Known For
Acting
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.
Movie Appearances
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Messenger Pirate
1981
Top Secret!
as Chocolate Mousse
1984
The Bill: Target
as Mr. Henry
1996
Withnail & I
as Presuming Ed
1987
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
as Sgt. Gambwe
1985
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
as Waiter
1986
Arabian Adventure
as The Nubian
1979
Spaghetti House
as Bill
1982
Black Joy
as African Dustman
1977
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Minder
1982
Ama
as Brother Josh
1991
The Boy Who Never Was
as Ngalo
1980
The Dogs of War
as Jinja
1980
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Mumbala
1978
