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Howard Lew Lewis
London, England
Howard Lew Lewis was an English comedian and actor best known for his roles in the 1980s sitcom Brush Strokes and Tony Robinson's children's comedy series Maid Marian and Her Merr…
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Howard Lew Lewis was an English comedian and actor best known for his roles in the 1980s sitcom Brush Strokes and Tony Robinson's children's comedy series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. His first job was with the RAF as a a computer operator and he worked for several years in computing and telecommunications at managerial level before undertaking acting as his chosen career. He often appeared in vehicles for Ronnie Barker, including The Magnificent Evans and Open All Hour, and appeared in the first series of Blackadder. His film roles included Hal in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a guard in Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Richard Attenborough's Chaplin, and the voice of Obelix in the 1994 animated film Asterix in America. Diabetes and dementia plagued him in later years and he was admitted into a community hospital in Edinburgh in 2017. He passed away there on 20th January 2018. Police Scotland confirmed later that month that they were investigating a complaint brought by Lewis's daughter Debora Milazzo against the hospital. She claimed that her father was given an unnecessary cocktail of high-dose sedatives and maximum-strength opiate painkillers that subsequently brought about his death. The police ultimately found no case to answer.
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2007
Small Town Folk
Movie Knackerman #1
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2004
The Baby Juice Express
Movie Kent
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2003
Keen Eddie
TV show
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2003
Chaos and Cadavers
Movie Cabbie
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2000
Quills
Movie First Vendor
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1999
The Tichborne Claimant
Movie The Hotel Manager
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1997
Gobble
Movie Fat Bloke
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1993
Shadowlands
Movie Tea Room Waiter
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1992
Chaplin
Movie Workhouse Official
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1991
Noel's House Party
TV show
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1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Movie Hal
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1989
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
TV show Rabies
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1988
Strife
Movie William Scantlebury
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1988
Chelmsford 123
TV show Blag
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1986
Brush Strokes
TV show Elmo Putney
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1986
Mr Pye
TV show Mr Rice
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1986
Mr. Pye
Movie Mr. Rice
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1986
Brewers Droop
Movie Voice
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1985
Theatre Night
TV show William Scantlebury
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1985
Rachel and the Roarettes
Movie Eustace
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1985
Brazil
Movie Black Maria Guard
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1985
Knockback: 1
Movie Wandsworth Prison Officer
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1985
Screen Two
TV show Wandsworth Prison Officer
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1984
The Bill
TV show
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1984
The Magnificent Evans
TV show Bridegroom
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1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV show Rowhedge
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1983
Blackadder
TV show Mr. Applebottom
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1983
Fords on Water
Movie Man in Toilets
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1979
Minder
TV show Ronnie Aldridge
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1978
Pennies from Heaven
TV show Policeman
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1976
Open All Hours
TV show Byron
