Where is rodney bewes from the likely lads

Radio presenter Danny Baker described The Likely Lads as "the gold standard" and "envy of the comedic world". Rodney Bewes has died. What a dreadful bit of news. See ya, kidda. Writer and actor Julian Dutton described Bewes as "a fine actor".

Bewes was great. Never at home in the golf club, deep down he knew he was more like Terry than the circles he aspired to. Only a fine actor can deliver that nuance.

Actor and comedian Tom Davis said Bewes starred in "landmark British sitcoms". Very sad to hear of Rodney Bewes passing. Likely Lads remains as one of the landmark British sitcoms. Growing up in my house Bob Ferris was everything. And Olympic rower Matthew Pinsent paid tribute to the actor, who he said used to cheer on crews at Henley. RIP Rodney Bewes. Every one, every day. Born in in Morley, West Yorkshire, Bewes suffered from asthma as a child.

He studied at Rada but dropped out. He went on to take the leading role in the Newcastle-set sitcom and its sequel alongside Bolam, Brigit Forsyth and Sheila Fearn.

Oh I'm very upset to hear that Mr Rodney has passed away today. He was my very first Mr! RIP Mr Rodney. He also starred in his own ITV sitcom, Albert! He divorced first wife Sylvia Tebbitt in and a decade later married Daphne Black, who died in The series gave both actors instant recognition. When the first run of The Likely Lads finished, Bewes found his feet outside it with an indication of his own future as a writer, producer and star.

Once his uneasy partnership with Bolam ended, Bewes established a way of life in which he created, from his own ideas or adaptations of classic comic material, one-man shows that he took around theatres with the help of his second wife, Daphne. When approaching his 70s, Bewes took his one-man version of the life and career of Jerome K Jerome as an actor, On the Stage and Off, to the Edinburgh festival fringe, which was to become a favourite venue for him, and on a national tour, as well as devising a production of Three Men in a Boat, and in he gave an autobiographical show there, An Audience with Rodney Bewes His memoir in book form was A Likely Story She died in , and he is survived by their four children, a daughter, Daisy, and triplets, Joe, Tom and Billy.

Rodney Bewes, actor, writer and producer, born 27 November ; died 21 November Rodney Bewes obituary.