erinmoran
08-08-2001, 05:17 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Christopher Hewett, the British-born stage actor perhaps best remembered as television's endearing English butler, ``Mr. Belvedere,'' died Friday. He was 80.
As Lynn Belvedere, he was a one-time butler for England's royal family who moved to the United States and wound up working for a dysfunctional family, some of whose members never did learn to pronounce his name properly. He made his way through the job with wisecracks and sarcasm.
Hewett, whose career began at age 7 on a stage in Ireland, had been in declining health.
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As Lynn Belvedere, he was a one-time butler for England's royal family who moved to the United States and wound up working for a dysfunctional family, some of whose members never did learn to pronounce his name properly. He made his way through the job with wisecracks and sarcasm.
Hewett, whose career began at age 7 on a stage in Ireland, had been in declining health.
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