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 From the age of one, Kevin Whately lived at Humshaugh near Chollerford in Northumberland. At school he appeared in school plays and when he asked his teacher about acting he was told ' You'll never make a proper living', so he joined a Newcastle accountants. Eventually he moved to London where he attended a drama school, but needing money he spent early mornings busking at Oxford Street tube station and evenings taking tickets at The Old Vic Theatre. Later he moved to Perth in Scotland, where he spent a season in rep. In 1980 he met his wife when they were performing in a production of 'A Nightingale in Berkley Square'. He then moved into television. He is Vice President of the People's Theatre in Newcastle and has an Honorary Doctorate from Newcastle University.
Bio:
From the age of one, Kevin Whately lived at Humshaugh near Chollerford in Northumberland. At school he appeared in school plays and when he asked his teacher about acting he was told ' You'll never make a proper living', so he joined a Newcastle accountants. Eventually he moved to London where he attended a drama school, but needing money he spent early mornings busking at Oxford Street tube station and evenings taking tickets at The Old Vic Theatre. Later he moved to Perth in Scotland, where he spent a season in rep. In 1980 he met his wife when they were performing in a production of 'A Nightingale in Berkley Square'. He then moved into television. He is Vice President of the People's Theatre in Newcastle and has an Honorary Doctorate from Newcastle University.
Tivia:
He told Colin Dexter that he would like to have played cricket professionally for England if he had not become an actor, so Dexter devised the storyline for Deceived by Flight (1989) in which Sergeant Lewis has to go undercover in a cricket team to investigate drug smuggling.Despite training as an actor in London, Kevin retained his strong Newcastle accent, which was still unusual for an actor at that time.Before becoming an actor, he trained as an accountant.Children, with Madelaine Newton: Catherine Whately ("Kitty"), born in 1983 and Kieran, born in 1985. Catherine appeared as Kevin's on-screen daughter in Season 2 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983).He plays guitar and listens to Pink Floyd and Dire Straits.Studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.Educated Manchester Training College.Lives in Woburn Sands. This is in the Thames Valley police district. The same district where his character Inspector Lewis serves in both the Morse and Inspector Lewis productions.His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer at a London university.Director of Milton Keynes Theatre.Honorary doctorate University of Northumbria.Educated at Barnard Castle School.Kevin has a sister who's married to a farmer and lives in Northumberland,.Diploma of Central School of Speech and Drama. |
| Name: |
Kevin Whately |
Type: |
Actor,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
4697 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:16:47 |
| Height: |
5' 11' (1.81 m) |
| Biography: |
From the age of one, Kevin Whately lived at Humshaugh near Chollerford in Northumberland. At school he appeared in school plays and when he asked his teacher about acting he was told \' You\'ll never make a proper living\', so he joined a Newcastle a |
| Trivia: |
He told Colin Dexter that he would like to have played cricket professionally for England if he had not become an actor, so Dexter devised the storyline for Deceived by Flight (1989) in which Sergeant Lewis has to go undercover in a cricket team to investigate drug smuggling.Despite training as an actor in London, Kevin retained his strong Newcastle accent, which was still unusual for an actor at that time.Before becoming an actor, he trained as an accountant.Children, with Madelaine Newton: Catherine Whately ("Kitty"), born in 1983 and Kieran, born in 1985. Catherine appeared as Kevin's on-screen daughter in Season 2 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983).He plays guitar and listens to Pink Floyd and Dire Straits.Studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.Educated Manchester Training College.Lives in Woburn Sands. This is in the Thames Valley police district. The same district where his character Inspector Lewis serves in both the Morse and Inspector Lewis productions.His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer at a London university.Director of Milton Keynes Theatre.Honorary doctorate University of Northumbria.Educated at Barnard Castle School.Kevin has a sister who's married to a farmer and lives in Northumberland,.Diploma of Central School of Speech and Drama. |
| Quotes: |
[on John Thaw] John had a wonderful sense of humor which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He loathed the whole celebrity circuit. In between takes he was like an Irish storyteller in a bar - he wouldn't tell jokes, just stories and you would find yourself rolling around and crying with laughter. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people.
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I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it. You're aware that if you're nicking all the budget, somebody else is getting threepence ha'penny, or the production values aren't going to be so high.
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It always staggers me when series don't use their sidekicks. I don't meant to slight them in any way, but Frost and Midsomer Murders, although they have got ongoing sidekicks, didn't seem to develop them as much as we always have.
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[on Inspector Lewis (2006)] It was coming up with the idea of a prototype Morse - the Hathaway character - that I think has made it. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
TV commercial (voiceover) for Tesco Insurance (2003-2004).
Radio commercial for Autoglass windscreen repairs.
Voiceover for Kellogg's Bran Flakes 'Simple Steps' breakfast cereal advertisement shown on television July 2007.
Appeared in &q |
| Spouse: |
Madelaine Newton (April 1984 - present) (2 children) |
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