Ken Gampu

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Ken Gampu (born 28 August 1929 in Germiston, South Africa; died 4 November 2003 in Vosloorus, South Africa) was a South African actor. Before he began his career, Gampu was a physical training instructor, salesman, interpreter and police officer. His first acting job was in Athol Fugard's play, No Good Friday (1958). His big break came in the 1965 film Dingaka by Jamie Uys. The same year, he had a significant role in Cornel Wilde's African adventure film, The Naked Prey.

Most Popular Ken Gampu Trailers

Total trailers found: 41

The Gods Must Be Crazy Trailer (1980)

10 September 1980

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.

Zulu Dawn Trailer (1979)

14 May 1979

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

The Naked Prey Trailer (1965)

01 June 1965

A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways.

Forever Young, Forever Free Trailer (1975)

24 March 1975

"e’Lollipop" is the extraordinary story of two inseparable South African children, Tsepo and his orphaned friend Jannie.

Target of an Assassin Trailer (1977)

10 December 1977

An ailing African leader is kidnapped by a nurse after being admitted to hospital, and finds himself stuck between two men who have different ideas of what to do with him.

City of Blood Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.

Oh Schucks...! Here Comes UNTAG Trailer (1990)

30 November 1990

Kwagga Robertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion, thus earning him the nickname 'Urumbo' (Lion Killer) from the country's natives.

Cyborg Cop II Trailer (1994)

01 September 1994

Jack, a cop, loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue sending the man to death row.

Joe Bullet Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

When local soccer team The Eagles fall prey to a series of onslaughts from a mysterious gangster only a week before the championship final, the team turns to the one man that can help save their chances at victory – Joe Bullet (Ken Gampu).

King Solomon's Mines Trailer (1985)

22 November 1985

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon.

Black Trash Trailer (1976)

06 June 1976

A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.

A Reasonable Man Trailer (1999)

13 August 1999

With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.

Act of Piracy Trailer (1988)

07 July 1988

A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide to capture the vessel.

Slavers Trailer (1978)

24 February 1978

A story about slave hunting, colonialism, revenge and love.

Flashpoint Africa Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A black revolutionary group kidnaps a couple of young white women in a southern African state in the 1970s.

Black Velvet Band Trailer (1997)

24 December 1997

Period drama Black Velvet Band takes us back to Victorian times when a gang of petty crooks find themselves sentenced to transportation to Australia, their ship, however, docks in South Africa and the gang manage to make their escape.

Bush Shrink Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

In an unstable African country, US psychiatrist Martin Cypher teams up with a street-smart poacher to save his patient and her uncle Kingsley, who runs a diamond mine, from some rebels led by white mercenaries, who took them for ransom.

The Wild Geese Trailer (1978)

28 June 1978

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution.

Jake Speed Trailer (1986)

30 May 1986

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired.

The Virgin Goddess Trailer (1974)

18 August 1974

Reworking of H. Ridder Haggard's SHE with softcore sex star Sarli as the white "goddess" who lives among the tribes of South Africa and can enjoy eternal life as long as she remains a virgin.

Fools Trailer (1997)

02 September 1997

Charterston Township 1990. Professor Zamani is respected in the township. To be sure, he once raped one of his students but the community turned a blind eye.

John Ross: An African Adventure Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Zulu tribesmen escort a shipwrecked 19th-century English sailor on a 600-mile round trip for supplies.

Aristotle's Plot Trailer (1997)

01 June 1997

Tourneur, a self-proclaimed cinéaste, feuds with Cinema and his gang, who are obsessed with foreign action movies.

Scavengers Trailer (1987)

08 January 1987

A college professor and his ex-girlfriend find themselves being hunted by the CIA, the KGB and an African drug smuggler.

American Ninja 4: The Annihilation Trailer (1990)

30 October 1990

The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.

Rogue Lion Trailer (1972)

05 June 1972

In South Africa a new young ranger is transferred to a troubled game reserve. He struggles to be accepted by, and help, his boss, fending off poachers and intruding natives, and gets involved with a poacher's daughter he knew from university.

Askari Trailer (2001)

01 December 2001

Set on a game reserve in Africa. Askari is an angry old elephant, the only survivor of the "A' family group which has been anhilitated in a government cull and he has turned rogue.

Quiet Thunder Trailer (1988)

11 August 1988

A bush pilot and a senator's wife try to survive in the jungles of Africa after witnessing an assassination.

Enemy Unseen Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

A couple of young scientists, Mel Noble and Roxeanne Tangent, travel to an island in Africa thought to be deserted in search of crocodile life, when African Natives storm the camp and kidnap Roxeanne.

All the Way to Paris Trailer (1966)

05 May 1966

When the Russian and American delegates at a global peace conference can't compromise on a conflict, they find themselves tricked into settling the matter with a walking race from Athens to Paris, having hilarious misadventures along the way.

Game for Vultures Trailer (1979)

25 June 1979

The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.

Dingaka Trailer (1964)

28 October 1964

An African tribesman seeks revenge against the people who murdered his daughter.

Kill and Kill Again Trailer (1981)

01 May 1981

Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world.

Van der Merwe PI Trailer (1985)

22 November 1985

South African beauty and former Miss World, Anneline Kriel stars in this action comedy about Van der Merwe, a struggling private eye.

Bullet on the Run Trailer (1982)

21 June 1982

Bullet is back, and this time he will have to stake his entire reputation on the line as he goes deep undercover in prison to unfold the mystery of a police corruption ring, being run by one of the most wanted mob bosses in the country, a man known only as Snake.

Operation Hit Squad Trailer (1987)

10 September 1987

A couple of rich women get captured by a group of terrorists, a crack team of mercenaries called Operation Hit Squad are called in to rescue them.

Mister Deathman Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

Geoffrey Graves is a secret agent who comes ourt of retirement for a mission in South Africa. Stella Stevens stars as an enemy agent.

My Friend Trailer (1982)

14 May 1982

Two prisoners, a white racist and a black man escape. They discover that the only way to survive is to bury their prejudice and rely on one another.

King Solomon's Treasure Trailer (1979)

31 May 1979

Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.

Lethal Ninja Trailer (1992)

08 May 1992

An American ninja's wife is held hostage by a sadistic Nazi chemist on an Asian island. He teams up with an African-American ninja to rescue her.

Claws Trailer (1982)

15 October 1982

Set on a lonely South African farm, in the 1920’s. The film revolves around a young boy who is forced into manhood when his father is injured in a riding accident and he is left to fend for himself.