Alun Lewis Bennett (born 1949) is a British former actor and musician.

Early life

He was born in

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, the son of Welsh parents Sarah Gwen (née Lewis) and Gorden Bennett. He is the younger brother of actor

Hywel Bennett Hywel Thomas Bennett (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in '' The Family Way'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom '' Shelley'' ( ...

, who played many roles in British film and television. He appeared with the

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in '' Zigger Zagger'' at the Strand Theatre in the West End in March 1968 before training as an actor at

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA (), is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in Bloomsbury, Central Lond ...

Career

In 1979 Lewis appeared in the humorous film ''

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''. He is best known for his roles in ITV's ''

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'' as postmaster Vic Windsor, and Darryl Stubbs in BBC1 sitcom '' Birds of a Feather'' from 1989 to 1994. Together with ''Emmerdale'' co-stars

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and

Billy Hartman Billy Hartman (born 1957) is a Scottish actor, well known for playing the part of Terry Woods on ITV's ''Emmerdale'' from 1995 until his character was killed off in 2011. Career Together with ''Emmerdale'' co-stars Steve Halliwell and Al ...

, he was a member of UK 1990s

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trio The Woolpackers who had a UK hit single " Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" in November 1996.

Personal life

His daughter, by his former wife Annette Ekblom, is composer

Amelia Warner Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982), also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, is an English musician, composer, and former actress. Early life Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, t ...

Television

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Beryl's Lot ''Beryl's Lot'' is a British comedy drama about a woman approaching middle-age and embarking on a programme of personal development. It was written by Kevin Laffan (who also created ''Emmerdale''), produced by David Cunliffe and Peter Willes, an ...

'' (1977) *''

Rising Damp ''Rising Damp'' is a British sitcom, written by Eric Chappell and produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, which was originally broadcast from 2 September 1974 until 9 May 1978. Chappell adapted the story from his 1973 stage play ''The Banana ...

- ''Robin (1978) in S4, Episode 1 "Hello, Young Lovers" *''Noah's Castle'' (1979) *'' The Professionals - ''CI5 agent McCabe in episode ''The Acorn Syndrome'' (1979) *''

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''Jim in episode " Whose Wife is it Anyway?" (1980) *'' Ennal's Point'' (1982) *'' Boon'' (1987) *''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...

'' (1989) *'' Birds of a Feather - ''Darryl Stubbs (1989–1994) *''

Rumpole of the Bailey ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, ...

'' (1991) *''

- ''Vic Windsor (1993–1998) *''

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'' (2001) * ''The Watcher in the Woods'' (2017)

References

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* * Living people English male television actors English people of Welsh descent 1949 births Male actors from London Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth English male soap opera actors People from Wandsworth Musicians from the London Borough of Wandsworth {{UK-tv-actor-1940s-stub