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Gareth Hunt mini-bio: Date of death: 14 March 2007, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK (pancreatic cancer).
Nephew of actress Martita Hunt.
Famous for his Nescafe coffee television commercials in which he shook coffee beans in his hands.
He joined the merchant navy when he was 15, and spent six years at sea. Then he began to study acting, and appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He first gained widespread notice for playing ambitious footman Frederick Norton in "Upstairs, Downstairs".
Began failing in health in 1999 after suffering a heart attack.
Played Footman Frederick Norton on the popular Brit series "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971) and starred as Mike Gambit in "The New Avengers" (1976), joining Patrick Macnee and Joanna Lumley.
Studied acting for two and a half years at Webber-Douglas.
there was no photo here so I posted this screen grab I did from my New Avengers DVD set of him and gorgeous Joanna Lumley from one of my favorite epi's "Dirtier By The Dozen", where he plays a renegade British Army Major....