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Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks, singing the theme tunes of the latter two.

Dennis Waterman
Waterman in 2012
Born(1948-02-24)24 February 1948
Clapham, London, England
Died8 May 2022(2022-05-08) (aged 74)
La Manga, Murcia, Spain
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1960–2020
Spouses
  • Penny Dixon
    (m. 1967; div. 1976)
  • (m. 1977; div. 1987)
  • (m. 1987; div. 1998)
  • Pam Flint
    (m. 2011)
Children2, including Hannah

Waterman's acting career spanned 60 years, starting with his childhood roles in film and theatre, and adult roles in film, television and West End theatre. He was known for the range of roles he played, including drama (Up the Junction), horror (Scars of Dracula), adventure (Colditz), comedy (Fair Exchange), comedy-drama (Minder), musical (Windy City) and sport (The World Cup: A Captain's Tale). He appeared in 29 films, the last being released in 2020.[1]

Early life and education

Waterman was born on 24 February 1948,[2] as the youngest of nine children to Rose Juliana (née Saunders) and Harry Frank Waterman in Clapham,[3][4][5] then in the County of London. The family, which included siblings Ken, Peter, a welterweight boxing champion,[5] Stella, Norma, and Myrna, lived at 2 Elms Road, Clapham Common South Side.[3] Harry Waterman was a ticket collector for British Railways.[5] Two older sisters, Joy and Vera, had already left home by the time Dennis was born, and another brother, Allen, had died as a young child.[3]

Boxing was a big part of Waterman's childhood. His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box.[6] His older brother Ken first took Dennis boxing when he was three years old,[7] and when he was ten Dennis joined Caius Boxing Club.[6]

Waterman was educated at the Granard Primary School, a state primary school on the Ashburton Estate in Putney, southwest London, followed by Corona Stage School, an independent school at Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith, West London.[5]

Life and career

1960s

Waterman's acting career began in childhood. His first role was in Night Train for Inverness (1960).[5] He appeared in two small stage roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1960 season.[8] In 1961, at the age of 13, he played the part of Winthrop Paroo in the Adelphi Theatre production of The Music Man.[9] A year later, he starred as William Brown in the BBC TV series William based on the Just William books of Richmal Crompton.[10] Waterman played the role of Oliver Twist in the production of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! staged at the Mermaid Theatre, London, in the early 1960s, and appeared on the cast recording released in 1961.[11] Waterman was a series regular in the 1962 CBS comedy Fair Exchange, playing teenager Neville Finch.[12] In 1963, he took a "starring" role in the Children's Film Foundation film Go Kart Go.[13]

He later appeared in the premier of Carving a Statue, produced by Peter Wood on 17 September 1964 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. The cast consisted of; Ralph Richardson as The Father, Dennis Waterman as His Son, Barbara Ferris as The First Girl, Jane Birkin as The Second Girl and Roland Culver as Dr Parker.

Waterman was in the original cast of Saved, the play written by Edward Bond, and first produced at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1965.[14] He had a major role in the feature film version of Up the Junction (1968) in which he played Peter, boyfriend to Polly (Suzy Kendall).[15]

1970s

In the early 1970s, Waterman appeared in the BBC television series Colditz as a young Gestapo officer.[16] He played the brother of a victim of Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) in the Hammer film Scars of Dracula (1970),[17] and the boyfriend of Susan George in Fright (1971).[18] He appeared alongside Richard Harris and John Huston in a Hollywood western, Man in the Wilderness (1971).[19] He was a member of the company of actors who featured in The Sextet (1972), a BBC 2 series which included the Dennis Potter drama Follow the Yellow Brick Road,[20] and Waterman later appeared in the same dramatist's Joe's Ark (Play for Today, 1974).[21] Also in 1974, Waterman appeared in episode 4 of the second series of the comedy programme Man About the House entitled "Did You Ever Meet Rommel", in which he played a friend of Robin, a German student by the name of Franz Wasserman.[22] Waterman guest starred in a 1974 Special Branch episode entitled "Stand and Deliver"

He became a household name as DS George Carter in The Sweeney during the 1970s.[23] As well as starring as Terry McCann in Minder, Waterman sang the theme song, "I Could Be So Good for You",[10] which was a top three UK hit in 1980 and a top ten hit in Australia.[24][25] It was written by his then-wife Patricia along with Gerard Kenny. Waterman also recorded a song with George Cole: "What Are We Gonna Get For 'Er Indoors?"[10]

In 1976, Waterman released his first album, Downwind of Angels,[26] arranged and produced by Brian Bennett.[27] A single, "I Will Glide", was released from the album.[28]

In 1978, Waterman returned to the RSC to play Sackett in Bronson Howard's comedy Saratoga.[29][30]

1980s

Waterman starred in a television film made by Tyne Tees Television entitled The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982).[31] It was the true story of West Auckland Town F.C., a part-time side who won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, sometimes described as the 'First World Cup', in 1909 and 1911. Waterman played the part of Bob Jones, the club captain.[32][33] It cost £1.5 million to make, most of which was funded by Waterman. Shooting took place in the North East and in Turin in Italy.[34] Scenes were shot in County Durham pit villages and in Ashington, Northumberland, where goalposts and a grandstand were erected in a public park with a colliery headframe in the background.[35]

In 1982, Waterman starred in the musical Windy City.[36] A relatively short-lived production. The cast included Amanda Redman, with whom Waterman had an eighteen-month affair during the run of the musical and with whom he later went on to star in the TV series New Tricks.[37][38] Windy City closed after 250 performances.[39] Waterman took the lead male role in the BAFTA Award-winning BBC adaptation of Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986).[40]

In an Australian television film, The First Kangaroos (1988), Waterman's depiction of the rugby player Albert Goldthorpe[41] drew formal complaints from Goldthorpe's granddaughter.[42]

In 1988, Waterman voiced Vernon's sidekick Toaster in the children's animated series Tube Mice, which also starred George Cole.[43]

1990s

After leaving Minder, Waterman appeared as Thomas Gynn in the comedy drama Stay Lucky (1989–93),[44] with Jan Francis and Emma Wray; self made millionaire Tony Carpenter in the sitcom On the Up (1990–92)[45] and John Neil in the mini series Circles of Deceit (1995–96).[46] Between 1997 to 1999, he appeared in series 3 and 4 of the crime drama The Knock.[47]

2000s

 
Waterman filming New Tricks in 2012

He was a regular cast member in every season of New Tricks, from 2003 to 2014, and also sang the theme song.[48][49] Waterman appeared on stage in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell by Keith Waterhouse[50] and as Alfred P. Doolittle in the 2001 London revival of My Fair Lady.[51] He narrated the reality-format television programme Bad Lads' Army and appeared in the 2009 BBC2 miniseries Moses Jones.[52][53]

2020s

In 2020, Waterman starred in the Australian drama-comedy film Never Too Late which had been filmed in Adelaide, Australia, the previous year.[54]The Minder Podcast revealed that Waterman was semi-retired and living in Spain. The podcast referred to Waterman as "a truly underrated actor" and following Waterman's death pledged to go off air for seven weeks, one for each series of Minder he had appeared in, in commemoration.[55][56] An audio tribute episode was released after seven weeks.[57]

Personal life

Marriages

Waterman was married four times:

Waterman's marriage to Lenska ended because of his violent behaviour towards her. In March 2012, he caused controversy with some comments on this issue: "It's not difficult for a woman to make a man hit her. She certainly wasn't a beaten wife, she was hit and that's different."[59][60] The interview was broadcast in full on Piers Morgan's Life Stories on ITV in May 2012.[61]

Waterman emigrated to Spain with his wife Pam in 2015 after New Tricks ended, living at a villa in La Manga, and playing golf at the La Manga Club.[62]

Drink-driving convictions

Waterman was banned from driving for three years in January 1991, following his second drink-driving conviction in four years.[63]

Chelsea F.C. fandom

Waterman was a fan of Chelsea F.C.[64] His love of football was reflected in his being chosen to present Match of the Seventies from 1995 to 1996, a nostalgic BBC show celebrating the best football matches from the 1970s.[65]

Friendship with George Cole

In 2015, his friend of many years, George Cole, who had played Arthur Daley in Minder, died aged 90. Waterman delivered the eulogy at Cole's funeral on 12 August.[66]

Death

Waterman died from lung cancer[67] at his home in La Manga, Murcia, Spain on 8 May 2022 at the age of 74.[68]

In popular culture

Little Britain caricature

Waterman was caricatured by David Walliams in the radio and TV comedy series Little Britain, in sketches where he visits his agent (played by Matt Lucas) looking for parts. Most of the jokes in these sketches feature Waterman being extremely small, with common objects being made to appear massive in comparison. The Waterman caricature is offered, but always declines, respectable parts because he is not allowed to "write the theme tune, sing the theme tune" (rendered as "write da feem toon, sing da feem toon") of the particular production.[69]

This running joke is based on Waterman having sung the theme tunes for at least four of the programmes in which he starred, namely for Minder, Stay Lucky,[70] On the Up and New Tricks. In November 2006, Waterman made a guest appearance in Comic Relief Does Little Britain Live, alongside the comedy character version of himself.[71]

Bibliography

  • 2000: Waterman, Dennis; and Jill Arlon. – ReMinder. – London: Hutchinson. – ISBN 978-0-09-180108-3.

Filmography

Discography

Albums

Year Title AUS Chart[87] Label Cat. No.
1976 Down Wind of Angels - DJM DJF 20483
1977 Waterman - DJM DJF 20513
1980 So Good For You 59 EMI EMC 3349

Singles

Date A-Side B-Side Label Chart (UK)[88] Chart (AUS)[87]
12 March 1976 "For Their Pleasure" "You're A Part of Me" DJM
8 October 1976 "I Will Glide" "Snakes And Ladders" DJM
21 January 1977 "Hooray for Curly Woolf" "Don't Say No" DJM
Sep 1977 "It Ain't Easy" "Rock 'N' Roll Sunshine Lady" DJM
Aug 1979 "Love's Left Me Bleeding" "Nothing at All" EMI
Oct 1980 "I Could Be So Good for You" "Nothing at All" EMI 3 9
Jun 1980 "Holding On to Love" "Gone Wrong Song" EMI
Jan 1981 "Wasn't Love Strong Enough" "Gone Wrong Song" EMI
May 1981 "Come Away with Me" "If Only" EMI
Mar 1982 "We Don't Make Love on Sundays" "Indian Silk" C&D
Jul 1982 "Shake the City" "Wait Till I Get You on Your Own Tonight" EMI
Dec 1983 "What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors?" "Quids And Quavers" EMI 21

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External links

  • Dennis Waterman at IMDb
  • Dennis Waterman discography at Discogs
  • Dennis Waterman discography at Discogs as Dennis Waterman Band
  • New Tricks at BBC Drama

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For other people named Dennis Waterman see Dennis Waterman disambiguation Dennis Waterman 24 February 1948 8 May 2022 was an English actor and singer He was best known for his tough guy leading roles in television series including The Sweeney Minder and New Tricks singing the theme tunes of the latter two Dennis WatermanWaterman in 2012Born 1948 02 24 24 February 1948Clapham London EnglandDied8 May 2022 2022 05 08 aged 74 La Manga Murcia SpainOccupation s Actor singerYears active1960 2020SpousesPenny Dixon m 1967 div 1976 wbr Patricia Maynard m 1977 div 1987 wbr Rula Lenska m 1987 div 1998 wbr Pam Flint m 2011 wbr Children2 including HannahWaterman s acting career spanned 60 years starting with his childhood roles in film and theatre and adult roles in film television and West End theatre He was known for the range of roles he played including drama Up the Junction horror Scars of Dracula adventure Colditz comedy Fair Exchange comedy drama Minder musical Windy City and sport The World Cup A Captain s Tale He appeared in 29 films the last being released in 2020 1 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Life and career 2 1 1960s 2 2 1970s 2 3 1980s 2 4 1990s 2 5 2000s 2 6 2020s 3 Personal life 3 1 Marriages 3 2 Drink driving convictions 3 3 Chelsea F C fandom 3 4 Friendship with George Cole 4 Death 5 In popular culture 5 1 Little Britain caricature 6 Bibliography 7 Filmography 8 Discography 8 1 Albums 8 2 Singles 9 References 10 External linksEarly life and education EditWaterman was born on 24 February 1948 2 as the youngest of nine children to Rose Juliana nee Saunders and Harry Frank Waterman in Clapham 3 4 5 then in the County of London The family which included siblings Ken Peter a welterweight boxing champion 5 Stella Norma and Myrna lived at 2 Elms Road Clapham Common South Side 3 Harry Waterman was a ticket collector for British Railways 5 Two older sisters Joy and Vera had already left home by the time Dennis was born and another brother Allen had died as a young child 3 Boxing was a big part of Waterman s childhood His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box 6 His older brother Ken first took Dennis boxing when he was three years old 7 and when he was ten Dennis joined Caius Boxing Club 6 Waterman was educated at the Granard Primary School a state primary school on the Ashburton Estate in Putney southwest London followed by Corona Stage School an independent school at Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith West London 5 Life and career Edit1960s Edit Waterman s acting career began in childhood His first role was in Night Train for Inverness 1960 5 He appeared in two small stage roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company s 1960 season 8 In 1961 at the age of 13 he played the part of Winthrop Paroo in the Adelphi Theatre production of The Music Man 9 A year later he starred as William Brown in the BBC TV series William based on the Just William books of Richmal Crompton 10 Waterman played the role of Oliver Twist in the production of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver staged at the Mermaid Theatre London in the early 1960s and appeared on the cast recording released in 1961 11 Waterman was a series regular in the 1962 CBS comedy Fair Exchange playing teenager Neville Finch 12 In 1963 he took a starring role in the Children s Film Foundation film Go Kart Go 13 He later appeared in the premier of Carving a Statue produced by Peter Wood on 17 September 1964 at the Haymarket Theatre London The cast consisted of Ralph Richardson as The Father Dennis Waterman as His Son Barbara Ferris as The First Girl Jane Birkin as The Second Girl and Roland Culver as Dr Parker Waterman was in the original cast of Saved the play written by Edward Bond and first produced at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1965 14 He had a major role in the feature film version of Up the Junction 1968 in which he played Peter boyfriend to Polly Suzy Kendall 15 1970s Edit In the early 1970s Waterman appeared in the BBC television series Colditz as a young Gestapo officer 16 He played the brother of a victim of Count Dracula Christopher Lee in the Hammer film Scars of Dracula 1970 17 and the boyfriend of Susan George in Fright 1971 18 He appeared alongside Richard Harris and John Huston in a Hollywood western Man in the Wilderness 1971 19 He was a member of the company of actors who featured in The Sextet 1972 a BBC 2 series which included the Dennis Potter drama Follow the Yellow Brick Road 20 and Waterman later appeared in the same dramatist s Joe s Ark Play for Today 1974 21 Also in 1974 Waterman appeared in episode 4 of the second series of the comedy programme Man About the House entitled Did You Ever Meet Rommel in which he played a friend of Robin a German student by the name of Franz Wasserman 22 Waterman guest starred in a 1974 Special Branch episode entitled Stand and Deliver He became a household name as DS George Carter in The Sweeney during the 1970s 23 As well as starring as Terry McCann in Minder Waterman sang the theme song I Could Be So Good for You 10 which was a top three UK hit in 1980 and a top ten hit in Australia 24 25 It was written by his then wife Patricia along with Gerard Kenny Waterman also recorded a song with George Cole What Are We Gonna Get For Er Indoors 10 In 1976 Waterman released his first album Downwind of Angels 26 arranged and produced by Brian Bennett 27 A single I Will Glide was released from the album 28 In 1978 Waterman returned to the RSC to play Sackett in Bronson Howard s comedy Saratoga 29 30 1980s Edit Waterman starred in a television film made by Tyne Tees Television entitled The World Cup A Captain s Tale 1982 31 It was the true story of West Auckland Town F C a part time side who won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy sometimes described as the First World Cup in 1909 and 1911 Waterman played the part of Bob Jones the club captain 32 33 It cost 1 5 million to make most of which was funded by Waterman Shooting took place in the North East and in Turin in Italy 34 Scenes were shot in County Durham pit villages and in Ashington Northumberland where goalposts and a grandstand were erected in a public park with a colliery headframe in the background 35 In 1982 Waterman starred in the musical Windy City 36 A relatively short lived production The cast included Amanda Redman with whom Waterman had an eighteen month affair during the run of the musical and with whom he later went on to star in the TV series New Tricks 37 38 Windy City closed after 250 performances 39 Waterman took the lead male role in the BAFTA Award winning BBC adaptation of Fay Weldon s The Life and Loves of a She Devil 1986 40 In an Australian television film The First Kangaroos 1988 Waterman s depiction of the rugby player Albert Goldthorpe 41 drew formal complaints from Goldthorpe s granddaughter 42 In 1988 Waterman voiced Vernon s sidekick Toaster in the children s animated series Tube Mice which also starred George Cole 43 1990s Edit After leaving Minder Waterman appeared as Thomas Gynn in the comedy drama Stay Lucky 1989 93 44 with Jan Francis and Emma Wray self made millionaire Tony Carpenter in the sitcom On the Up 1990 92 45 and John Neil in the mini series Circles of Deceit 1995 96 46 Between 1997 to 1999 he appeared in series 3 and 4 of the crime drama The Knock 47 2000s Edit Waterman filming New Tricks in 2012He was a regular cast member in every season of New Tricks from 2003 to 2014 and also sang the theme song 48 49 Waterman appeared on stage in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell by Keith Waterhouse 50 and as Alfred P Doolittle in the 2001 London revival of My Fair Lady 51 He narrated the reality format television programme Bad Lads Army and appeared in the 2009 BBC2 miniseries Moses Jones 52 53 2020s Edit In 2020 Waterman starred in the Australian drama comedy film Never Too Late which had been filmed in Adelaide Australia the previous year 54 The Minder Podcast revealed that Waterman was semi retired and living in Spain The podcast referred to Waterman as a truly underrated actor and following Waterman s death pledged to go off air for seven weeks one for each series of Minder he had appeared in in commemoration 55 56 An audio tribute episode was released after seven weeks 57 Personal life EditMarriages Edit Waterman was married four times Penny Dixon 1967 1976 58 Patricia Maynard 1977 1987 an actress with whom he had two daughters one of whom Hannah Waterman is also an actress Hannah is best known for playing Laura Beale in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders and later appeared in New Tricks alongside Waterman as his character s daughter 58 Rula Lenska 1987 1998 58 Pam Flint November 2011 2022 58 Waterman s marriage to Lenska ended because of his violent behaviour towards her In March 2012 he caused controversy with some comments on this issue It s not difficult for a woman to make a man hit her She certainly wasn t a beaten wife she was hit and that s different 59 60 The interview was broadcast in full on Piers Morgan s Life Stories on ITV in May 2012 61 Waterman emigrated to Spain with his wife Pam in 2015 after New Tricks ended living at a villa in La Manga and playing golf at the La Manga Club 62 Drink driving convictions Edit Waterman was banned from driving for three years in January 1991 following his second drink driving conviction in four years 63 Chelsea F C fandom Edit Waterman was a fan of Chelsea F C 64 His love of football was reflected in his being chosen to present Match of the Seventies from 1995 to 1996 a nostalgic BBC show celebrating the best football matches from the 1970s 65 Friendship with George Cole Edit In 2015 his friend of many years George Cole who had played Arthur Daley in Minder died aged 90 Waterman delivered the eulogy at Cole s funeral on 12 August 66 Death EditWaterman died from lung cancer 67 at his home in La Manga Murcia Spain on 8 May 2022 at the age of 74 68 In popular culture EditLittle Britain caricature Edit Waterman was caricatured by David Walliams in the radio and TV comedy series Little Britain in sketches where he visits his agent played by Matt Lucas looking for parts Most of the jokes in these sketches feature Waterman being extremely small with common objects being made to appear massive in comparison The Waterman caricature is offered but always declines respectable parts because he is not allowed to write the theme tune sing the theme tune rendered as write da feem toon sing da feem toon of the particular production 69 This running joke is based on Waterman having sung the theme tunes for at least four of the programmes in which he starred namely for Minder Stay Lucky 70 On the Up and New Tricks In November 2006 Waterman made a guest appearance in Comic Relief Does Little Britain Live alongside the comedy character version of himself 71 Bibliography Edit2000 Waterman Dennis and Jill Arlon ReMinder London Hutchinson ISBN 978 0 09 180108 3 Filmography EditNight Train for Inverness 1960 Ted Lewis 72 Ali and the Camel 1960 voice 73 Snowball 1960 Mickey Donovan 73 Crooks Anonymous 1962 Boy in Park 73 The Pirates of Blood River 1962 Timothy Blackthorne 73 Go Kart Go 1963 Jimpy Up the Junction 1968 Pete Oh What a Lovely War 1969 74 The Smashing Bird I Used to Know 1969 Peter 75 Wedding Night 1970 Joe O Reilly Groom 76 My Lover My Son 1970 James Anderson 77 A Promise of Bed also known as This That and the Other 1970 Photographer 78 Scars of Dracula 1970 Simon Carlson Fright 1971 Chris Man in the Wilderness 1971 Lowrie Alice s Adventures in Wonderland 1972 2 of Spades 79 The Belstone Fox 1973 Stephen Durno 80 Sweeney 1977 Det Sgt George Carter Sweeney 2 1978 Det Sgt George Carter A Captain s Tale 1982 Minder on the Orient Express 1985 81 The Life and Loves of a She Devil TV 1986 Bobbo The First Kangaroos 1988 Albert Goldthorpe Cold Justice 1989 Father Jim 82 Vol au vent 1996 Pete Kevin 83 Arthur s Dyke 2001 Derek Doubleday 84 Back in Business 2007 Jarvis 85 Run for Your Wife 2012 Cameo role 86 Never Too Late 2020 Jeremiah CaineDiscography EditAlbums Edit Year Title AUS Chart 87 Label Cat No 1976 Down Wind of Angels DJM DJF 204831977 Waterman DJM DJF 205131980 So Good For You 59 EMI EMC 3349Singles Edit Date A Side B Side Label Chart UK 88 Chart AUS 87 12 March 1976 For Their Pleasure You re A Part of Me DJM 8 October 1976 I Will Glide Snakes And Ladders DJM 21 January 1977 Hooray for Curly Woolf Don t Say No DJM Sep 1977 It Ain t Easy Rock N Roll Sunshine Lady DJM Aug 1979 Love s Left Me Bleeding Nothing at All EMI Oct 1980 I Could Be So Good for You Nothing at All EMI 3 9Jun 1980 Holding On to Love Gone Wrong Song EMI Jan 1981 Wasn t Love Strong Enough Gone Wrong Song EMI May 1981 Come Away with Me If Only EMI Mar 1982 We Don t Make Love on Sundays Indian Silk C amp D Jul 1982 Shake the City Wait Till I Get You on Your Own Tonight EMI Dec 1983 What Are We Gonna Get Er Indoors Quids And Quavers EMI 21 References Edit Dennis Waterman TV Guide Retrieved 8 May 2022 Waterman Dennis Jill Arlon 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