Dennis in The Sweeney

For the character in Little Britain, see Dennis Waterman (Little Britain).

Dennis Waterman (born February 24, 1948 in Clapham, London) is an English actor and singer, best known for his tough-guy roles in television series such as The Sweeney and Minder, in which he played the title role, that of ex-prisoner and dogsbody Terry McCann, alongside George Cole as his "boss", entrepreneur Arthur Daley. Image File history File links Dennis_waterman_SWEENY.jpg‎ This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... Image File history File links Dennis_waterman_SWEENY.jpg‎ This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Little Britain character Dennis Waterman (played by David Walliams) is a caricature of the real life actor of the same name. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Clapham is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... The Sweeney is a British television police drama focusing on two crime-fighting members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the British police force specialising in armed robbery and violent crime. ... Minder (book cover) Minder on the cover of TV Times magazine. ... George Cole as Arthur Daley in Minder (book cover) George Cole (born April 22, 1925 in Tooting, London, England) is a British actor. ... Arthur Daley was a character in the UK TV series Minder and the name has become synomynous in Britain with a wheeler dealer. ...

In 1962 he starred as William Brown in the BBC TV series William based on the books of Richmal Crompton. Just William is the first book of childrens short stories about William Brown written by Richmal Crompton, published in 1922. ... Richmal Crompton Lamburn (1890–1969) Richmal Crompton Lamburn (November 15, 1890–January 11, 1969) was a British writer, most famous for her Just William short stories. ...

In the early 1970s he played a victim of Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) in the Hammer film production "The Scars of Dracula".

He became well-known and something of a pin-up as DS George Carter in The Sweeney, during the 1970s. As well as starring in Minder, he sang the theme tune, "I Could Be So Good For You", which was a top three UK hit in 1980, and had a brief singing career. He recorded a song with George Cole "What are we gonna get for 'er indoors". It is sometimes incorrectly believed that he wrote "I Could Be So Good For You", due to the song being credited to 'Waterman/Kenny'. In fact, it was his then wife Patricia Waterman who co-wrote the song with fellow songwriter Gerard Kenny. Waterman also sang the theme tunes to three more programmes in which he appeared: the comedy drama "Stay Lucky" with Jan Francis (ITV 1989), sitcom On The Up (BBC 1990) and crime drama New Tricks (Wall to Wall television for BBC, 2003). His foray into the world of music started earlier with his first album in 1976 titled Downwind of Angels, arranged and produced by Brian Bennett. A single "I Will Glide" was released from the album but did not enter the top 40. The backing singers on "I Will Glide" are the Belmont School choir, where Brian Bennett's son, Warren, was a pupil. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... George Cole as Arthur Daley in Minder (book cover) George Cole (born April 22, 1925 in Tooting, London, England) is a British actor. ... Patricia Maynard (born February 16, 1942 in Beighton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an actor. ... Gerard W. Kenny (Born in New York City, July 8th 1947) is a veteran popular music singer/songwriter perhaps best know for I Made It Through The Rain, a song that reached #1 for Barry Manilow and his own singles New York, New York and Fantasy. Kenny formed his first... Jan Francis (born August 5, 1951 in London) is a British actor. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... On The Up was a British television drama, written by Bob Larbey. ... New Tricks is a BBC television drama series which follows the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). ... Brian Bennett is a drummer, pianist, composer, arranger and producer of popular music. ... Mill Hill School is a boarding and day school for pupils aged 13 - 18, located in Mill Hill, London, England. ...

He appeared on stage as Alfred P. Doolittle in the 2001 London revival of My Fair Lady. He currently narrates the TV programme, Bad Lads Army. The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. ... Bad Lads Army is a British reality TV programme shown on ITV1 based on the premise of subjecting delinquent individuals to the conditions of British National Service of the 1950s in order to rehabilitate them. ...

He was married to Penny Dixon (1967-1976); the actress, Patricia Maynard (1977-1987), and thereafter to the actress Rula Lenska (1987-1998). He had two daughters by his second wife, including the actress Hannah Waterman. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Patricia Maynard (born February 16, 1942 in Beighton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an actor. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rula Lenska is an English-Polish actress, who was born as Countess Roza-Marie Leopoldnya Lubienska on 30 September 1947 in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Hannah Waterman (born 22 July 1975 in London, England) is a British actress, daughter of Minder star Dennis Waterman and his first wife, actress Patricia Maynard A graduate of the University of Warwick, Waterman joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders as Laura Dunn in February 2000 and left...

He has been 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 are about Waterman being a midget, but the real Dennis Waterman is in fact 5'9. The caricature is offered but always declines respectable parts because he is not allowed to star in, or "write da feem toon, sing da feem toon" of, the particular production. In November 2006, Waterman made a guest appearance in a Little Britain stage show, alongside the comedy character version of himself.^[1] The Little Britain character Dennis Waterman (played by David Walliams) is a caricature of the real life actor of the same name. ... David Walliams as Sebastian Love (right), assistant to Prime Minister (Anthony Stewart Head) in Little Britain David Walliams (born David Williams on August 20, 1971 in Surrey, England) is an English comedy actor, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas in the sketch show Little Britain. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Matt Lucas Matt Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is a British comedy actor. ...

Waterman is a fan of Chelsea F.C. [1] Chelsea Football Club, founded in 1905, are an English Premier League football club, nicknamed The Blues or previously The Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea Pensioners. ...

References

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External links

• Dennis Waterman at the Internet Movie Database