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Old 05-11-2012, 21:51
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A great actor who was a heart-throb in the 60's & 70's, a British sitcom superstar in the 80's thanks to "Shelley"/"The Return of Shelley" and in later years he carved out a niche playing Gangster type roles. Especially in 2003 when he played Jack Dalton in Eastenders.

Does anybody know what he's up to these days? On Wikipedia it says that he retired from acting in 2007 after being diagnosed with a heart defect. But as you know Wiki is not the most reliable of sources. I've never seen "Shelley", but it looks good and it surprised me that a show that ran for so long (1979 - 1992) has hardly ever been mentioned or repeated.
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Old 05-11-2012, 21:58
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for some strange reason I loved Shelly as a kid and thought Hywel was a bit of a dude. I'm afarid to have fond memories of these childhood time guys now, something will probably come out. look out for a DM article
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Old 05-11-2012, 22:01
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I love him and his brother Alun.
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Old 05-11-2012, 23:53
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Blast from the past....loved him..he married Cathy Mcgowan and I think they had a daughter Emma
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Old 06-11-2012, 00:01
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Absolutely LOVED Shelly as a kid, very witty.
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Old 06-11-2012, 00:04
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Last I heard of him he was back drinking and causing trouble in his local.
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Old 06-11-2012, 00:12
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Last I heard of him he was back drinking and causing trouble in his local.
indeed according to this account...

http://www.terrynorm.ic24.net/hywel%20bennett.htm
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Old 06-11-2012, 00:16
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Wow, what a shame. Drink is evil.
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Old 06-11-2012, 00:34
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My late mum knew Hywel Bennet and said he was a really nice person!

He was quite a heart throb with his Thames TV comedy Shelly.

Last time I saw him it was on The Bill a few years back. He looked dreadful but hey none of us is getting younger!

I wish him well.
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Old 06-11-2012, 00:52
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My late mum knew Hywel Bennet and said he was a really nice person!

He was quite a heart throb with his Thames TV comedy Shelly.

Last time I saw him it was on The Bill a few years back. He looked dreadful but hey none of us us getting younger!

I wish him well.
I agree, where is this hate coming from?
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Old 06-11-2012, 07:44
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My late mum knew Hywel Bennet and said he was a really nice person!

He was quite a heart throb with his Thames TV comedy Shelly.

Last time I saw him it was on The Bill a few years back. He looked dreadful but hey none of us is getting younger!

I wish him well.
Watch him in 'The Family Way' with Hayley Mills. The end with the father saying life makes you laugh but sometimes it makes you want to bloody cry is heartbreaking.
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Old 06-11-2012, 11:16
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The Family Way is one of my favourite films. Hayley Mills has aged so well, not so Hywel Bennett. I read that his marriage to Cathy McGowan broke up because of his alcoholism but that he had beaten it. Sad he seems to have gone down that road again.

I loved Shelley too, I wish they would repeat the series. Still, it's nice to watch The Family Way on DVD every now and again and see Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett in all their glorious youth and beauty.
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Old 06-11-2012, 11:40
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I've never seen "Shelley", but it looks good and it surprised me that a show that ran for so long (1979 - 1992) has hardly ever been mentioned or repeated.
I loved "Shelley" at the time, and it still stands up reasonably well (I have the first 4 series on DVD), with some great lines (Peter Tilbury's novelisation of his own scripts is well worth picking up if you see a copy in a charity shop sometime), and yes, especially bearing in mind how few classic sitcoms ITV has to its name, I'm surprised that it seems to have been pretty much forgotten... was it ever repeated after its first run?
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Old 06-11-2012, 12:04
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I liked Shelley as a kid. Last I saw of HB I think was in the first episode of Jam & Jerusalem.
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Old 06-11-2012, 14:49
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That article is dated 2004.
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Old 06-11-2012, 15:28
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Last I heard of him he was back drinking and causing trouble in his local.
Typical DS

Someone post a thread & it ends up as a horrible "oh look at his personal problems" thread

Good work konebyvax
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Old 06-11-2012, 15:36
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Brilliant actor
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Old 06-11-2012, 15:44
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I was watching some old episodes of The Bill a few weeks on Watch he was on there playing a pedophile. The episode was from about 2007. He put on a load of weight and looked old and bloated.

Goodness knows what he looks like now!
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Old 06-11-2012, 15:47
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I saw him several years ago when I was walking past our local theatre, he looked at me and smiled and I thought, "Who was that?" then I saw his photos up outside, he has aged but was very pleasant to have smiled at me and I hav'nt forgotten it.
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Old 06-11-2012, 17:33
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He's retired now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Bennett
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Old 06-11-2012, 18:06
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His dad was called Gordon Bennett? Brilliant!

I LOVED Shelley as a kid even though I'm sure I didn't actually get it. There was something about him that I found appealing
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Old 06-11-2012, 18:48
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He used to be my neighbour when he lived in Kensington , very nice guy, yes he liked a drink but he was not celeb effected in anyway always good fun in he pub and not badly behaved, maybe things have changed now
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Old 06-11-2012, 18:52
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I always liked shelly and also Neverwhere -god, he was creepy in that
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Old 06-11-2012, 20:38
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My favourite was "Twisted Nerve" still remember that soundtrack, spooooooookkkkyyyyy
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Old 06-11-2012, 21:01
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He voiced King Arthur in the ITV tv series Robin of Sherwood back in 1986. The episode was called 'The Inheritance' about a young lady and her elderly father. I've got ROS on DVD in a box set. It's brilliant.

I've also seen Hywel in Murder Most Horrid. The show that starred Dawn French. I think the episode he was in was shown on BBC2 in 1994.

I remember the Jack Dalton storyline in EastEnders when Dennis Rickman Killed him. Good writing and acting. Shame the same cannot be said now.
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