Alun Lewis (actor)
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Alun Lewis | |
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Born | Alun Lewis Bennett 1949 (age 71–72) |
Years active | 1970s–2001 |
Spouse(s) | Annette Ekblom |
Children | Amelia Warner |
Alun Lewis Bennett (born 1949) is a British former actor, best known for his roles in ITV's Emmerdale as postmaster Vic Windsor, and Darryl Stubbs in BBC1 sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989 to 1994.
Together with Emmerdale co-stars Steve Halliwell and Billy Hartman, he was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers who had a UK hit single "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" in November 1996.
Personal life[]
He was born in London, the son of Welsh parents Sarah Gwen (née Lewis) and Gorden Bennett.[2] He appeared with the National Youth Theatre in Zigger Zagger at the Strand Theatre in the West End in March 1968. After training as an actor at RADA,[3] in 1979 he appeared in the humorous film Le Pétomane.
He is the brother of actor Hywel Bennett, who played many roles in British film and television. His daughter, by his former wife Annette Ekblom, is composer Amelia Warner.
Lewis is an accomplished rock and roll blues guitar player.[citation needed]
Television[]
- Beryl's Lot (1977)
- Rising Damp (1978)
- (1979)
- The Professionals as CI5 agent McCabe in episode 1979
- Minder as Jim in episode "Whose Wife is it Anyway?" (1980)
- Ennal's Point (1982)
- Boon (1987)
- The Bill (1989)
- Birds of a Feather (1989–1994)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1991)
- Emmerdale (1993–1998)
- Lexx (2001)
References[]
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ Hywel Bennett Biography (1944-)
- ^ "RADA Class of 1970". RADA.
External links[]
- Alun Lewis at IMDb
- Living people
- English male television actors
- English people of Welsh descent
- 1949 births
- British television actor stubs