Christopher Beeny
| Christopher Beeny | |
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| Born |
Christopher Beeny 7 July 1941 London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1952–2010 |
Christopher Beeny (born 7 July 1941) is an English actor. A former child actor, he is probably best known for his work as the footman Edward on the 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs, Billy Henshaw on the Yorkshire Television sitcom In Loving Memory and also as an incompetent debt collector and golfer in Last of the Summer Wine.
Beeny was born in London. He spent several years at the Arts Educational School, and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As a child, Beeny began his career at the age of six when he danced for the Ballet Rambert.
Beeny's first screen role was in the film The Long Memory (1953). It stars John Mills and featured Thora Hird, Beeny's future co-star in In Loving Memory and Last of the Summer Wine.
Beeny played Lenny Grove in the first British television soap, the BBC TV series The Grove Family, which was shown on Fridays during the mid-1950s.
His big break came when he appeared in 47 episodes, as Edward Barnes, in the award-winning period drama Upstairs, Downstairs which ran for five series in the early to mid-1970s and was shown in more than 90 countries around the world. He went on to appear as Geoffrey in Miss Jones and Son; as Tony in the remake of The Rag Trade and as Billy Henshaw, Thora Hird’s co-star in In Loving Memory.
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