Christopher Hewett Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Christopher Michael 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.
Full Name
Christopher Hewett
Net Worth
$950,000
Date Of Birth
April 5, 1921
Died
August 3, 2001, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death Cause
Complications from diabetes
Place Of Birth
Worthing, United Kingdom
Height
6' 3" (1.91 m)
Occupation
Actor, theatre director
Profession
Actor, Theatre Director
Education
Beaumont College
Nationality
English
Nicknames
Christopher Hewett, Hewett, Christopher
IMDB
Nominations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, TV Land Best Broadcast Butler Award
Movies
The Producers, Ratboy, Pool of London, Housecoat 3, America: A Call to Greatness
TV Shows
Mr. Belvedere, Fantasy Island, Ivan the Terrible
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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A friend said, 'You'll live to be 100!' and I thought, 'Oh, God, I hope not!'
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Fact
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A cabaret entertainer as well, he shared the London stage with the inimitable Hermione Gingold in the "Sweet and Low" revues.
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Appeared in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" on Broadway.
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Directed everything from London revues to Shakespeare and Shaw.
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His character of Lynn Aloysius Belvedere, was the topic for a popular 1991 Saturday Night Live (1975) skit, in which a convention is held for the fictional butler.
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Performed and directed on Broadway from 1955-1981. One of the highlights of his stage career was in the original stage production of "My Fair Lady" where he originated the role of Rex Harrison's competing egotistical linguist, "Zoltan Karpathy".
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Christopher served two years in the Royal Air Force and was discharged at age 18 after a two year stint. He immediately joined the Oxford Repertory Co. where he performed in 104 plays. He also was an air raid warden during WWII. He moved to New York in 1954 and made his Broadway premiere in 1956 with the original cast of "My Fair Lady".
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Traced his descent (on his Irish side) from Irish political agitator Daniel O'Connell.
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He was a confirmed bachelor who never married or had children.
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Although born in England, Christopher started his stage career in Ireland at the age of 7 in a production of "Midsummer Night's Dream."
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Of English and Irish extraction, Christopher Hewett was raised in England. His mother helped run a plantation in Malaysia, and was an actress herself. He attended Wimbledon College, a prestigious Jesuit school, before serving in the British armed forces.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
California Dreams
1994
TV Series
Mr. Green
A Very Retail Christmas
1990
TV Movie
Ghost of Christmas Past
Mr. Belvedere
1985-1990
TV Series
Mr. Lynn Aloysius Belvedere
Murder, She Wrote
1987
TV Series
Humphrey Defoe
The New Mike Hammer
1987
TV Series
Hubert 'The Umbrella' Wembley
Ratboy
1986
Acting Coach
E/R
1984
TV Series
Englishman
Fantasy Island
1983-1984
TV Series
Lawrence
Massarati and the Brain
1982
TV Movie
Anatole
Hart to Hart
1982
TV Series
Jeremy Lane
The Elephant Man
1982
TV Movie
Ross
ABC Afterschool Specials
1979
TV Series
Butler
On Our Own
1977
TV Series
Ivan the Terrible
1976
TV Series
Federov
The Producers
1967
Roger De Bris
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
TV Series
Mumbling English Pedestrian
The DuPont Show of the Month
1959
TV Series
Policeman
Robert Montgomery Presents
1955
TV Series
Major Sanders
Man with a Million
1954
Irate Investor (uncredited)
The Lighter Side
1951
TV Series
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Inspector Talbot
Pool of London
1951
Mike
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mr. Belvedere
1985-1986
TV Series performer - 6 episodes
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ned and Stacey
1997
TV Series
Himself
Vicki!
1992
TV Series
Himself
The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards
1990
TV Special
Himself
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
TV Movie
Himself
The New Hollywood Squares
1986-1989
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Super Password
1986-1989
TV Series
Himself - Celebrity Contestant
Circus of the Stars #13
1988
TV Special documentary
Celebrity Secrets
1988
TV Movie
Himself
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1987
TV Movie
Himself
The Wil Shriner Show
1987
TV Series
Himself
Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1987
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Animal Crack-Ups
1987
TV Series
Himself
Star's Table
1986
TV Series
Himself
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1985
TV Special
Himself
The Kraft Music Hall
1969
TV Series
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2004
TV Land Award
TV Land Awards
Best Broadcast Butler
Mr. Belvedere (1985)
Known for movies
Mr. Belvedere (1985-1990) as Mr. Lynn Aloysius Belvedere