Pete. [51] He narrated the reality-format television programme Bad Lads' Army and appeared in the 2009 BBC2 miniseries Moses Jones. Click to reveal According to various Internet sources, Dennis Wilson stood 5 [11] Waterman was a series regular in the 1962 CBS comedy Fair Exchange, playing teenager Neville Finch. What does this mean emulate what you respect in your friends? In the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, he competed in the light-welterweight division for Great Britain. Most of the jokes in these sketches feature Waterman being extremely small, with common objects being made to appear massive in comparison. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Born in 1948 in Clapham, south-west London, as the youngest of nine children, he was surrounded by arts at a young age thanks to his older sister Joy, who ran her own amateur dramatics society and encouraged the rest of the Waterman children to join. [21] Also in 1974, Waterman appeared in episode 4 of the second series of the comedy programme Man About the House entitled "Did You Ever Meet Rommel", in which he played a friend of Robin, a German student by the name of Franz Wasserman. Waterman has an extensive private collection of railway models and railway layouts, in O scale and larger gauges. In 1957, he defeated Emilio Marconi to win the European welterweight championship. [3], He began boxing at the age of 11 and had an amateur career winning 121 of his 130 bouts. His younger brother, Dennis Waterman, is a singer and actor. From tough cop George Carter in The Sweeney to good-hearted detective sergeant Gerry Standing in New Tricks, he was known for playing action-packed characters who had more than meets the eye. The squalor was unreal, but the camaraderie was phenomenal. DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles also today reminisced about a charity golf trip he took alongside Waterman. Waterman played the role of Oliver Twist in the production of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. [34] Scenes were shot in County Durham pit villages and in Ashington, Northumberland, where goalposts and a grandstand were erected in a public park with a colliery headframe in the background. He demonstrated his vocal talents by singing the theme song, I Could Be So Good for You, which peaked at number three in the UK charts in 1980. At the age of 18, Waterman became professional and won the British welterweight title in 1956. , updated His extensive career also included numerous stints on the stage and he played Alfred Doolittle in a Royal National Theatre production of My Fair Lady, as well as starring in a tour production of Don't Dress For Dinner. His first role was in Night Train for Inverness (1960). Loved Minder more. Peter was a British and European welterweight champion born in Stepney, East London, England, one of nine children of Rose Juliana and Harry Frank Waterman. Legendary TV actor Dennis died at the age of 74, his family announced on Sunday. 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She added: 'My apologies for using the incorrect first name for Dennis in a previous tweet which I have deleted.'. Minder was later revived by Channel 5 in 2009, but Waterman did not return for the new outing. It followed four former prisoners of war that broke out of their camp during the Vietnam War before becoming residents in the same retirement home. In more recent years, he starred as Gerry Standing in the BBC's New Tricks, and throughout his career other TV roles included ITV's Where The Heart Is, The Canterbury Tales and Moses Jones, both for the BBC. His film debut came in 1960 in the Night Train For Inverness. Waterman has since said he will not appear on any similar programmes in future,[12] and has on several occasions attacked more recent talent shows (specifically those devised by his former Pop Idol colleague, Simon Cowell). His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box. Waterman has also appeared in the Steps video "Tragedy". His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box. He was 74. How much did it cost for 1 dozen of donuts in 1970? He continues to retain an interest in the company and regularly accompanies its sales stand to model railway exhibitions. Neighbour's note to driver over bad parking goes viral - because of handwriting. The podcast referred to Waterman as "a truly underrated actor" and following Waterman's death pledged to go off air for seven weeks, one for each series of Minder he had appeared in, in commemoration. In He followed with the television series Just William, and spent a year in the West End playing Winthrop Parroo in The Music Man. Minder was later revived by Channel 5 in 2009, but Waterman did not return for the new outing. A brilliant actor who was a staple on our screens throughout the 70s and 80s. [23] He is currently building a large model of Leamington Spa railway station, in O scale and set in the 1950s. Another icon from my childhood gone. In the late-1990s, production company Celador hired Waterman to compose a song for their new quiz show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. And presenter and comedian Paddy McGuinness said he had always wanted to be the character of Waterman's Terry McCann. [29][30], Waterman starred in a television film made by Tyne Tees Television entitled The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982). He demonstrated his vocal talents by singing the theme song, I Could Be So Good for You, which peaked at number three in the UK charts in 1980. His younger brother, Dennis Waterman, is a singer and actor. The TV tough guy quit his twin vices when heart problems. [7] The company felt the song unsuitable, and instead approached Keith Strachan. 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Also at the age of 12, Waterman was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Echoing the success of Sweeney, Minder was adapted into a film based on the TV series entitled Minder On The Orient Express, which was broadcast on Christmas Day in 1985. He added: 'I really enjoyed it, because it was a very different kind of character - and that's important. Yep; old Dennis has been sporting those oversized gnashers since about 2006. A statement from his family said: "We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis, passed away very peacefully in hospital in Spain, on Sunday afternoon, with Pam by his side. [31], On 20 October 2021 during a High Speed 2 site visit Waterman announced the name of one of the tunnel boring machines to be Dorothy.[32]. Whilst he has kept his promise not to appear as a talent show judge, on 12 October 2008, Waterman joined his fellow ex-Pop Idol judges Neil Fox and Nicki Chapman on Peter Kay's spoof talent show Britain's Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice, a fully scripted fictional spoof on the talent show genre. Cloudflare Ray ID: 78b6f1918903013a He followed with the television series Just William, and spent a year in the West End playing Winthrop Parroo in The Music Man. 'On television in Britain, I'm sort of the cheeky chappie, everybody's mate, but I've never played anything like that in the theatre. "Probably because he didn't write the tweet, passed it over to a much younger aide to research and they made the faux pas.. which actually makes it worse," Jane said. The worldwide popularity led to two film box office smashes, Sweeney I and Sweeney II. [5] He appeared in two small stage roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1960 season. Waterman has built up a substantial fortune through his numerous sources of income, yet he prefers to lead a modest life. Waterman also appeared in an advert by the National Blood Service in the UK, their sixth TV advert which also features Carol Smillie and Will Carling. Is Hannah Waterman related to Dennis Waterman. $1 Million - $5 Million. He also starred in productions of Twelfth Night, Edward Bond's Saved at the Royal Court Theatre and Sergeant Musgrave's Dance. 'Bring on summer! Mr Zahawi paid tribute to Dennis Waterman after his death aged 74 yesterday. Not one to focus on a single role, Waterman was also an accomplished singer, stage actor and film star. When I worked with him on "New Tricks" he made me the best cups of tea. What is Dennis Waterman's birthday?. Has ITV now axed Jeremy Clarkson? And of course I just spent the time grilling him about "Scars of Dracula". Pete Waterman is a record producer who was a judge on Popstars: The Rivals. In 2001, Waterman was made an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Coventry University for his services to the pop industry. By RIP Dennis x'. Pete Waterman is known for her work on Spider-Man 3 (2007), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and (500) Days of Summer (2009). [3], Boxing was a big part of Waterman's childhood. In the latter part of his career, he played Gerry Standing in the show New Tricks from 2003 to 2014. RIP.'. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()). Waterman starred as bodyguard Terry McCann in Minder and he first found fame as tough nut cop George Carter in The Sweeney opposite John Thaw. Learn how your comment data is processed. ", READ MOREUK heatwave will hit 26C as Met Office shares exact dates of warmest days, Jon replied: "His tweet was in response to a now-deleted tweet by Kay Burley perhaps she called him Pete and Zahawi didn't realise. What a fantastic talent and lovely man. His talents did not end with acting and he had a keen interest in music, having recorded albums and singles, including songs which charted in Australia, New Zealand and Britain. He is the owner of significant collections of both historic and commercial railway locomotives and rolling stock. It's strange that you get cast as different things in different parts of the media.'. We have estimated Pete Waterman's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets. Peter Alan Waterman, OBE, DL (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. Actor/Comedian Dennis Leary is 6' 2" tall. His role in 2003 drama New Tricks marked his return to a long-running show for the first time in a decade and saw him star alongside acting stalwarts James Bolam and Alun Armstrong. The Sweeney was everything great TV drama should be: gritty, honest, true. "[10], In 1976, Waterman released his first album, Downwind of Angels,[26] arranged and produced by Brian Bennett. Waterman is survived by his wife, Pam, and two daughters, Julia and Hannah, who were born following his marriage to actress Patricia Maynard. He works closely with model-maker Laurie Lynch on this project. [63], Waterman was a fan of Chelsea F.C. [68], Waterman was caricatured by David Walliams in the radio and TV comedy series Little Britain, in sketches where he visits his agent (played by Matt Lucas) looking for parts. The final project of his acting career came in 2020 in the form of was Australian drama-comedy film Never Too Late. Peter Waterman was an English welterweight boxer who won British and European titles from December 8, 1934, to January 16, 1986. [29], In October 2018, Waterman unveiled The Will Hay Appreciation Society's memorial bench to Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt in Cliddesden, Hampshire the filming location for Buggleskelly in the railway comedy film Oh, Mr Porter!. He was also part of the popular tour, Friends On Tour, which saw him take to the road alongside Sheena Easton and Gerard Kenny. The journalist wrote in her amended tweet: 'RIP Dennis Waterman. [2] His younger brother, Dennis Waterman, became an actor and singer. Condition: Used Used. [1][5][6], He died suddenly in Islington at the age of 51. RIP Dennis x'. The worldwide popularity led to two film box office smashes, Sweeney I and Sweeney II. [55][56] Waterman also recorded a song with George Cole: "What Are We Gonna Get For 'Er Indoors? How old would you be if you graduated high school in 1977? 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