Sean Hewitt
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
Sean Kenneth Hewitt, born on October 4, 1935, in Matheson, Ontario, Canada, was an actor, producer, and vibrant soul known for his infectious laugh. He discovered his passion for acting in night classes, leading him to London, UK, where he met his wife Claire. His career spanned film, TV, and the West End stage, notable for works like Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret alongside Judi Dench, and the cult horror film The Sender. He is known for his contributions to various productions, including "Battlefield Earth" (2000), "Crimson Peak" (2015), and his involvement in the Canadian educational television series "Read All About It!" (1979). In his 70s, he ventured into film production, creating Carry Me Home for Showtime and establishing EmChris Films. After the end of his marriage, Sean embarked on a new journey as a Gay man, championing LGBTQ rights in New York City. Hewitt passed away on June 6, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, leaving behind a legacy within the entertainment industry.
TV Credits
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Ralph Elenson
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents....
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Character: Dr. Burleigh
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories....
The Adventurer
Character: Marco
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star....
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Danny Mosely
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents....
Read All About It!
Character: Duneedon / Mayor Don Eden
Read All About It! was a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1983 by TVOntario that aired during the early to mid-1980s; It also aired in repeats in the 1990s. It starred David Craig Collard as Chris, Lydia Zajc as Lynne, Stacey Arnold as Samantha, and Sean Hewitt as Duneedon, ruler of the galaxy Trialviron. In the second season Michael Dwyer joined the cast as Alex. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history. Each episode r...
Movie Credits
M. Butterfly
Character: Ambassador's Aide
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks....
The Sender
Character: The Messiah
A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him....
Smokescreen
Character: Mr. Gillis
Gerald Price, who is a clerk at at advertising agency, is tired of being lowest in rank. When he meets the girl of his dreams he has to deal with her boyfriend, a gangster....
Wild Thing
Character: Father Quinn
A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers....
Thinner
Character: "DR" Fander
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner....
Swann
Character: Morton Jimroy
Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure poet who was brutally murdered in a small town in rural Ontario....
Barnum
Character: Coley Draper
The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum....
Made
Character: Andy
This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk singer – each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looking for something to believe in, Made co-stars hugely influential folk-rock musician Roy Harper in his screen debut. Produced by Joseph Janni – who previously made the astonishingly successful Poor Cow with White – directed by The Long Good Friday's J...
Vampire Circus
Character: First Soldier
After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to Schtettel to fulfil the Count's last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the Vam...
My Own Country
Character: Chester Mews
An East Indian physician works with AIDS patients as an epidemic of the disease hits in Tennessee....
The Shower
Character: Uncle Maury
A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guests arrive (the household males having adjourned to an afternoon football game), the off-screen mother-to-be goes into premature labour, leaving the bored invitees to sip spiked punch and discuss the dearth of available men until the drunken boys return home, thus setting the stage for male/female confrontations, confessions and clumsy acts of copula...
Big Zapper
Character: Fingers
A female private detective, Harriet Zapper, is hired by a rich old man to find his missing children, and becomes involved in counterfeiting and murder....
Crimson Peak
Character: Reverend
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers....
Striking Poses
Character: Major
When a beautiful paparazzo for a tabloid magazine finds herself pursued by a ruthless stalker, she is determined to emerge from this deadly game alive, and independently wealthy....