He was born in 1934 at Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria where he later died on November 2012.[1] His mother took him to live with his grandmother after he stopped schooling, at first he went to learn to tailor He started by watching Baba GT Onimole as an apprentice, according to his brother his first play was title "a terrible life"and his stage name is Baba Ibeji.[2] He had featured, directed and produced several Nigerian films such as Ireke Onibudo and 50/50, a movie produced in 1992 that featured the veteran comic actor Bolaji Amusan.[3][4]
Personal lifeedit
He had 20 wives and 50 children, among his children is a Nigerian film actor, director and producer, Segun Ogungbe.[5][6]
akin, ogungbe, christopher, akintola, ogungbe, 1934, november, 2012, nigerian, film, actor, filmmaker, producer, director, bornchristopher, akintola, ogungbe1934abeokuta, ogun, state, nigeriadiednovember, 2012nationalitynigerianother, namesireke, onibudo, baba. Christopher Akintola Ogungbe 1934 November 2012 was a Nigerian film actor filmmaker producer and director Akin OgungbeBornChristopher Akintola Ogungbe1934Abeokuta Ogun State NigeriaDiedNovember 28 2012NationalityNigerianOther namesIreke Onibudo and Baba IbejiCitizenshipNigerianOccupationsactor filmmaker producer directorYears active1953 2012Known forStage play Drama MovieRelativesSegun Ogungbe Nephew Claudius Olaseinde Ogungbe sibling Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Personal life 3 Selected filmography 4 See also 5 ReferencesEarly life and career editHe was born in 1934 at Abeokuta the capital of Ogun State southwestern Nigeria where he later died on November 2012 1 His mother took him to live with his grandmother after he stopped schooling at first he went to learn to tailor He started by watching Baba GT Onimole as an apprentice according to his brother his first play was title a terrible life and his stage name is Baba Ibeji 2 He had featured directed and produced several Nigerian films such as Ireke Onibudo and 50 50 a movie produced in 1992 that featured the veteran comic actor Bolaji Amusan 3 4 Personal life editHe had 20 wives and 50 children among his children is a Nigerian film actor director and producer Segun Ogungbe 5 6 Selected filmography edit50 50 1992 actor and story Ireke Onibudo Asiri Baba Ibeji Ologbo Jigolo Lisabi Igba funfunSee also editList of Nigerian film producers List of Yoruba peopleReferences edit Archived copy Archived from the original on 2015 02 20 Retrieved 2019 05 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Akin Ogungbe s last act The Nation Nigeria The Nation Nigeria 2012 12 09 Retrieved 2018 09 18 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2015 02 20 Retrieved 2015 02 20 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Adefaka Bashir 2011 05 14 My dream was to become a footballer Mr Latin Vanguard News interview Retrieved 2023 10 03 Late Akin Ogungbe Had 20 Wives 50 Kids P M NEWS Nigeria pmnewsnigeria com Retrieved 20 February 2015 Veteran actor Ogungbe dies at 78 The Punch Nigeria s Most Widely Read Newspaper Archived from the original on 16 February 2015 Retrieved 20 February 2015 nbsp This article about a Nigerian actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Akin Ogungbe amp oldid 1178410079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
