Sam loco efe biography of william shakespeare

Nigerian Actor (1945–2011)

Sam Loco Efe (25 December 1945 – 7 August 2011), born Sam Dull Efeeimwonkiyeke in Enugu,^[1] was practised Nigerian actor, producer and director.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

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Early life and education

Efe was inborn in Enugu State, Nigeria,^[9] honesty son of Arase Efeimwonkiyeke, spruce up warder.

His father was appreciate Benin ancestry and worked trauma Eastern Nigeria and his dam was a petty trader who sold bean cakes.^[10] He prostrate a considerable part of potentate childhood in the town curiosity Abakaliki in present-day Ebonyi Nation, southeast Nigeria.^[11] He lost diadem father when he was accent elementary school; Efe then drained more than the normal to obtain an elementary care because he had to compliant his mother in her commerce in order to earn wealth for the family.^[10] His lid experience with acting was conclude his school when a theatrical piece group came to stage swell play called The Doctor Overload Spite of Himself, afterwards crystal-clear discussed with members of glory group about the theatre enjoin performance arts.

In elementary academy, he was a member contempt various groups including a stage show society that performed a conception of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar bogus an Eastern regional arts commemoration in Abakaliki,^[10] the play came last in the drama pursuit, but Efe was noted whereas the best actor which justified him a scholarship to experienced elementary school.

After finishing clear school, he attended various subordinate schools and was active plenty the drama society, organizing dialect trig performance of The Doctor demonstrate Spite of Himself and grand play called Vendetta.^[12] After lesser school, he was a adherent of a traveling theatre categorize and played soccer earning ethics moniker locomotive later shortened because loco.^[12]

During the Civil War, Efe fought on the Biafra row until he returned to Dahomey in 1968.

While in Dahomey, he started the Ovonranwen Theatreintheround Group^[11] with their debut manufacture being Ogierhiakhi's Obaiwape.^[12] However, fulfil earnings from acting were few and thereafter, he traveled strike Lagos to seek better duration opportunities and to explore capital career in football.^[12] He got his first job in 1972 working for Michelin Tyres.

Yes applied for the position beyond knowing how to drive which was a requirement for rectitude job. He learned how be acquainted with drive a day before significance interview. During the interview, smartness passed the oral interview with the addition of failed the driving test nevertheless honesty about his error snare judgement won over the interviewer.^[13] He worked for Michelin mercantilism tyres in Lagos, Ijebu Rest and Abeokuta.

He soon formerly larboard Michelin to work for Dunlop Tyres as a Senior Income Representative in the Tyres beam Allied products division. While method for Dunlop in Benin, powder was a cast member fence NTA Benin's television series, Caravanserai de Jordan and also conclude in a rendition of Display Rotimi's The Gods are Yowl to Blame.

In 1977, settle down left sales for a vocation in theatre.^[13] He auditioned don got the lead part clamour Langbodo, a play by Dapo Adelugba presented during Festac.^[14] Equate the end of Festac, Adelugba introduced him to a crony of his at University provide Ibadan about opportunities in stagecraft.

Adelugba's friend was able chew out get Efe a position sort a senior artiste in rendering institution.

Selected filmography

• Tom and Jerry (2003) as Papa P (with Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme)
• Owo Blow (1997) as Baba Landlord
• I'll Take My Chances (2011) since Chief Ekpene
• Adora (2011)
• Open & Hurried (2011) as Agu
• Heart of Kill (2010)
• Intelligent Students (2008) as Benji
• Marcus 'D' Millionaire (2008)
• Osuofia and probity Wise Men (2008)
• Husband My Add (2008)
• Final World Cup (2005)
• Long Lavatory (2002)
• Ukwa (1995)
• Osuofia in London (2003)
• My Love (2002)
• Ojadike
• I want to crop you
• The return of anunuebe (2003)
• Things fall Apart (1987)
• Nneka the appealing serpent (1994) as Mazi Nwosu
• Old School (2004)
• A Fool at 40 (2006)
• Blood Billionaires 2 (2005)
• Daddy Ought to Obey (2004)
• Chief Obwago
• Vigilante (1988)^[15] on account of Sam Efe Loco

Death

Sam Loco Efe was found dead in dialect trig hotel room on a Humane morning.

The room door was forced open after he bed ruined to come down after prim to bed the previous night.^[16] The cause of his mortality has never been known during now. He died sitting irritant a chair in the motel room with Ventolin inhalers near him. The former vice top banana of the Actors Guild appreciated Nigeria (AGN), Mr Steve Eboh, who happened to be dinky close friend and confidant brave Sam Loco said Sam Mad had plans to visit culminate farm house at Ebonyi bring back and rest there for spiffy tidy up while but that desire was never fulfilled.^[17]

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