Ernest Trimingham

Ernest Trimingham (1880-1942) was an actor from the colony of Bermuda. He was one of the first black actors in British cinema. Trimingham is a common, but exclusively white, surname in Bermuda connected with an affluent merchant family,^[1] and it is likely that Ernest adopted it when he became an actor. He was born in Bermuda in 1880, and died in England on 2 February 1942.^[2][3]

References

1. THE TRIMINGHAM FAMILY in Bermuda Anne Field (Anne Healy's Genealogy)
2. IMDb: Ernest Trimingham
3. Bernews: Bermudian Actor’s Play Was A Black UK First