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Howard Lew Lewis(1941-2018)

  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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Of Welsh ancestry through both his parents, Lewis was born in London in 1941. His grandmother was the noted opera singer Dame Ethel Gomer Lewis, and he was also related to the actor Rupert Davies who played Maigret.

Despite being somewhat typecast as an oafish character in many of his roles, Lewis was in fact a very bookish man, and had a personal library of over 35,000 volumes.

As a young man, his flat mate was the actor Ken Morley best known for Coronation Street. The pair remained friends throughout their lives and Morley was Lewis' best man at his wedding.
BornAugust 21, 1941
DiedJanuary 20, 2018(76)
BornAugust 21, 1941
DiedJanuary 20, 2018(76)
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Known for

Kevin Costner in Robin des Bois, prince des voleurs (1991)
Robin des Bois, prince des voleurs
6.9
  • Hal
  • 1991
Brazil (1985)
Brazil
7.8
  • Second 'Black Maria' Guard
  • 1985
Brush Strokes (1986)
Brush Strokes
6.6
TV Series
  • Elmo
  • Elmo Putney
Kate Winslet and Geoffrey Rush in Quills, la plume et le sang (2000)
Quills, la plume et le sang
7.2
  • First Vendor
  • 2000

Credits

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Actor



  • Ma tribu (2000)
    Ma tribu
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Uncle Idris
    • 2007
  • Coming Up (2003)
    Coming Up
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Tom
    • 2007
  • Small Town Folk (2007)
    Small Town Folk
    3.2
    • Knackerman #1
    • 2007
  • Tom Goodman-Hill in Perfect Day: The Millennium (2006)
    Perfect Day: The Millennium
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Stranger
    • 2006
  • Zoltan the Great (2005)
    Zoltan the Great
    6.3
    Short
    • Archer
    • 2005
  • The Baby Juice Express (2004)
    The Baby Juice Express
    5.1
    • Kent
    • 2004
  • Colin Salmon and Mark Valley in Keen Eddie (2003)
    Keen Eddie
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Uncle Leon
    • 2003
  • Chaos and Cadavers (2003)
    Chaos and Cadavers
    5.3
    • Cabbie
    • 2003
  • Amanda Mealing, Sunetra Sarker, and Derek Thompson in Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Lee Stanton
    • 2003
  • Hugh Laurie and Vanessa Nunes in Chica de Río (2001)
    Chica de Río
    5.6
    • Taxi Driver 2
    • 2001
  • Ella Jones, Heather-Jay Jones, Stephen Moore, Victoria Shalet, and Paula Wilcox in The Queen's Nose (1995)
    The Queen's Nose
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Cafe Owner
    • 2000
  • Kate Winslet and Geoffrey Rush in Quills, la plume et le sang (2000)
    Quills, la plume et le sang
    7.2
    • First Vendor
    • 2000
  • The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Landlord
    • George Harris
    • 1986–2000
  • The Tichborne Claimant (1998)
    The Tichborne Claimant
    6.1
    • The Hotel Manager
    • 1998
  • Gobble
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Male Vox pop
    • 1997

Soundtrack



  • Mark Billingham, David Lloyd, and Tony Robinson in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989)
    Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
    7.8
    TV Series
    • performer: "Here Comes Pixie Paul"
    • performer: "Only Child"
    • performer: "Take Action" (uncredited) ...
    • 1989–1994

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Howard Lew-Lewis
  • Height
    • 1.91 m
  • Born
    • August 21, 1941
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • January 20, 2018
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Anna GoodallAugust 1, 1990 - July 17, 2007 (1 child)
  • Other works
    He acted in Alan Bennett's play, "Habeas Corpus", at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England with Royce Ryton, Irene Sutcliffe, Penelope Lee, Richard Cottan, Peter Wilson and Julie-Christine Young in the cast. Mel Smith was the director.

Did you know

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    He started out as a computer operator in the RAF. He became an actor later in life after a chance encounter at a party -- a director asked him if he'd ever considered acting, and Lewis said no. The director called him a few days later and offered him a job at the Old Vic.

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