Russell Lewis
| Russell Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Russell Lewis 11 September 1963 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Screenwriter and former child actor |
| Years active | 1967–present |
Russell Lewis (born 11 September 1963 in London) is an English television writer and former actor.
Lewis began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the films The Looking Glass War (1969) and Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). In 1972 he played Winston Churchill, age 7, in the movie Young Winston, and starred in the 1973 horror films Voices and Tales That Witness Madness as a boy who befriends an invisible tiger. He also starred as George Gathercole in The Kids from 47A. He appeared as the young Lucius in I, Claudius (1976) and in an episode of London's Burning in 1989.
By the mid-1980s, Lewis had begun to write for television series; some of his episodic writing credits include shows for Perfect Scoundrels, Taggart, The Bill, Wycliffe, Inspector Morse, Kavanagh QC, The Ambassador, Monsignor Renard, Playing the Field, Without Motive, The Last Detective, Murphy's Law, Spooks and Lewis. Lewis has co-written three of the Sharpe films, Sharpe's Battle, Sharpe's Challenge and 2008's Sharpe's Peril. He also penned several episodes of Cadfael and an episode of Hornblower.
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