Rodney Bewes
| Rodney Bewes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 November 1937 Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | actor, performer, screenwriter, writer |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sylvia N Tebbitt (1963) (divorced) Daphne Black (1973–2015) (her death) |
| Children | Daisy Bewes Tom Bewes Billy Bewes Joe Bewes |
| Relatives | Eliza Bewes (granddaughter) |
Rodney Bewes (born 27 November 1937) is an English television actor and writer, who is best known for playing Bob Ferris in the BBC television sitcom The Likely Lads (1964–66), its colour sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74), the various radio series based on them (1967–68 and 1975), and in the big screen film The Likely Lads (1976).
Bewes was born in Bingley near Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His family moved to Luton, where he attended Challney Boys' School. Because of his early ill-health (he suffered from asthma) his mother tended to keep him off school. From the age of 12 he was appearing in television plays for the BBC, and at 14 he moved to London to attend RADA's preparatory school.
After two years of national service in the RAF, Bewes went to RADA. At nights he was working in hotels, doing the washing up, to finance his studies at RADA during the day, and hence was frequently to be found asleep in class. He was expelled during his final year. In the early 1960s he was appearing in productions at the Borough Polytechnic Institute (now London South Bank University) alongside Richard Briers and Brian Murphy. He then began appearing in repertory theatre and obtained parts in the television shows Dixon of Dock Green (1962) and Z-Cars (1963). He also appeared in the film version of Billy Liar (1963) alongside his close friend Tom Courtenay. The following year his northern working-class background and natural northern accent stood him in good stead, landing him the role of northern working class hero Bob Ferris in The Likely Lads.
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