Howard Lew Lewis

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: Acting

Born: London, England, 1941-08-21

Died: 2018-01-20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Fords on Water	Man in Toilets	0
2	1985	Knockback: 1	Wandsworth Prison Officer	75
3	1985	Brazil	Black Maria Guard	77
4	1986	Mr. Pye	Mr. Rice	0
5	1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Hal	69
6	1992	Chaplin	Workhouse Official	74
7	1993	Shadowlands	Tea Room Waiter	69
8	1997	Gobble	Fat Bloke	0
9	1998	The Tichborne Claimant	The Hotel Manager	80
10	2000	Quills	First Vendor	71
11	2003	Chaos and Cadavers	Cabbie	58
12	2004	The Baby Juice Express	Kent	0
13	2007	Small Town Folk	Knackerman #1	32

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Pennies from Heaven	Policeman	76
2	1979	Minder	Ronnie Aldridge	68
3	1983	Blackadder	Mr. Applebottom	80
4	1983	Reilly: Ace of Spies	Rowhedge	70
5	1984	The Magnificent Evans	Bridegroom	60
6	1984	The Bill		67
7	1985	Screen Two	Wandsworth Prison Officer	68
8	1985	Theatre Night	William Scantlebury	0
9	1986	Brush Strokes	Elmo Putney	59
10	1988	Chelmsford 123	Blag	70
11	1989	Maid Marian and Her Merry Men	Rabies	58
12	1991	Noel's House Party		72
13	2003	Keen Eddie		84

Howard Lew Lewis

Film

Television