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Eric Lewis (actor) Gibbs", by Will Evans and Guy Reeves, at the Garrick. Lewis continued to perform until 1925, appearing in the films "Brown Sugar" (1922) as the Earl of Knightsbridge, and as Sir Anthony Fenwick in "The Happy Ending" (1925), which starred Fay Compton and Jack Buchanan. He also wrote sketch comedies and short plays. Lewis died in Margate, Kent, in 1935 at the age of 79. Eric Lewis (actor) Frederic Lewis Tuffley (23 October 1855 – 1 April 1935), better known by his stage name, Eric Lewis, was an English comedian, actor and singer. In a career spanning five decades, he