmen", 1977), "Rockliffe's Babies" ("Sweet and Sour Revenge", 1987), "Silent
British African-Caribbean people (Rudolph Walker) and "Rising Damp" (Don Warrington) when their role was often to act simply as either the butt of, or foil to, racist jokes made by White characters. The most influential programme in moving away from this formula was the 1989–94 Channel Four barbershop sitcom "Desmond's", starring Norman Beaton and Carmen Munroe. One of the biggest African-Caribbean names in comedy is Lenny Henry, who began his career as a stand-up comedian but whose television sketch shows, where he often caricatured Caribbean émigrés, made him popular enough to headline numerous primetime comedy shows from, for instance, "Lenny Henry" in 1984