Christopher Hewett

TV Actor

Birthday April 5, 1921

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Aug 3, 2001 (80)

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About

Most famous for playing the title role in the American situation comedy Mr. Belvedere, this English-born actor also appeared in the 1967 film version of The Producers and in episodes of Hart to Hart and Fantasy Island. 

Before Fame

When he was seven years old, he was cast in a professional Dublin theatrical production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. After serving in the Royal Air Force, he continued his stage career in Oxford and London, England.

Trivia

He directed a 1960s New York production of By Jupiter and performed in Broadway productions of The Unsinkable Molly Brown and My Fair Lady.

Family Life

He grew up in Sussex and Berkshire, England, as the son of an Irishwoman and a British military man. He later settled in Los Angeles, California.

Associated With

He appeared with Charlton Heston in the 1995 film America: A Call to Greatness.