Kevin Whately

Age: 59
Height: 5' 11"

Birth Place: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
Born: Feb. 6th, 1951

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Kevin Whately's Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

He told 'Colin Dexter' (qv) that he would like to have played cricket professionally for England if he had not become an actor, so Dexter devised the storyline for _"Inspector Morse" (1987) {Deceived by Flight (#3.3)}_ (qv) 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.
Studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
He plays guitar and listens to 'Pink Floyd' (qv) and 'Dire Straits' (qv).
Before becoming an actor he trained as an accountant.
His brother, Frank, is a Drama lecturer at a London university.
Children, with 'Madelaine Newton' (qv): 'Catherine Whately' (qv) ("Kitty"), born in 1983 and Kieran, born in 1985. Whately appeared as Kevin's on-screen daughter in the series _"Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (1983)_ (qv) for the first two seasons.

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