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Bewes remained active as a stage performer in the 1990s and later with one-man versions of Three Men in a Boat and Diary of a Nobody, both of which shows he toured extensively in the UK. Bewes final appearance on television was in 2009 when he played retired bank manager Edward Walton in the Heartbeat episode Ties That Bind.
Actor: The Likely Lads. Rodney Bewes was a chubby-cheeked British comedy actor, famed in his own country as one half of TV's The Likely Lads (1964). During the second half of his career, with screen roles sharply diminishing in number, he was active mostly in the theatre, including notably a one-man adaptation of "Three Men in a Boat".
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- November 21, 2017
Rodney Bewes. Actor: The Likely Lads. Rodney Bewes was a chubby-cheeked British comedy actor, famed in his own country as one half of TV's The Likely Lads (1964). During the second half of his career, with screen roles sharply diminishing in number, he was active mostly in the theatre, including notably a one-man adaptation of "Three Men in a ...
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Nov 21, 2017 · Despite Bewes hailing from Yorkshire, rather than Tyneside, he was cast as Bob Ferris in The Likely Lads, a sitcom conceived by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Nov 21, 2017 · Rodney Bewes, who has died aged 79, found fame as the aspirational Bob in the BBC sitcom The Likely Lads. Teaming Bewes with James Bolam, it regularly drew audiences of more than 20 million.
Nov 23, 2017 · Bewes never regained the fame and success he enjoyed in the sitcom, but continued a successful career with later roles on stage, where he appeared in Three Men And A Boat, Funny Money and The...
Nov 21, 2017 · Rodney Bewes was an English television actor and writer who portrayed Bob Ferris in the BBC television sitcom The Likely Lads (1964–66) and its colour sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74). Bewes' later career was of a much lower profile, but he continued to work as a stage actor.
