![]() He became a household name as DS George Carter in The Sweeney during the 1970s. Waterman guest starred in a 1974 Special Branch episode entitled "Stand and Deliver" 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. 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, and Waterman later appeared in the same dramatist's Joe's Ark ( Play for Today, 1974). He appeared alongside Richard Harris and John Huston in a Hollywood western, Man in the Wilderness (1971). ![]() He played the brother of a victim of Count Dracula ( Christopher Lee) in the Hammer film Scars of Dracula (1970), and the boyfriend of Susan George in Fright (1971). In the early 1970s, Waterman appeared in the BBC television series Colditz as a young Gestapo officer. 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). 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. The cast consisted of: Ralph Richardson as The Father, Waterman as His Son, Barbara Ferris as The First Girl, Jane Birkin as The Second Girl and Roland Culver as Dr Parker. He later appeared in the premier of Carving a Statue, produced by Peter Wood on 17 September 1964 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. In 1963, he took a "starring" role in the Children's Film Foundation film Go Kart Go. Waterman was a series regular in the 1962 CBS comedy Fair Exchange, playing teenager Neville Finch. 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. A year later, he starred as William Brown in the BBC TV series William based on the Just William books of Richmal Crompton. In 1961, at the age of 13, he played the part of Winthrop Paroo in the Adelphi Theatre production of The Music Man. He appeared in two small stage roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1960 season. His first role was in Night Train for Inverness (1960). Waterman's acting career began in childhood. 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. ![]() His older brother Ken first took Dennis boxing when he was three years old, and when he was ten Dennis joined Caius Boxing Club. His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box. īoxing was a big part of Waterman's childhood. 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. Harry Waterman was a ticket collector for British Railways. The family, which included siblings Ken, Peter, a welterweight boxing champion, Stella, Norma, and Myrna, lived at 2 Elms Road, Clapham Common South Side. Waterman was born on 24 February 1948, as the youngest of nine children to Rose Juliana (née Saunders) and Harry Frank Waterman in Clapham, south west London. He appeared in 29 films, the last being released in 2020. 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). 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 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 (24 February 1948 – ) was an English actor and singer. ![]()
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