Background
Hewlett was born into a wealthy family. His father Thomas Hewlett owned the Anchor Chemical Company which is based in Clayton, Manchester and is now a subsidiary of Air Products.
Hewlett was born into a wealthy family. His father Thomas Hewlett owned the Anchor Chemical Company which is based in Clayton, Manchester and is now a subsidiary of Air Products.
Hewlett was educated at Clifton College in Bristol followed by Street John"s College, Cambridge where he was part of the Footlights Revue.
He also had a number of parts in British film and television productions. He was later posted to Singapore. Following his demob, Hewlett trained at RADA and gained his first professional acting job in repertory theatre at the Oxford Playhouse where he worked alongside Ronnie Barker.
His first television acting role was the part of Lincoln Green in 1954"s Orders are Orders.
His television appearances included The Ronnie Corbett Show, The Ronnie Barker Playhouse, The Saint, The Avengers, The Dick Emery Show and the 1971 Doctor Who story The Claws of Axos. However, he gained his most prominent role in the Croft and Perry sitcom lieutenant Ain"t Half Hot Mum (1974-1981) as Colonel Charles Reynolds.
He was reunited with fellow actor Michael Knowles in another David Croft sitcom, the sci-fi spoof Come Back Mistress Noah (1977-1978), and later with the successful You Rang, M"Lord? (1988-1993) as George, Lord Meldrum.
Other roles included "Winkworth" in Morris Minor"s Marvellous Motors in 1989 and The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bulletin.
His last television appearance was in The Upper Hand in 1995. Hewlett made a number of film appearances including Spike Milligan"s Adolf Hitler - My Participant in His Downfall, A Touch of Class, Carry On Behind and The First Great Train Robbery. Hewlett"s previous marriages, to Christine Pollon and Diana Greenwood, ended in divorce.
Hewlett died from pneumonia at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in West London aged 90.