RIP Stephen Lewis aka Blakey in On the Buses

[friedaweed]

One of my favorite characters on TV as a kid. I loved on the buses and Blakey used to make me cry with laughter.

He was pretty good as 'Smiler' too in LOTSW

Not a bad innings @ 88 declared

 

[Pickman's model]

rip

 

[Athos]

A great character of my childhood. Sad.

 

[StoneRoad]

Saw a snippet out of one "On the buses" episodes a few days ago.
Yep, still funny.

RIP Blakey

 

[UrbaneFox]

I thought he went years ago, so then

"Get this bus ahrt"

 

[fizzerbird]

nooo! RIP Blakey

 

[elbows]

RIP.

 

[skyscraper101]

I also thought he'd gone ages ago. So he was only in his mid forties in those 70s eps of On The Buses. He looked well old then.

 

[Citizen66]

Ernie used to love calling anyone he disliked on here Blakey.

 

[DotCommunist]

I 'ate you death

 

[Argonia]

Great Hitler tache

 

[AysaCloudsinger]

I also thought he'd gone ages ago. So he was only in his mid forties in those 70s eps of On The Buses. He looked well old then.

Exactly this. He was only 43 when on the buses started. Worries me somewhat that i'm only 4 years behind blakey when he started

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I also thought he'd gone ages ago. So he was only in his mid forties in those 70s eps of On The Buses. He looked well old then.

yes - he was 10 years younger than reg varney ('stan butler')

mum-tat made stephen lewis' acquaintance briefly (he lived in blackheath at one time) and he came across as a nice enough bloke - he just always seemed to get given more or less the same miserable old git role...

 

[Santino]

He had no formal training as an actor. Joined Theatre Workshop right out of the navy or something.

 

[Idris2002]

I also thought he'd gone ages ago. So he was only in his mid forties in those 70s eps of On The Buses. He looked well old then.

People generally did look older in those days, though.

 

[danny la rouge]

People generally did look older in those days, though.

That's what all the arrested celebs say anyway...

 

[skyscraper101]

lol

 

[Idris2002]

That's what all the arrested celebs say anyway...

 

[danny la rouge]

 

[marty21]

I also thought he'd gone ages ago. So he was only in his mid forties in those 70s eps of On The Buses. He looked well old then.

He was way younger than Reg Varney who was in his 50s at the time playing someone in their 30s chasing birds and that

RIP, I loved Stan getting one over Blakey

 

[Mrs Miggins]

While I do not wish the man dead, I have to say that all the characters on On The Buses have always made me feel quite sick.
In fact the whole show has always made me feel sick.

RIP

 

[krtek a houby]

While I do not wish the man dead, I have to say that all the characters on On The Buses have always made me feel quite sick.
In fact the whole show has always made me feel sick.

RIP

Seconded. I've tried to watch it in the past (wanted to see why it was so fondly remembered) and there were some very iffy "jokes" about women on the show.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Seconded. I've tried to watch it in the past (wanted to see why it was so fondly remembered) and there were some very iffy "jokes" about women on the show.

"some" ? The whole thing is 100% iffy. Those disgustingly ugly old men chasing young girls. The constant degredation of Olive. Yuk.
Even at the time it made me feel sick - never mind trying to watch it again now.

 

[krtek a houby]

"some" ? The whole thing is 100% iffy. Those disgustingly ugly old men chasing young girls. The constant degredation of Olive. Yuk.
Even at the time it made me feel sick - never mind trying to watch it again now.

Well, as I said, I've only seen it a couple of times and I couldn't work out why it's held in such high esteem. Hopefully, we'll not see the likes of it again.

 

[Pickman's model]

I also thought he'd gone ages ago. So he was only in his mid forties in those 70s eps of On The Buses. He looked well old then.

yeh like clive dunn

 

[skyscraper101]

"some" ? The whole thing is 100% iffy. Those disgustingly ugly old men chasing young girls. The constant degredation of Olive. Yuk.
Even at the time it made me feel sick - never mind trying to watch it again now.

Yep.

 

[blossie33]

Oh dear, only just seen this, Arfur last week and now Blakey
RIP both.

 

[Idris2002]

Yep.

 

[Pickman's model]

Oh dear, only just seen this, Arfur last week and now Blakey
RIP both.

they're casting for a new 1970s comedy in heaven

 

[Idris2002]