| Christopher Beeny | |
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| Born | Christopher Beeny 7 July 1941 Bristol, England, UK |
| Years active | 1952 - present |
Christopher Beeny (born 7 July 1941, Bristol, England, UK) is an English actor.
Born in Bristol, Beeny started acting as a child, his first screen role was in the 1952 film The Long Memory. It starred John Mills and featured Thora Hird, Beeny's future co-star in In Loving Memory and Last of the Summer Wine.
Beeny's big break came when he appeared in 46 episodes, as Edward, in the award-winning period drama Upstairs, Downstairs which ran for five series. Beeny was also a regular on the UK's first TV soap opera, The Grove Family. In more recent years he has made several appearances in Last of the Summer Wine, and, in 2006, appeared briefly in Emmerdale.
He is currently touring in the play There's No Place Like a Home with Gorden Kaye. From the 3 December 2008 to 11 January 2009, Beeny performed the role of Smee in a pantomime performance of Peter Pan.
He currently appears on Last of the Summer Wine where he joined as a permanent character in 2009 after being a semi-regular since 2001.
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