Gyearbuor Asante
Frederick Christopher Kwabena Gyearbuor Asante (4 November 1941 – 2 August 2000) was a Ghanaian actor best remembered for his role in the Channel 4 situation comedy "Desmond's", in which he played the role of Gambian mature student Matthew. Life and career. Born in Accra, Asante moved to the United Kingdom in 1967 and trained to be an actor at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. A "Gyearbuor Asante Prize for Acting" was subsequently instituted at the academy following his death. He appeared in a number of British TV shows during the 1970s and '80s, where he was  billed as Christopher Asante. His credits included episodes of "", "Mind Your Language", "Hazell" and "The Professionals" as well as a TV performance of "Ubu Roi" in 1976. He also played the minister in the 1983 film "Local Hero". He came from a long line of chiefs of his hometown Kwahu Tafo but ruled himself out of carrying on the tradition in favour of pursuing a career in acting; the chieftancy Asante was offered was taken up by his friend, television producer Humphrey Barclay. He returned to his birthplace Ghana in 1995 where he was made a Cultural Ambassador. He died  in the capital city of Accra with his funeral held in his ancestral village of Tafo Kwahu in the Eastern Region of Ghana.