Kevin Whately plays the title role in the television series 'Lewis', who plays his Sergeant?
Kevin Whately the UK. He reprised the role in the spin-off series "Lewis", in which Lewis returns to Oxford as a full Inspector. With his new partner, the Cambridge-educated Detective Sergeant James Hathaway (Laurence Fox), Inspector Lewis solves murder mysteries while trying to rebuild his life after his wife's sudden death in a hit-and-run accident and to gain recognition from his sceptical new boss. Richard Marson's book celebrating fifty years of "Blue Peter" comments that Whately auditioned as a presenter for the show in 1980 but lost out to Peter Duncan. In 2010 Whately played the lead in the television film "Joe
Kevin Whately Kevin Whately Kevin Whately (born 6 February 1951) is an English actor. Whately is primarily known for his role as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the crime dramas "Inspector Morse" and "Lewis", his role as Neville "Nev" Hope in the British television comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," and his role as Jack Kerruish in the drama series "Peak Practice", although he has appeared in numerous other roles. Whately is from Humshaugh, near Hexham, Northumberland. His mother, Mary (née Pickering), was a teacher and his father, Richard, was a Commander in the Royal Navy. His maternal grandmother, Doris Phillips, was a professional concert