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Grant, Cyril Ewart Lionel, (1919-2010), Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet

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Alternative name(s):
  • Cy Grant (Also known as)
Surname: Grant
Forenames: Cyril Ewart Lionel
Gender: Male
Date: 1919-2010
History: Cyril Grant was born in Guyana. During the Second World War he served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force and spent two years as a prisoner of war. He was a qualified Barrister at Law, but worked as an actor and singer, and was the first black face to be regularly seen on British Television. He was the co-founder and chairman of Drum, the London based Black arts centre in the 1970s and director of Concord Multicultural Festivals in the 1980s.
Places:
  • British Guiana
  • Highgate, Middlesex
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P243836
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1940s-2010: corresp, notes, photographs and audio-visual material incl records of Drum Arts Centre Ltd, records of Concord Festival Trust, records of acting career incl theatre and film posters and programmes, corresp with agents/producers and fan mail, records of writing career incl published and draft manuscripts, and personal papers
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
B14/087
See Annual Return 2014
2
c1940-2010: additional papers rel to World War Two
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
B15/041
See Annual Return 2015
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
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Drum Arts Centre
Cy Grant was a co-founder of Drum Arts Centre in London
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