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	\| citizenship = British		\| citizenship = British
	\| other_names = Dino Shafeek		\| other_names = Dino Shafeek
	\| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka\|~~Dacca~~ University]]<br />[[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka\|Dhaka University]]<br />[[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]]
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| years_active = 1967–1983		\| years_active = 1967–1983

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	\| birth_name = Gholam D. Shafeek		\| birth_name = Gholam D. Shafeek
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1930\|03\|21}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1930\|03\|21}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~Dacca~~]], [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|1984\|03\|10\|1930\|03\|21}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|1984\|03\|10\|1930\|03\|21}}
	\| death_place = [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[London]], England

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	==Career==		==Career==
	Shafeek was involved with amateur theatre in Dacca and, after emigrating to England in 1958, enrolled at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]].~~{{cn\|date=September 2021}}~~ His first film role was as 'Akbar' in the film ''[[The Long Duel]]'' (1967), starring [[Yul Brynner]].<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523\|title=Dino Shafeek\|website=BFI\|access-date=26 September 2021\|archive-date=26 September 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926210851/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Shafeek was involved with amateur theatre in Dacca and, after emigrating to England in 1958, enrolled at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]]. His first film role was as 'Akbar' in the film ''[[The Long Duel]]'' (1967), starring [[Yul Brynner]].<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523\|title=Dino Shafeek\|website=BFI\|access-date=26 September 2021\|archive-date=26 September 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926210851/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	===''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''===		===''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''===

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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Dino Shafeek		\| name = Dino Shafeek
	\| image = ~~Alinadeem~~.~~png~~		\| image = Dino Shafeek.webp
	\| alt =		\| alt =
	\| caption = ~~Shafeek as Ali Nadim in ''[[Mind Your Language]]''~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_name = Gholam D. Shafeek		\| birth_name = Gholam D. Shafeek
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1930\|3\|21}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1930\|03\|21}}
	\| birth_place = [[Dacca]], [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Dacca]], [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|1984\|3\|10\|1930\|3\|21}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|1984\|03\|10\|1930\|03\|21}}
	\| death_place = [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[London]], England
	\| partner = Leslie Didcock (engaged)		\| partner = Leslie Didcock (engaged)

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	~~{{short description\|Bangladeshi-British actor (1930–1984)}}~~
	~~{{EngvarB\|date=October 2017}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2017}}~~
	~~{{More citations needed\|date= February 2014}}~~
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
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	'''Dino Shafeek''' (born '''Gholam D. Shafeek''', 21 March 1930 – 10 March 1984) was a [[British Bangladeshi\|Bangladeshi-British]] comedy actor. Born and raised in [[Dhaka]], he moved to the United Kingdom from [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) in 1958 and appeared in several [[sitcom]]s during the 1970s and early 1980s.~~{{citation needed\|date=March 2021}}~~ He is best remembered for playing the part of Chai Wallah Muhammed in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]''<ref name=Morgan-Russell>{{Cite book \|last=Morgan-Russell \|first=Simon \|year=1988 \|title=Jimmy Perry and David Croft \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 \|publisher=Manchester University Press \|page=72 \|isbn=0-7190-6555-0 \|access-date=18 November 2022 \|archive-date=9 September 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909121510/https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 \|url-status=live }}</ref> and the role of Ali Nadim in [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Mind Your Language]]''.		'''Dino Shafeek''' (born '''Gholam D. Shafeek''', 21 March 1930 – 10 March 1984) was a [[British Bangladeshi\|Bangladeshi-British]] comedy actor. Born and raised in [[Dhaka]], he moved to the United Kingdom from [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) in 1958 and appeared in several [[sitcom]]s 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]]''<ref name=Morgan-Russell>{{Cite book \|last=Morgan-Russell \|first=Simon \|year=1988 \|title=Jimmy Perry and David Croft \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 \|publisher=Manchester University Press \|page=72 \|isbn=0-7190-6555-0 \|access-date=18 November 2022 \|archive-date=9 September 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909121510/https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 \|url-status=live }}</ref> and the role of Ali Nadim in [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Mind Your Language]]''.

	==Career==		==Career==
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	~~==See also==~~
	* [[British Bangladeshi]]
	* [[List of British Bangladeshis]]

	==References==		==References==
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	* {{IMDb name\|id=0787247\|name=Dino Shafeek}}		* {{IMDb name\|id=0787247\|name=Dino Shafeek}}

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{{short description|Bangladeshi-British actor (1930–1984)}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date= February 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dino Shafeek
| image = Alinadeem.png
| alt =
| caption = Shafeek as Ali Nadim in ''[[Mind Your Language]]''
| birth_name = Gholam D. Shafeek
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|3|21}}
| birth_place = [[Dacca]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1984|3|10|1930|3|21}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| partner = Leslie Didcock (engaged)
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| citizenship = British
| other_names = Dino Shafeek
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka|Dacca University]]<br />[[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1967–1983
| known_for = Chai Wallah Muhammed in ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' (1974–1981),<br />Ali Nadim in ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–1979)
| notable_works =
}}

'''Dino Shafeek''' (born '''Gholam D. Shafeek''', 21 March 1930 – 10 March 1984) was a [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi-British]] comedy actor. Born and raised in [[Dhaka]], he moved to the United Kingdom from [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) in 1958 and appeared in several [[sitcom]]s during the 1970s and early 1980s.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} He is best remembered for playing the part of Chai Wallah Muhammed in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]''<ref name=Morgan-Russell>{{Cite book |last=Morgan-Russell |first=Simon |year=1988 |title=Jimmy Perry and David Croft |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 |publisher=Manchester University Press |page=72 |isbn=0-7190-6555-0 |access-date=18 November 2022 |archive-date=9 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909121510/https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the role of Ali Nadim in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Mind Your Language]]''.

==Career==
Shafeek was involved with amateur theatre in Dacca and, after emigrating to England in 1958, enrolled at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]].{{cn|date=September 2021}} His first film role was as 'Akbar' in the film ''[[The Long Duel]]'' (1967), starring [[Yul Brynner]].<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523|title=Dino Shafeek|website=BFI|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926210851/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''===
''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' is a [[BBC]] comedy series written by [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], the writers of ''[[Dad's Army]]''. Set in [[World War II]] [[British Raj|British India]], it follows the fortunes and activities of a [[ENSA|concert party]] troop attached to the [[Royal Artillery]]. 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/479586/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974-81)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002746/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/479586/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shafeek plays "[[tea|Chaiwallah]] Muhammad", selling tea from his ever-ready urn with his catchphrase "[[tea|chai]] garam chai (Eng. 'tea, hot tea')." He also sings the musical interludes between the scenes, which are mostly World War II-era hits accompanied by a sitar. At the end of the final credits, he starts to sing "[[Land of Hope and Glory]]" only to be interrupted by the Sergeant-major shouting his ubiquitous ear-shattering "SHUTUPPP!!!." Muhammad was later promoted to bearer when the actor who played Rangi Ram ([[Michael Bates (actor)|Michael Bates]]) died after Series 5 was recorded.

===''Mind Your Language''===
During the run of ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', Shafeek played the part of student Ali Nadim in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]/[[London Weekend Television]] sitcom ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–1979). Along with [[Barry Evans (actor)|Barry Evans]] as their teacher, Ali was one of a group of people from diverse backgrounds in an [[English as a second or foreign language|English as a Foreign Language]] class at a London night-school. Ali was a [[Muslim]] Pakistani who had emigrated to the United Kingdom, and was frequently seen bickering with Ranjeet Singh ([[Albert Moses]]), a [[Sikh]] from [[India]]. Ali told Ranjeet he will "kick [him] up the [[Khyber Pass|Khyber]]" ("Khyber Pass" being [[rhyming slang]] for "arse"). As the series progresses, their relationship mellows into one of friendly and mutual supportiveness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1108213/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Mind Your Language (1977-79, 1986)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=19 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919132318/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1108213/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other roles===
Shafeek played character parts in films and TV such as ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'', ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]], [[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'' and ''[[The Onedin Line]]''.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=25683|title=Dino Shafeek|website=www.aveleyman.com|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926210850/https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=25683|url-status=live}}</ref>

His last role was in ''[[High Road to China (film)|High Road to China]]'' starring [[Tom Selleck]].<ref name=bfi/>

==Death==
Shafeek died suddenly from a heart attack whilst at home in [[London]] with his fiancée Leslie Didcock on 10 March 1984, eleven days before his 54th birthday.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1967
| ''[[The Long Duel]]''
| Akbar
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1968
| ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''
| Indian servant
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1972
| ''[[Young Winston]]''
| Sikh Soldier
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1976
| ''[[Queen Kong]]''
| Indian
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1977
| ''[[Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers]]''
| Indian watchman
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1978
| ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]''
| Immigration Officer
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1983
| ''[[High Road to China (film)|High Road to China]]''
| Satvinda
| (final film role)
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1965
| ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]''
| Native
| 1 episode: The Golden Frog
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1966
| ''[[Redcap (TV series)|Redcap]]''
| Gurkha (as Dean Francis)
| 1 episode: The Killer
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1967
| ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]''
| Anwar
| 2 episodes: The Target: Part 1: Sighted, The Target: Part 2: Point Blank
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1968
| ''The Jazz Age''
| Abas
| 1 episode: The Outstation
|-
| ''[[The Champions]]''
| Manservant
| 1 episode: The Dark Island
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1969
| ''[[The Troubleshooters (British TV series)|The Troubleshooters]]''
| Abdhul
| 1 episode: You're Not Going to Believe This, But ...
|-
| ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]''
| Majid
| 1 episode: The Promised Land
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1971
| ''[[The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder]]''
| 2nd Priest
| 1 episode: Man with a Strange Tattoo
|-
| ''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]''
| Ali
| 1 episode: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1974
| ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]''
| Gypsy
| 1 episode: If I Can Help Somebody
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1974–1981
| ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]''
| Chai Wallah Muhammed
| 56 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1976
| ''Centre Play''
| Demonstrator
| 1 episode: Commonwealth Season: Trinidad – Home Sweet India
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1977
| ''[[The Onedin Line]]''
| Jaun
| 1 episode: When Troubles Come
|-
| ''The Fuzz''
| 1st Pakistani
| 1 episode: Coppers Under the Sun
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1977–1979
| ''[[Mind Your Language]]''
| Ali Nadim
| 29 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1979
| ''[[Hazell (TV series)|Hazell]]''
| Raiji
| 1 episode: Hazell Bangs the Drum
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1980
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Mini Cab Driver
| 1 episode: All About Scoring, Innit?
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1981
| ''[[Into the Labyrinth (TV series)|Into the Labyrinth]]''
| Suleiman
| 1 episode: Shadrach
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1982
| ''The [[Stanley Baxter]] Hour''
|
| 1 episode: Christmas special
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1967
| ''A Touch of Brightness''
| Pidku
| Royal Court Theatre, London
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1968
| ''[[In the Penal Colony]]''
| The Prisoner
| Arts Laboratory, Drury Lane, London; adaptation by [[Steven Berkoff]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1970
| ''To Anchor a Cloud''
| Asaf Khan
| King George's Theatre, London
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1971
| ''[[Captain Brassbound's Conversion]]''
| Hassan
| Cambridge Theatre, London
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1977
| ''A Clean Break''
| Anwar Hassan
| Ravi Shankar Hall, London
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1979
| ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''
| Chai Wallah Muhammad
| Stage adaptation of TV series; regional tour commencing at Pier Theatre, Bournemouth
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1980
| ''Dick Whittington and His Cat''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pantoarchive.com/londonpalladium|title=The London Palladium pantomime history|website=pantoarchive|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025210345/https://www.pantoarchive.com/londonpalladium|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
| London Palladium, London
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1981
| ''Dick Whittington and His Cat''
|
| London Palladium, London
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1982
| ''Gandhi''
|
| Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, London
|-
| ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/58n/it-aint-half-hot-mum/production/bgb|title=Production of It Ain't Half Hot Mum | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918101947/https://theatricalia.com/play/58n/it-aint-half-hot-mum/production/bgb|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Chai Wallah Muhammad
| Stage adaptation of TV series; regional tour commencing at Futurist Theatre, Scarborough
|-
| ''Dick Whittington''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/58p/dick-whittington/production/bgd|title=Production of Dick Whittington | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926211849/https://theatricalia.com/play/58p/dick-whittington/production/bgd|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Sultan of Morocco
| Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol
|}

==Discography==

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Label/Cat No
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1975
| ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum – Featuring the Artists from the Popular BBC-TV Series''
| EMI Records EMC 3074
| Appears as Chai Wallah Muhammad
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| ''Tony Fayne's Back''
| Rosie Records RR 008
| Guest appearance
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[British Bangladeshi]]
* [[List of British Bangladeshis]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0787247|name=Dino Shafeek}}

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