Background
Bellew was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bellew was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
He had two sisters, Claudette and Majorie. In the 1960s he relocated to Newfoundland to host a teen radio show, Now Sound. He starred as the title character in the television series Skipper and Company in Saint John"s, Newfoundland, which ran on the Canadian Broadcasting Company"s Newfoundland affiliate CBNT from 1974 to 1982.
Throughout the 1960s, Bellew was in the Canadian series Last of the Mohicans with Lon Chaney Junior, as well as Razzle Dazzle, featuring puppet Howard the Turtle.
Bellew also performed in The Forest Rangers, Gordon Pinsent"s Quentin Durgens, Member of Parliament, Cannonball, Canadian Broadcasting Company television Theatre, On Camera, Folio and Star Time Theatre, among others He was in Canadian Broadcasting Company Toronto"s production of Macbeth with Sean Connery (before Connery starred in his first James Bond film).
During the 1990s, he hosted the Weekend Arts Magazine in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the late 1990s, Bellew performed as the personification of P.J. Billington, of the P.J. Billington"s restaurants.
He made public appearances and voiced radio and television advertisements.