Ebenezer Donkor
{{short description|Ghanaian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ebenezer Donkor
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1938
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|12|1938|df=y}}
| death_place = Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
| nationality = Ghanaian
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| spouse =
| children = Diana Donkor (daughter)
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1960s-2016
| known_for = Efiewura
| notable_works =
}}
Ebenezer Donkor, popularly known as Katawere (1938 – 12 November 2016), was a Ghanaian actor known primarily for his role in the Ghanaian television program Efiewura.{{cite web|url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2016/November-14th/veteran-actor-katawere-has-died.php|title=Veteran actor Katawere has died|website=Myjoyonline.com|author=Ernest Dela Aglanu|date=14 November 2016|access-date=16 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://buzzghana.com/actor-katawere-dead/|title=Veteran Actor Katawere Is Dead|website=BuzzGhana|author=Peace Ezebuiro|date=14 November 2016|access-date=16 December 2016}}
Career
Donkor had been in the acting career for over thirty years, starring in several dramatic television series throughout the 1990s. He appeared in Ghana Commercial Bank advert in the 1990s. {{cite web|url=http://www.ngyab.com/2016/11/oh-no-popular-ghanaian-actor-ebenezer-donkor-katawaere-dead/|title=Oh No! Popular Ghanaian Actor, Ebenezer Donkor "Katawaere" Is Dead|website=NGYAB|date=14 November 2016|access-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220190011/http://www.ngyab.com/2016/11/oh-no-popular-ghanaian-actor-ebenezer-donkor-katawaere-dead/|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}} He also starred in over twenty Kumawood films. Donkor died on 14 November 2016 at Opoku Ware Hospital in Cantonments, Accra, having battled an undisclosed illness for the previous two years.
Selected filmography
=As actor=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title !Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2008
|Apam |Katawere |Drama |
| 2009
|Libya Akwantuo |Agya Appiah |Drama |
| 2009
| Ananse (Spider-Man) Parts 1 and 2 | | Direct-to-video film |
| 2001–16
| Efiewura | | Television series |
| 2010
| 2016 |Mr. Oppong | Direct-to-video film |
| 2011
| 12:00 Part 1 |Mr. James Brown | Direct-to-video film |
| 2011
| Masquerades |Mr. Asante | Film |
| 2012
| b14? 1 |Agya Appiah | Direct-to-video film |
| 2013
| C4: The Code of Money and Death |Mr. Vass | Direct-to-video film |
| 2013
|13:30 Kaba Church Parts 1 and 2 | |Direct-to-video film |
| 2015
| Chronicles of Odumkrom: The Headmaster |Katawere | Film |
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|2918995}}
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Category:Ghanaian male film actors