Dennis Waterman Obituary (1948 – 2022)

Dennis Waterman passed away on May 8, 2022, at the age of 74. In a statement, his family said he died today in Spain with his wife Pam at his side. Waterman is survived by his wife, Pam, and two daughters, Julia and Hannah, who were born following his marriage to actress Patricia Maynard.

Tributes flooded the internet after his death was announced. ‘During the 1970s and 1980s, Dennis Waterman was one of our biggest TV stars, an everyman figure who felt like one of us,’ producer Jonathan Sothcott tweeted. A nuanced and naturalistic performer.

Waterman was a popular TV actor in the 1970s and 1980s. After gaining fame as tough nut cop George Carter in The Sweeney, he starred as bodyguard Terry McCann in Minder.

Waterman was born in London, attended the Corona Theatre School, and began his career in show business at a young age. He was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford after performing for the Children’s Film Foundation.

Following that, he landed a role in the BBC’s adaptation of the Just William books, and the actor would later reflect on his various roles.

He played Moses Jones in the BBC’s hard-hitting drama, Moses Jones, in 2009, a role he said he enjoyed because it put him in a different light.