Stephen Lewis (actor)
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Stephen Lewis is a British actor who was born in 1936 in London, England, United Kingdom.
Lewis began his career as a merchant seaman, but he was persuaded to go to a performance by the Theatre Workshop, under their director Joan Littlewood. It was common, after these performances, to invite members of the audience to meet the cast. He was invited for an audition and landed the part, he left the sea, becoming a permanent member of the company, and made his West End debut with the transfer of Brendan Behan's The Hostage (1958). In 1960 he wrote Sparrows Can't Sing with the Theatre Workshop.
In 1969 Lewis starred in one of his most popular roles as Blakey in the British sitcom On the Buses, which ran for 74 half-hour episodes and three films. In 1995, Lewis played Harry Lambert, the signalman in Oh, Doctor Beeching!. As of 2006 Lewis has starred as Smiler in Last of the Summer Wine for 16 years.
Stephen Lewis has also appeared in sitcoms such as One Foot in the Grave and Father, Dear Father, and in the movie The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins.
