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  1. Christopher George 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.

  2. Christopher Hewett was born on 5 April 1921 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Producers (1967), Mr. Belvedere (1985) and Fantasy Island (1977). He died on 3 August 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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    • Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
    • January 1, 1
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • IT WAS BASED ON A NOVEL. Amazon. Not many 1980s sitcoms took inspiration from novels, but Mr. Belvedere was an exception. Kentucky-based author Gwen Davenport wrote Belvedere in 1947: The title character was a chuffed English writer who becomes a nurse and babysitter for an American family in order to gather research for a book.
    • THE NOVEL LED TO THREE SUCCESSFUL MOVIES. The film industry wasted virtually no time adapting Davenport’s quirky novel for the big screen. Sitting Pretty was released in 1948, with Clifton Webb in the leading role.
    • THOSE MOVIES LED TO THREE UNSUCCESSFUL TV PILOTS. Belvedere’s charms weren’t lost on television producers, who tried to adapt the novel three separate times between 1956 and 1965.
    • CHRISTOPHER HEWETT HAD ALREADY PLAYED A TV BUTLER. Past, Tense. Before being cast as Mr. Belvedere, Christopher Hewett popped up on American television in 1983 as another butler: Lawrence, a replacement for the departing Hervé Villechaize, on Fantasy Island.
  3. Aug 6, 2001 · Christopher Hewett was known for his roles as Captain Hook in Peter Pan and Mr. Belvedere in the sitcom of the same name. He also directed revues and musicals, and was a great-great-grandson of Daniel O'Connell.

  4. Aug 7, 2001 · Christopher Hewett, the British-born actor perhaps best remembered as television's endearing English butler Mr. Belvedere, died Friday at his home here. He was 80. Mr. Hewett began his acting...

  5. Christopher Hewett was an English actor who appeared in The Producers, Mr. Belvedere and Fantasy Island. He also performed and directed on Broadway, and was a friend of Daniel O'Connell.

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  7. Christopher Hewett played the title role of Mr. Belvedere, an English butler who works for an American family, in the 1985-1990 sitcom. The show was based on a novel and a film series, and won a Primetime Emmy.