Films
Lewis has appeared in several films, again mostly in minor roles. Notable film appearances include Terry Gilliam's 1985 film Brazil, where he played one of the Black Maria guards, and playing Hal in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the latter leading to in-jokes in subsequent series of Maid Marian, specifically the episode "They Came from Outer Space". In this episode, after alluding to Kevin Costner's American accent being somewhat out-of-place, Little Ron (Mike Edmonds) suggests a possible title for a Robin Hood film, prompting Rabies to question his role in such a film - receiving an immediate put-down from Robin (Wayne Morris):
Little Ron: "..Robin Hood Prince of Weeds?"
Rabies: "Will I be in it do you reckon?"
Robin: "Oh I shouldn't think so, I see you more as one of those naff comedy characters."
He also appeared in the 1992 Oscar-nominated semi-biographical film Chaplin, and was the English language voice of Obelix in the 1994 film of Asterix in America to Craig Charles' Asterix. In 2005, he played the part of Lillas Pastia, the innkeeper, in Bizet's Carmen at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and in 2007, played alongside Warwick Davis in the film Small Town Folk.
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