---
name: "Christopher Hewett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-hewett"
fi1m_id: "christopher-hewett"
imdb_id: "nm0381973"
tmdb_id: 105813
wikidata_id: "Q331503"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 April 1922"
died: "3 August 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T16:48:18.992168+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christopher Hewett

## Identity

Christopher Hewett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-hewett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-hewett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0381973
- **TMDB ID:** 105813
- **Wikidata ID:** Q331503
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hewett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331503, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381973/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105813

Actor. Born 5 April 1922 in Worthing. Died 3 August 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 April 1922, Worthing
- **Died:** 3 August 2001
- **Active:** 1951–1968
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 82 (1), 1960s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hewett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331503, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381973/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105813

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Producers*](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md) (82)

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## Biography

Christopher Hewett (1922–2001) was an English actor and theatre director. He was born in Worthing, Sussex, and made his stage debut at the age of seven in a Dublin production of *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. After service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, he joined the Oxford Playhouse repertory company and later appeared in the West End.

Hewett moved to New York in the mid-1950s and performed in several Broadway productions, including the original cast of *My Fair Lady* (1956). He also directed stage revues and musicals. His film roles include Inspector Talbot in *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951) and Roger De Bris in *The Producers* (1968).

On television he appeared in series such as *Fantasy Island* and *Murder, She Wrote*, and played the title role in the sitcom *Mr. Belvedere* (1985–1990). He never married.

*Sources: imdb.com, theguardian.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Producers* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Roger De Bris — [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Fi1m 82, as Inspector Talbot — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ned & Stacey* (1995), series, as Christopher Hewett
- *A Very Retail Christmas* (1990), as Ghost of Christmas Past
- *The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano* (1989), Actor
- *Ratboy* (1986), as Acting Coach
- *Mr. Belvedere* (1985), series, as Lynn Belvedere
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Humphrey Defoe
- *E/R* (1984), series, Actor
- *Massarati and the Brain* (1982), as Anatole
- *The Elephant Man* (1982), as Ross
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Lawrence
- *The Producers* (1968), as Roger De Bris — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)
- *The Million Pound Note* (1954), as Irate Investor
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), as Inspector Talbot — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)
- *Pool of London* (1951), as Mike

## Gallery

- ![Christopher Hewett](https://film.one/media/person/3868643/gallery-8f7f29cab954.jpg) Christopher Hewett — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Christopher_Hewett_%22Mr._Belvedere%22_%281985_ABC_press_photo%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Christopher Hewett portrays a Russian bureaucrat bent on rearranging the Moscow apartment of Ivan Petrovsky for an at-home television broadcast to the U.S. show (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/3868643/gallery-e7eeb9f87e67.jpg) Christopher Hewett portrays a Russian bureaucrat bent on rearranging the Moscow apartment of Ivan Petrovsky for an at-home television broadcast to the U.S. show (1976) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Christopher_Hewett_%22Ivan_the_Terrible%22_%281976_CBS_press_photo%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Christopher Hewett](https://film.one/media/person/3868643/gallery-4eaf684554a2.jpg) Christopher Hewett — Image via TMDB

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