Roy Stewart (May 15, 1925 – October 27, 2008), originally from Jamaica, began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television, at a time when there were few working black actors.

British actor Roy Stewart in ‘Sympathy for the Devil’, 1968.

In 1954 founded Roy Stewart’s Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran the Caribbean club and restaurant The Globe, in Talbot Road until his death. Stewart played Quarrel Jr in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die.

Other film appearances include: Carry On Up the Jungle, Twins of Evil and Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers. He was also active on television, with credits including: Out of the Unknown, Adam Adamant Lives!, Doctor Who (in the serials The Tomb of the Cybermen and Terror of the Autons), Doomwatch, Up Pompeii!, The Troubleshooters, Space: 1999 and I, Claudius.