diff --git a/LibCarla/source/carla/client/Actor.h b/LibCarla/source/carla/client/Actor.h
index 359ddd424..09c2e2859 100644
--- a/LibCarla/source/carla/client/Actor.h
+++ b/LibCarla/source/carla/client/Actor.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace client {
 
   class Actor
     : public EnableSharedFromThis<Actor>,
-      private detail::ActorState {
+      public detail::ActorState {
     using Super = detail::ActorState;
   public:
 
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ namespace client {
 
     virtual ~Actor() = default;
 
-    using Super::GetId;
-    using Super::GetTypeId;
-    using Super::GetDisplayId;
-    using Super::GetWorld;
 
     geom::Location GetLocation() const;
 
@@ -48,8 +44,6 @@ namespace client {
 
   protected:
 
-    using Super::GetActorDescription;
-
     auto GetClientImplementation() const {
       return GetWorld().parent;
     }
diff --git a/LibCarla/source/carla/client/detail/ActorState.h b/LibCarla/source/carla/client/detail/ActorState.h
index abdad249e..684d43347 100644
--- a/LibCarla/source/carla/client/detail/ActorState.h
+++ b/LibCarla/source/carla/client/detail/ActorState.h
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ namespace detail {
 
     std::string GetDisplayId() const;
 
-    const rpc::Actor &GetActorDescription() const {
-      return _description;
-    }
-
     World GetWorld() const {
       return _parent;
     }
 
+  protected:
+
+    const rpc::Actor &GetActorDescription() const {
+      return _description;
+    }
+
   private:
 
     ActorState(rpc::Actor description, World parent)
diff --git a/PythonAPI/source/libcarla/Actor.cpp b/PythonAPI/source/libcarla/Actor.cpp
index 4f10c032c..2a50908f1 100644
--- a/PythonAPI/source/libcarla/Actor.cpp
+++ b/PythonAPI/source/libcarla/Actor.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ void export_actor() {
   namespace cr = carla::rpc;
 
   class_<cc::Actor, boost::noncopyable, boost::shared_ptr<cc::Actor>>("Actor", no_init)
-    .add_property("id", &cc::Actor::GetId)
-    .add_property("type_id", +[](const cc::Actor &self) -> std::string { return self.GetTypeId(); })
-    .add_property("is_alive", &cc::Actor::IsAlive)
-    .def("get_world", &cc::Actor::GetWorld)
+    // work-around, force return copy to resolve Actor instead of ActorState.
+    .add_property("id", CALL_RETURNING_COPY(cc::Actor, GetId))
+    .add_property("type_id", CALL_RETURNING_COPY(cc::Actor, GetTypeId))
+    .add_property("is_alive", CALL_RETURNING_COPY(cc::Actor, IsAlive))
+    .def("get_world", CALL_RETURNING_COPY(cc::Actor, GetWorld))
     .def("get_location", CONST_CALL_WITHOUT_GIL(cc::Actor, GetLocation))
     .def("get_transform", CONST_CALL_WITHOUT_GIL(cc::Actor, GetTransform))
     .def("set_location", &cc::Actor::SetLocation, (arg("location")))