TV Star Hewlett Dies
British TV actor Donald Hewlett has passed away at the age of 90.
Best known for his role in long-running BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hewlett died in London on Saturday after a lengthy battle with ill health, according to his wife Therese.
Hewlett fell in love with acting while studying at Britain's revered Cambridge University, and began his career in 1954 alongside Peter Sellers and Sid James in Orders Are Orders.
He went on to land a series of roles in shows such as The Saint, Doctor Who and The Avengers before winning the part of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Reynolds in It Ain't Half Hot Mum. The role was followed by You Rang M'Lord?, in which he played Lord Meldrum.
Hewlett appeared in a series of movies including A Touch of Class with Glenda Jackson. He last appeared on TV in The Upper Hand in 1995.
He is survived by five children.
Best known for his role in long-running BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hewlett died in London on Saturday after a lengthy battle with ill health, according to his wife Therese.
Hewlett fell in love with acting while studying at Britain's revered Cambridge University, and began his career in 1954 alongside Peter Sellers and Sid James in Orders Are Orders.
He went on to land a series of roles in shows such as The Saint, Doctor Who and The Avengers before winning the part of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Reynolds in It Ain't Half Hot Mum. The role was followed by You Rang M'Lord?, in which he played Lord Meldrum.
Hewlett appeared in a series of movies including A Touch of Class with Glenda Jackson. He last appeared on TV in The Upper Hand in 1995.
He is survived by five children.
- 6/6/2011
- WENN
Wuthering Heights star, Bond girl and Leslie Phillips's wife
Angela Scoular, who has died aged 65 after reportedly taking her own life, was known as the wife of the actor Leslie Phillips, but she also had several acting roles of her own that brought her public attention.
She twice played a "Bond girl". First, she took the part of Buttercup, sharing a bath with David Niven as James Bond, in the spoof, "unofficial" release Casino Royale (1966). Then she was the flirtatious farmer's daughter Ruby, bedded by once-only-007 George Lazenby, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), which also featured the former Avenger Diana Rigg and the future New Avenger Joanna Lumley.
Scoular later had a regular role as Lady Agatha Shawcross in You Rang, M'Lord? the "upstairs, downstairs" sitcom set in the 1920s, from the Dad's Army creators Jimmy Perry and David Croft. As the mistress of Lord Meldrum (Donald Hewlett...
Angela Scoular, who has died aged 65 after reportedly taking her own life, was known as the wife of the actor Leslie Phillips, but she also had several acting roles of her own that brought her public attention.
She twice played a "Bond girl". First, she took the part of Buttercup, sharing a bath with David Niven as James Bond, in the spoof, "unofficial" release Casino Royale (1966). Then she was the flirtatious farmer's daughter Ruby, bedded by once-only-007 George Lazenby, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), which also featured the former Avenger Diana Rigg and the future New Avenger Joanna Lumley.
Scoular later had a regular role as Lady Agatha Shawcross in You Rang, M'Lord? the "upstairs, downstairs" sitcom set in the 1920s, from the Dad's Army creators Jimmy Perry and David Croft. As the mistress of Lord Meldrum (Donald Hewlett...
- 4/14/2011
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
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