Biografía

His gravestone lists his name as "Stephen 'Blakey' Lewis" in honour of his most famous character, Blakey the bus inspector in On the Buses (1969), and the inscription says "He boarded the last bus to the cemetery gates on 12th August 2015 / Greatly missed by his family and fans".

Brother of Connie Lewis. Stephen lived with his younger sister Connie (b. 1931) in their later years during retirement at a nursing home in London.

Retired in 2007 due to ill health.

He was a merchant seaman on leave when theatrical legend Joan Littlewood invited him to audition for her east London Theatre Workshop company. He was an actor from then on.

Used the name Stephen Cato early in his career, but reverted back to his real name around 1960.