Nik Zaran
Nik Zaran (19 January 1933 – 3 January 2014) was a Vincentian actor.

Initially a keen sportsman, he mainly played football and cricket while attending the St. Vincent Grammar School. However, his dream was to become an actor. Aged 19 in 1952, Connell came to England, initially joining the Royal Air Force before going into acting training funded by the RAF.

Zaran began his career in 1961, firstly using his birth name before adopting Nik Zaran as his stage name in 1968. He appeared in many cult TV favourites including "Danger Man", "Man in a Suitcase", "The Saint", "The Champions", "Doctor Who" – "The Space Pirates", "Department S", "The Troubleshooters", "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" – "The Trouble with Women", "Jason King" and "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" plus a few films notably the Blaxploitation flick "Shaft in Africa". Other work included commercials for Frys Cocoa and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).

Returning to SVG in 1977 and reverting to his original name Tracy Connell, the actor concentrated on dance and theatre, tutoring several Vincentians to get into the business as well as setting up a theatre company, staging shows at the Peace Memorial Hall in Kingston including the phenomenal "That Christmas Feeling" in 1981, which Tracy wrote, produced and directed.
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