John Hewer

Acting

John Hewer

Born 1922-01-13

John Hewer was an English-born stage and screen actor. He worked in his native United Kingdom, as well as the United States and Canada, but he became familiar with audiences for playing Captain Birdseye, in television commercials for frozen food's company Birds Eye.

Acting credits

Law and Disorder poster
6.4

When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.

Law and Disorder

1958

Operation Stogie poster
6.0

Two cadets are set an outrageous and wacky initiation test to prove their suitability for officer training.

Operation Stogie

1962

Assassin for Hire poster
6.7

Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin lessons of his gifted brother Giuseppe. To meet the expenses of Giuseppe's concert debut he accepts a further job, but his decision to do so provides Detective Inspector Carson, who has long hoped to ensnare Tony, with an opportunity that might now enable him to bring about his downfall.

Assassin for Hire

1951

Home Before Midnight poster
5.5

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Home Before Midnight

1979

Mister Ten Per Cent poster
5.6

Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. When it's finished it arrives on the desk of a London impresario, when he wants to stage a flop.

Mister Ten Per Cent

1967

Colonel March Investigates poster
6.3

This is a feature-length compilation of three short episodes taken from a TV series called 'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' (1954-56, 26 episodes) starring Boris Karloff as Colonel March, head of Scotland Yard's Department D.3, otherwise known as The Bureau of Queer Complaints.

Colonel March Investigates

1953

Strip Tease Murder poster
7.0

The unusual death of a dancer at the Flamingo Club prompts the dancer's husband to dig deeper into the case. What he uncovers is a tangled web of blackmail, drug trafficking, and mad science.

Strip Tease Murder

1961

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9.0

A man inherits a harem of three wives from his late uncle, which he brings home to his real wife in England. British comedy from 1962.

Three Spare Wives

1962