Nik Zaran (19 January 1933 â€" 3 January 2014) was a Vincentian
actor.Initially a keen sportsman, he mainly played football and
cricket while attending the St. Vincent Grammar School. However, his
dream was to become an actor. Aged 19 in 1952, Connell came to
England, initially joining the Royal Air Force before going into
acting training funded by the RAF.Zaran began his career in 1961,
firstly using his birth name before adopting Nik Zaran as his stage
name in 1968. He appeared in many cult TV favourites including Danger
Man, Man in a Suitcase, The Saint, The Champions, Doctor Who â€" The
Space Pirates, Department S, The Troubleshooters, Randall and Hopkirk
(Deceased) â€" The Trouble with Women, Jason King and It Ain't Half
Hot Mum plus a few films notably the Blaxploitation flick Shaft in
Africa. Other work included commercials for Frys Cocoa and British
Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).Returning to SVG and reverting to
his original name Tracy Connell, the actor concentrated on dance and
theatre, tutoring several Vincentians to get into the business as well
as setting up a theatre company, staging shows at the Peace Memorial
Hall in Kingston including the phenomenal That Christmas Feeling in
1981, which Tracy wrote, produced and directed.
actor.Initially a keen sportsman, he mainly played football and
cricket while attending the St. Vincent Grammar School. However, his
dream was to become an actor. Aged 19 in 1952, Connell came to
England, initially joining the Royal Air Force before going into
acting training funded by the RAF.Zaran began his career in 1961,
firstly using his birth name before adopting Nik Zaran as his stage
name in 1968. He appeared in many cult TV favourites including Danger
Man, Man in a Suitcase, The Saint, The Champions, Doctor Who â€" The
Space Pirates, Department S, The Troubleshooters, Randall and Hopkirk
(Deceased) â€" The Trouble with Women, Jason King and It Ain't Half
Hot Mum plus a few films notably the Blaxploitation flick Shaft in
Africa. Other work included commercials for Frys Cocoa and British
Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).Returning to SVG and reverting to
his original name Tracy Connell, the actor concentrated on dance and
theatre, tutoring several Vincentians to get into the business as well
as setting up a theatre company, staging shows at the Peace Memorial
Hall in Kingston including the phenomenal That Christmas Feeling in
1981, which Tracy wrote, produced and directed.
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