John Hewer

John Hewer (13 January 1922 – 16 March 2008) was an English-born stage and screen actor and business manager. He worked in his native United Kingdom, as well as the United States and Canada

Career Heyer after being demobbed returned to working for LCC but feeling drawn to the stage he joined the Unity Theatre and became a stalwart of London's Players' Theatre where he appeared throughout his career including in musical theatrical productions such as Sail Away and Six of One in London's West End theatre. The highlight of his theatrical career was starring opposite Julie Andrews on Broadway, in musical The Boy Friend in the 1950s.

With the actor Mike Hall he set up Hewer and Hall, the first conference production company in the UK to use the American model of "show business for business". The company presented conferences, product launches, training films and cabarets in the UK and across Europe; it was active in the late 1960s and early 70s and counted IBM, Mobil, Volkswagen, Beechams, Gulf Oil and Birds Eye among its clients. who predeceased him in 1998. Residing in Epping in his later years and finally Brinsworth House in Twickenham, London, Hewer died aged 86 on 16 March 2008. He was survived by a son and daughter.

Selected filmography The Dark Man (1951) – 1st Taxi Driver Assassin for Hire (1951) – Giuseppe Riccardi Law and Disorder (1958) – Foxy Strip Tease Murder (1961) – Bert Black Operation Stogie (1962) Three Spare Wives (1962) – Rupert Billy Budd (1962) – Dubbing Mister Ten Per Cent (1967) – Townsend Birds Eye adverts as Captain Birdseye (1967–1998) Home Before Midnight (1979) – Donelly Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game (25 December 1990) – Captain Birdseye Noel's House Party (13 March 1993) – Captain Birdseye