Kevin Whately is an English actor known for his starring role as Neville Hope in the British television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, his role as Dr Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice, and as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the crime dramas Inspector Morse and Lewis.
Whately is from Humshaugh, near Hexham, Northumberland.[2] 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 singer and his great-great-grandfather, Richard Whately, was Anglican Archbishop of Dublin. The BBC documentary Who Do You Think You Are?, broadcast on 2 March 2009, also revealed that Whately is a descendant, on his paternal side, of Thomas Whately of Nonsuch Park, a leading London merchant, English politician and writer who became a director of the Bank of England, and of Major Robert Thompson, a pioneer tobacco plantation owner in Virginia who was a staunch supporter of the Parliamentarian cause at the time of the English Commonwealth.
Whately was educated at Barnard Castle School,and studied drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer at a London university. Before going professional, Kevin was an amateur actor at the People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne during the 1970s
Before turning to professional acting Whately began his working life as a folk singer, and still plays guitar, performing for charity concerts:Along with other Auf Wiedersehen, Pet stars, he makes an appearance at the biennial benefit concert Sunday for Sammy in Newcastle. Before becoming an actor, he started training as an accountant.
His acting career includes several stage plays, among them an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men and film appearances in The Return of the Soldier, The English Patient, Paranoid and Purely Belter.
Whately's television appearances include episodes of Shoestring, Angels, Juliet Bravo, Strangers, Coronation Street, Shackleton, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Marple, Inspector Morse, Alas Smith and Jones, Look and Read, You Must Be The Husband, B&B, Peak Practice, Skallagrigg, The Broker's Man, Murder in Mind, 2003 Comic Relief Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Lewis, New Tricks, Who Gets the Dog?, The Children and Silent Cry (film). Whately provided one of the voices for the English language version of the 1999 claymation Children's television series Hilltop Hospital. He has also appeared in an advert for Water Aid doing a voice over.
Perhaps his most memorable television appearances were as Detective Sergeant Lewis, the down-to-earth complement to the snobbishly intellectual Inspector Morse. He reprised the role in the spin-off series Lewis, in which Lewis returns to Oxford as 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 passing, and gain recognition from his sceptical new boss.
Known For
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Robson Green's Weekend Escapes (2023)
Guest starring as Kevin Whately
- Episode 2x01: Kevin Whately (Jan 1, 2024)
Island Medics (2017)
Starring as Narrator
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Episode 10 (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 1x09: Episode 9 (Dec 14, 2017)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Dec 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Dec 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Dec 11, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Dec 8, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Dec 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Dec 6, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Dec 5, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Dec 4, 2017)
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (2017)
Guest starring as Kevin Whately
- Episode 3x02: Kevin Whately, Konnie Huq, Georgia Taylor and Bill Roache (Jun 15, 2019)
Porridge: Inside Out (2014)
Guest starring as Kevin Whately
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Good Behaviour (Jun 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Sent Down (May 21, 2014)
The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track (2013)
Starring as Narrator
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: North of the Border (Mar 19, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: Railway on My Doorstep (Mar 12, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: West Coast Main Line (Mar 5, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Standing Room Only (Feb 26, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: Summer Madness (Feb 19, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: King's Cross (Feb 12, 2013)
Inspector George Gently (2008)
Guest starring as Donald McGhee
- Episode 5x04: Gently in the Cathedral (Sep 16, 2012)
Lewis (2006)
Starring as DI Robert Lewis
(42 episodes)
- Episode 9x06: What Lies Tangled: Part 2 (Nov 10, 2015)
- Episode 9x05: What Lies Tangled: Part 1 (Nov 3, 2015)
- Episode 9x04: Magnum Opus: Part 2 (Oct 27, 2015)
- Episode 9x03: Magnum Opus: Part 1 (Oct 20, 2015)
- Episode 9x02: One for Sorrow: Part 2 (Oct 13, 2015)
- Episode 9x01: One for Sorrow: Part 1 (Oct 6, 2015)
- Episode 8x06: Beyond Good and Evil (2) (Nov 14, 2014)
- Episode 8x05: Beyond Good and Evil (1) (Nov 7, 2014)
- Episode 8x04: The Lions of Nemea (2) (Oct 31, 2014)
- Episode 8x03: The Lions of Nemea (1) (Oct 24, 2014)
- Episode 8x02: Entry Wounds (2) (Oct 17, 2014)
- Episode 8x01: Entry Wounds (1) (Oct 10, 2014)
- Episode 7x06: Intelligent Design (2) (Feb 11, 2013)
- Episode 7x05: Intelligent Design (1) (Feb 4, 2013)
- Episode 7x04: The Ramblin' Boy (2) (Jan 28, 2013)
- Episode 7x03: The Ramblin' Boy (1) (Jan 21, 2013)
- Episode 7x02: Down Among the Fearful (2) (Jan 14, 2013)
- Episode 7x01: Down Among the Fearful (1) (Jan 7, 2013)
- Episode 6x04: The Indelible Stain (Jun 6, 2012)
- Episode 6x03: Fearful Symmetry (May 30, 2012)
- Episode 6x02: Generation of Vipers (May 23, 2012)
- Episode 6x01: The Soul of Genius (May 16, 2012)
- Episode 5x04: The Gift of Promise (Apr 24, 2011)
- Episode 5x03: The Mind Has Mountains (Apr 17, 2011)
- Episode 5x02: Wild Justice (Apr 11, 2011)
- Episode 5x01: Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things (Apr 3, 2011)
- Episode 4x04: Falling Darkness (May 30, 2010)
- Episode 4x03: Your Sudden Death Question (May 16, 2010)
- Episode 4x02: Dark Matter (May 9, 2010)
- Episode 4x01: The Dead of Winter (May 2, 2010)
- Episode 3x04: Counter Culture Blues (Apr 12, 2009)
- Episode 3x03: The Point of Vanishing (Apr 5, 2009)
- Episode 3x02: The Quality of Mercy (Mar 29, 2009)
- Episode 3x01: The Allegory of Love (Mar 22, 2009)
- Episode 2x04: The Great and the Good (Mar 16, 2008)
- Episode 2x03: Life Born of Fire (Mar 9, 2008)
- Episode 2x02: Music to Die For (Mar 2, 2008)
- Episode 2x01: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (Feb 24, 2008)
- Episode 1x04: Expiation (Mar 4, 2007)
- Episode 1x03: Old School Ties (Feb 25, 2007)
- Episode 1x02: Whom the Gods Would Destroy (Feb 18, 2007)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 17, 2006)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
Guest starring as Kevin Whately
- Episode 6x05: Kevin Whately (Mar 2, 2009)
Lads Army (2002)
Starring as Narrator
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Episode 10 (Aug 5, 2002)
- Episode 1x09: Episode 9 (Jul 29, 2002)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Jul 22, 2002)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Jul 15, 2002)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Jul 8, 2002)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Jul 1, 2002)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Jun 24, 2002)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Jun 17, 2002)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Jun 10, 2002)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Jun 3, 2002)
Midsomer Murders (1998)
Guest starring as Jeremy Whittingdale
- Episode 22x05: For Death Prepare (Oct 11, 2021)
Peak Practice (1993)
Starring as Dr. Jack Kerruish
(12 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Fighting Chance (Mar 14, 1995)
- Episode 3x03: Coming Out (Feb 14, 1995)
- Episode 2x11: Perfect Love (May 10, 1994)
- Episode 2x04: Act of Remembrance (Mar 22, 1994)
- Episode 1x08: Giddy Heights (Jun 28, 1993)
- Episode 1x07: Listening Skills (Jun 21, 1993)
- Episode 1x06: Hope to Die (Jun 14, 1993)
- Episode 1x05: Impulsive Behaviour (Jun 7, 1993)
- Episode 1x04: Roses Around the Door (May 31, 1993)
- Episode 1x03: Growing Pains (May 24, 1993)
- Episode 1x02: Outsiders (May 17, 1993)
- Episode 1x01: Sharp Practice (May 10, 1993)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Starring as Detective Sergeant Lewis
(33 episodes)
- Episode S07 Special: The Remorseful Day (Nov 15, 2000)
- Episode S07 Special: The Wench is Dead (Nov 11, 1998)
- Episode S07 Special: Death is Now My Neighbour (Nov 19, 1997)
- Episode S07 Special: The Daughters of Cain (Nov 27, 1996)
- Episode S07 Special: The Way Through the Woods (Nov 29, 1995)
- Episode 7x03: Twilight of the Gods (Jan 20, 1993)
- Episode 7x02: The Day of the Devil (Jan 13, 1993)
- Episode 7x01: Deadly Slumber (Jan 6, 1993)
- Episode 6x05: Cherubim & Seraphim (Apr 15, 1992)
- Episode 6x04: Absolute Conviction (Apr 8, 1992)
- Episode 6x03: The Death of the Self (Mar 25, 1992)
- Episode 6x02: Happy Families (Mar 11, 1992)
- Episode 6x01: Dead on Time (Feb 26, 1992)
- Episode 5x05: Promised Land (Mar 27, 1991)
- Episode 5x04: Greeks Bearing Gifts (Mar 20, 1991)
- Episode 5x03: Who Killed Harry Field? (Mar 13, 1991)
- Episode 5x02: Fat Chance (Feb 27, 1991)
- Episode 5x01: Second Time Around (Feb 20, 1991)
- Episode 4x04: Masonic Mysteries (Jan 24, 1990)
- Episode 4x03: Driven to Distraction (Jan 17, 1990)
- Episode 4x02: The Sins of the Fathers (Jan 10, 1990)
- Episode 4x01: The Infernal Serpent (Jan 3, 1990)
- Episode 3x04: The Secret of Bay 5B (Jan 25, 1989)
- Episode 3x03: Deceived by Flight (Jan 18, 1989)
- Episode 3x02: The Last Enemy (Jan 11, 1989)
- Episode 3x01: The Ghost in the Machine (Jan 4, 1989)
- Episode 2x04: Last Bus to Woodstock (Mar 22, 1988)
- Episode 2x03: The Settling of the Sun (Mar 15, 1988)
- Episode 2x02: Last Seen Wearing (Mar 8, 1988)
- Episode 2x01: The Wolvercote Tongue (Dec 25, 1987)
- Episode 1x03: Service of All the Dead (Jan 20, 1987)
- Episode 1x02: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (Jan 13, 1987)
- Episode 1x01: The Dead of Jericho (Jan 6, 1987)
Guest starring as Kevin Whately
- Episode S07 Special: The Mystery of Morse (Jan 6, 1993)
Comic Relief (1986)
Guest starring as Kevin Whately
- Episode 2005 Special: Comic Relief's Great Big Celebrity Red Nose Job (Feb 6, 2005)
Miss Marple (1984)
Guest starring as Detective Sergeant Fletcher
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: A Murder is Announced (3) (Mar 2, 1985)
- Episode 1x07: A Murder is Announced (2) (Mar 1, 1985)
- Episode 1x06: A Murder is Announced (1) (Feb 28, 1985)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Starring as Neville Hope
(40 episodes)
- Episode 5x02: Au Revoir, Part 2 (Dec 29, 2004)
- Episode 5x01: Au Revoir, Part 1 (Dec 28, 2004)
- Episode 4x06: The End of the Affair (Feb 8, 2004)
- Episode 4x05: Dangerous Liaisons (Feb 1, 2004)
- Episode 4x04: Moonlighting (Jan 25, 2004)
- Episode 4x03: A Gift from Fidel (Jan 18, 2004)
- Episode 4x02: Our Boys in Havana (Jan 11, 2004)
- Episode 4x01: Britannia Waives the Rules (Jan 4, 2004)
- Episode 3x06: An Inspector Calls (Jun 2, 2002)
- Episode 3x05: Another Country (May 26, 2002)
- Episode 3x04: A Bridge Too Far (May 19, 2002)
- Episode 3x03: Bridge Over Troubled Water (May 12, 2002)
- Episode 3x02: Heavy Metal (May 5, 2002)
- Episode 3x01: Bridging the Gap (Apr 28, 2002)
- Episode 2x13: Quo Vadis, Pet (May 16, 1986)
- Episode 2x12: For Better or Worse (May 9, 1986)
- Episode 2x11: Law and Disorder (May 2, 1986)
- Episode 2x10: Scoop (Apr 25, 1986)
- Episode 2x09: Hasta la Vista (Apr 18, 1986)
- Episode 2x08: Marjorie Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Apr 11, 1986)
- Episode 2x07: No Sex Please, We're Brickies (Apr 4, 1986)
- Episode 2x06: Cowboys (Mar 28, 1986)
- Episode 2x05: A Home from Home (Mar 21, 1986)
- Episode 2x04: Another Country (Mar 14, 1986)
- Episode 2x03: A Law for the Rich (Mar 7, 1986)
- Episode 2x02: The Return of the Seven: Part 2 (Feb 28, 1986)
- Episode 2x01: The Return of the Seven: Part 1 (Feb 21, 1986)
- Episode 1x13: When the Boat Goes Out (Feb 10, 1984)
- Episode 1x12: Love and Other Four Letter Words (Feb 3, 1984)
- Episode 1x11: The Lovers (Jan 27, 1984)
- Episode 1x10: Last Rites (Jan 20, 1984)
- Episode 1x09: The Alien (Jan 13, 1984)
- Episode 1x08: The Fugitive (Jan 6, 1984)
- Episode 1x07: Private Lives (Dec 30, 1983)
- Episode 1x06: The Accused (Dec 16, 1983)
- Episode 1x05: Home Thoughts from Abroad (Dec 9, 1983)
- Episode 1x04: Suspicion (Dec 2, 1983)
- Episode 1x03: The Girls They Left Behind (Nov 25, 1983)
- Episode 1x02: Who Won the War Anyway? (Nov 18, 1983)
- Episode 1x01: If I Were a Carpenter (Nov 11, 1983)