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Christopher George Hewett (5 April 1921 – 3 August 2001) was an English actor and theatre director best known for his role as Lynn Aloysius Belvedere on the ABC sitcom Mr. Belvedere.
Mr. Belvedere: Created by Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein. With Christopher Hewett, Ilene Graff, Rob Stone, Tracy Wells. The humourous adventures of an English housekeeper working for an American family.
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Aug 6, 2001 · Christopher Hewett, the affable British actor who played Captain Hook to Sandy Duncan's Broadway Peter Pan in 1979-80, and who was TV's "Mr. Belvedere," died Aug. 3 at his Los Angeles home,...
- IT WAS BASED ON A NOVEL. Amazon. Not many 1980s sitcoms took inspiration from novels, but Mr. Belvedere was an exception. Kentucky-based author Gwen Davenport wrote Belvedere in 1947: The title character was a chuffed English writer who becomes a nurse and babysitter for an American family in order to gather research for a book.
- THE NOVEL LED TO THREE SUCCESSFUL MOVIES. The film industry wasted virtually no time adapting Davenport’s quirky novel for the big screen. Sitting Pretty was released in 1948, with Clifton Webb in the leading role.
- THOSE MOVIES LED TO THREE UNSUCCESSFUL TV PILOTS. Belvedere’s charms weren’t lost on television producers, who tried to adapt the novel three separate times between 1956 and 1965.
- CHRISTOPHER HEWETT HAD ALREADY PLAYED A TV BUTLER. Past, Tense. Before being cast as Mr. Belvedere, Christopher Hewett popped up on American television in 1983 as another butler: Lawrence, a replacement for the departing Hervé Villechaize, on Fantasy Island.
The show stars Christopher Hewett as the title character, a butler for an American family headed by George Owens, played by Bob Uecker . Premise. The series follows posh English butler Lynn Belvedere as he struggles to adapt to the Owens household in suburban Pittsburgh.
Aug 7, 2001 · Christopher Hewett, the British-born actor perhaps best remembered as television's endearing English butler Mr. Belvedere, died Friday at his home here. He was 80. Mr. Hewett began his...
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Aug 5, 2001 · Christopher Hewett, the British-born stage actor perhaps best remembered as television’s endearing English butler “Mr. Belvedere,” has died. He was 80. Hewett, whose career began at age 7...
