Eddie Tagoe
Eddie Tagoe
Biography
Eddie Tagoe is a Ghanaian actor best known in the U.K. for playing "Presuming Ed" in the 1986 film production of Withnail and I, a role which he resumed in 2000 in a stage production of the same work. Internationally, he may be better recognized for his brief appearance in the movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark. Billed only as the "Messenger Pirate", his character was sent to find Indiana Jones in advance of Nazis boarding the ship on which Jones was travelling. Initially unable to find Jones, he was instructed by the captain to look again, and immediately replied, "I found him!", pointing to Jones swimming to the Nazi submarine. Tagoe had a significantly larger part as "Chocolate Mousse" in the 1984 farce, Top Secret!, and appeared in various other roles such as Sgt. Gwambe in Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, as well as in The Dogs of War and Pink Floyd The Wall. The son of a Ghanaian chief, Tagoe travelled to London to study reflexology prior to pursuing acting. In 1995, however, he returned to his reflexology career when he was recruited to serve as team reflexologist for Newcastle United F.C.
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11
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Acting

1996

The Bill: Target as Mr. Henry

1991

Ama as Brother Josh

1987

Withnail & I as Presuming Ed

1984

Top Secret! as Chocolate Mousse

1982

Pink Floyd: The Wall as Minder

1982

Spaghetti House as Bill

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark as Messenger Pirate

1979

Arabian Adventure as The Nubian

1977

Black Joy as African Dustman