Inspector Lewis

Robert Lewis
Kevin Whately as Robbie Lewis in Oxford, August 2015
First appearanceLast Bus to Woodstock, 1975 novel
The Dead of Jericho, 1987 TV
Last appearanceWhat Lies Tangled, 2015 TV
Portrayed byKevin Whately (television) (1987–2015)
Christopher Douglas (BBC Radio) (1985)
Robert Glenister (BBC Radio) (1992–96)
Lee Ingleby (BBC Radio) (2017)
Andrew Bone (stage)
In-universe information
AliasRobbie, Rob, Bertie
TitleDetective Sergeant (novels, Morse)
Detective Inspector (Lewis)
OccupationPolice Detective in Thames Valley Police/Oxfordshire Police CID
SpouseValerie (deceased)
ChildrenLyn Lewis
Patrick Lewis
RelativesAndrew Lewis (cousin - deceased)
NationalityBritish

Detective Sergeant/Detective Inspector Robert "Robbie" Lewis is a fictional character in the Inspector Morse crime novels by Colin Dexter. The "sidekick" to Morse, Lewis is a detective sergeant in the Thames Valley Police, and appears in all 13 Morse novels. In the television adaptation, Inspector Morse, he is played by Kevin Whately. Following the conclusion of the series, Whately reprised the role as the lead character in Lewis, in which the character has been promoted to the rank of inspector.