Personal Info
Birth date
1937-12-19 (87 Years)
Day of death
2017-09-15
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Kandy, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Also known as
-Albert Moses
Biography
Albert Moses, KStJ (19 December 1937 – 15 September 2017) was a Sri Lankan actor based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for playing the role of Ranjeet Singh, a student in Jeremy Brown's EFL class in the popular British sitcom Mind Your Language and one of four students (along with Giovanni Capello, Juan Cervantes, and Anna Schmidt) to appear in all four series.
Filmography
Minder
6.8
Overview:
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.Tales of the Unexpected
6.7
Overview:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.Angels
3.7
Overview:
Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus daytime soap, Doctors. The medical soap focuses on different departments within Heath Green Hospital and was a highly successful continuing drama.Sherlock Holmes
8.1
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.On the Buses
7.2
Overview:
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.The Bill
6.7
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.Tenko
8.136
Overview:
Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.Backup
4.5
Overview:
Drama about the working lives of policemen and women in an Operational Support Unit.The Chinese Detective
7.2
Overview:
Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use unorthodox methods to solve his cases, which emerged in series like Z Cars and The Sweeney.Budgie
7
Overview:
Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network between 1971 and 1972. The series was created by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall . The show was produced by Verity Lambert, Rex Firkin was the Executive producer.Crocodile Shoes
7.2
Overview:
Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994. The series was written by and starred Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. A sequel, Crocodile Shoes II followed in 1996 and the theme tune "Country Boy" was a hit for Nail too.The Regiment
1
Overview:
The Regiment was a British television drama series produced by the BBC. First broadcast on BBC One in 1972 it starred Christopher Cazenove and followed the story of a British Army regiment from the view of two families.Murder in Mind
8.4
Overview:
Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.Squadron
5
Overview:
Squadron is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1982. The series dealt with the adventures of the fictional 370 Rapid Deployment Squadron of the Royal Air Force. The Squadron operated a mix of operational RAF aircraft including the Harrier GR Mk 3, Hercules C Mk 1, Puma HC Mk 1 and the first episode, Phantom FGR Mk 2. One series of ten episodes was made. The leading cast members included Michael Culver, Malcolm Stoddard, Derek Anders, and Catriona MacColl.Mind Your Language
8.254
Overview:
Jeremy Brown, a language teacher, tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries, his lessons do not always go as planned.Bill Brand
6.3
Overview:
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.Curry Up Harry!
NYR
Overview:
Curry Up Harry! Was a 1978 sitcom starring Harry Worth as a beleaguered proprietor of a Brick Lane curry house getting involved in hilarious cultural clashes with his Indian staff, twins Gunga and Din, played by Albert Moses or Dino Shafeek and Michael Bates.Queenie
6
Overview:
A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.Shoestring
6.8
Overview:
Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.Octopussy
6.355
Overview:
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.The Spy Who Loved Me
6.815
Overview:
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.An American Werewolf in London
7.415
Overview:
American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.Pink Floyd: The Wall
7.951
Overview:
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.The Man Who Would Be King
7.484
Overview:
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.East Is East
6.539
Overview:
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.Foreign Body
4.1
Overview:
Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain and while there, falls in love with a white woman.Carry On Emmannuelle
3.9
Overview:
The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frustration she seduces a string of VIPs, including the Prime Minister and the American Ambassador. A jealous lover gives a list of all her conquests to the national press and a scandal ensues. But will she ever manage to get her own husband into bed?Anna Lee: Headcase
5.167
Overview:
A bright, pretty and determined young lady named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward agency rules--like showing up for work on time--and her overall demeanor. However, the agency's owner takes a shine to her and assigns her to what seems to be a relatively straightforward case: finding a young girl who's gone missing and whose family is worried about her. As it turns out, the case involves quite a bit more than just a missing girl.Acting
2001Murder in Mind (1 Episode) as Keshav Singh
1999East Is East as Abdul Karim
1995Backup (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Crocodile Shoes (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993Anna Lee: Headcase as Shop Keeper
1988Lucky Sunil as Bashir
1987Queenie (2 Episodes) as Inspector Gopal
1986Foreign Body as Paramedic #2
1984The Bill (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1984Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Lascar
1984Scandalous as Vishnu
1983Octopussy as Sadruddin
1982Squadron (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Pink Floyd: The Wall as Janitor
1981Tenko (1 Episode) as Dr. Singh
1981An American Werewolf in London as Hospital Porter
1981The Chinese Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981The Garland as Huq
1980Murder Rap as Altab Shahid
1979Minder (1 Episode) as Ajit Desai
1979Shoestring (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1 Episode) as Arab Patrolman
1978Carry On Emmannuelle as Doctor
1978Curry Up Harry! (6 Episodes) as Gunga
1977Mind Your Language (42 Episodes) as Ranjeet Singh
1977The Spy Who Loved Me as Barman
1977Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Shopkeeper
1976Bill Brand (3 Episodes) as Pakistani
1975The Man Who Would Be King as Ghulam
1975Children of the Sun as Airport worker
1975Angels (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1972The Regiment (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972The Moonstone as Treasury Guard
1971Budgie (1 Episode) as Pakistani
1970Play for Today (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Airport worker, Altab Shahid, Huq, Gaoler
1969On the Buses (1 Episode) as Unknown
Production
1977Mind Your Language (42 Episodes) ... Producer