Dino Shafeek
Dino Shafeek was a British Bangladeshi actor specialising in comedy roles. Born and raised in Dhaka, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1958 and appeared in several sitcoms during the 1970s and early 1980s. He is best remembered for playing the part of Chai Wallah Muhammed in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the role of Ali Nadim in ITV sitcom Mind Your Language.
Career
Shafeek's first acting role was as an extra in the drama series Maigret in 1961 under the name Dean Francis, a name he used on occasion until 1966. Most of Shafeek's early roles were uncredited; his first role credited to "Dino Shafeek" was in 1967, when he appeared in two episodes of Softly, Softly as Anwar. He appeared as 'Akbar' in the film The Long Duel, starring Yul Brynner.One of Shafeek's biggest roles came in the show It Ain't Half Hot Mum as "Chaiwallah Muhammad". The series was broadcast by the BBC from 1974 to 1981 and starred Windsor Davies as the Battery sergeant-major of the troop's barracks in Deolali, Bombay Presidency. During the run of It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Shafeek played the part of student Ali Nadim in the ITV/London Weekend Television sitcom Mind Your Language.
Shafeek played character parts in films and TV, such as: Carry On Emmannuelle, Minder, Special Branch and The Onedin Line. His last role was in High Road to China starring Tom Selleck.