Simon Sabela

Career timeline

1. 1931 · Born

   Born in Durban, South Africa

2. 1963 · Screen debut

   Death Drums Along the River (Movie)

3. 1964 · Breakthrough

   Zulu (Movie)

4. 1975 · Directing debut

   The Orphan (Movie)

5. 1989 · Latest release

   The Gods Must Be Crazy II (Movie)

6. 1994 · Died

   January 1, 1994

Career in numbers

7 1960s

17 1970s

7 1980s

• Action9
• Adventure8
• Drama8
• War6
• Thriller5
• History4

Highest-rated title Zulu 1964 7.4 Most popular title The Gods Must Be Crazy II 1989 7.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Simon Sabela in our catalogue.

Roger Moore

2 titles together

1. 1989 The Gods Must Be Crazy II as General 7.1 Movie
2. 1988 Mapantsula as Mr. M Movie
3. 1988 Skeleton Coast as Sekassi Movie
4. 1988 The Shadowed Mind as The General Movie
5. 1986 Shaka Zulu as Dingiswayo 7.2 TV
6. 1985 The Lion's Share Movie
7. 1980 Auf Achse as Leutnant TV
8. 1979 Zulu Dawn as Cetshwayo 6.1 Movie
9. 1977 Target of an Assassin as President Lunda Movie
10. 1976 Shout at the Devil as Village Chief 6.1 Movie
11. 1975 Black Cat as Lefty Ndaba Movie
12. 1975 Forever Young, Forever Free as Rakwaba the Witchdoctor Movie
13. 1974 Gold as Big King 5.8 Movie
14. 1973 The Voortrekkers Movie
15. 1972 Rogue Lion as Witchdoctor Movie
16. 1971 Pressure Burst Movie
17. 1970 Satan's Harvest as Foreman Movie
18. 1969 Strangers at Sunrise as Oubooi Movie
19. 1968 One Step to Hell Movie
20. 1965 Diamond Walkers Movie
21. 1965 Tokoloshe Movie
22. 1964 Seven Against the Sun Movie
23. 1964 Zulu as Dance Leader 7.4 Movie
24. 1963 Death Drums Along the River as Bosambo Movie

1. 1978 Setipana Movie
2. 1978 Isivumelwano Movie
3. 1977 Ngaka Movie
4. 1976 Ngwanaka Movie
5. 1976 The Boxer Movie
6. 1975 Black Cat Movie
7. 1975 u'Deliwe Movie
8. 1975 The Orphan Movie

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