Cy Grant plaque
Date of Installation: November 2017
Location:
Plaque: Blue
‘Cy Grant’- the voice of ‘Lt. Green’ in Gerry Anderson’s ‘60’s Sci-Fi Series’ ‘Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons’.
An audience will be gathering in Highgate, North London, on the afternoon of Saturday, 11th November, for the unveiling of a plaque to celebrate the life of one of Guyana’s most eminent sons.
Cyril "Cy" Grant, was a Guyanese actor, writer, activist, barrister, musician, poet and an RAF navigator, who was shot down, detained and taken as a POW by the Luftwaffe during WW2.
The unveiling, has been organized by The Nubian Jak Community Trust
(It is expected) The Mayor of Haringey, dignitaries from his native Guyana and other Caribbean countries, war veterans, in-service men and women, Grant’s former show-business contemporaries, family and friends, as well as members of the general public - will be in attendance
During the 1950’s, Cy Grant became the first person of colour to be featured regularly on television in the UK – mainly due to his appearances on the BBC’s Tonight Show, with journalist Bernard Levin.
As an actor and singer, he appeared alongside Richard Burton and Joan Collins – among others throughout the UK, as well as on BBC radio (The Third Programme and the Overseas Service). He also hosted his own television series, For Members Only, intermingling interviews with singing and playing the guitar.
Between 1967 and 1968 he famously, voiced the character of Lieutenant Green in Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons – the look of Lt. Green was also based on Grant himself.
In 1972, after six months at The Middle Temple Chambers, he decided to challenge discrimination through the arts and later founded the Drum Arts Centre in London, became a published poet and author of several books.
In 2008, he was the founder and inspirator of an online archive to trace and commemorate Caribbean airmen of the Second World War.
A married father of four children, Grant lived in Highgate, North London, for fifty years with his wife, Dorith, and family.
The Cy Grant Archive
In 2016, The Cy Grant Trust was launched to preserve Grant's work, assisted by the Windrush Foundation and others. (w/c 350)
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