Howard Lew Lewis
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
August 21, 1941Deathday
January 20, 2018Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
13Place of birth
London, EnglandAlso known as
Howard 'Lew' LewisCast credits
Small Town Folk
Knackerman #1Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
HalThe Tichborne Claimant
The Hotel ManagerThe Baby Juice Express
KentQuills
First VendorShadowlands
Tea Room WaiterBrazil
Black Maria GuardFords on Water
Man in ToiletsGobble
Fat BlokeKnockback: 1
Wandsworth Prison OfficerChaplin
Workhouse OfficialChaos and Cadavers
Cabbie