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The Indian-born British actor appeared in the biopic "Gandhi"
as well as many Bollywood films and British television
productions
Among his screen credits in a career spanning more than 50
years, were roles in director John Huston's "The Man Who Would
Be King" and Indian director Satyajit Ray's "The Chess Players",
as well as the BBC television series and the film versions of "A
Passage to India".
Other roles included parts on the long-running British soap
opera "Coronation Street" as well as starring roles in the
British series "Tandoori Nights" and "Little Napoleons".
Jaffrey was born on Jan 8, 1929 into a Muslim family in
Malerkotta, Punjab, and started his acting career by setting up
his own theater company in New Delhi.
His death was announced on Sunday by his niece, Shaheen Aggarwal,
in a posting on Facebook in which she said: "Today, a generation
of Jaffreys has passed away. Saeed Jaffrey has joined his
brothers and sister and is rejoicing in the lap of his Heavenly
Father, eternally."
(Reporting by Michael Roddy; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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