- He told Colin Dexter that he would like to have played cricket professionally for England if he had not become an actor, so Dexter devised the storyline for Deceived by Flight (1989) in which Sergeant Lewis has to go undercover in a cricket team to investigate drug smuggling.
- Despite training as an actor in London, Kevin retained his strong Newcastle accent, which was still unusual for an actor at that time.
- Children, with Madelaine Newton: Catherine Whately ("Kitty"), born in 1983 and Kieran, born in 1985. Catherine appeared as Kevin's on-screen daughter in Season 2 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983).
- He plays guitar and listens to Pink Floyd and Dire Straits.
- Before becoming an actor, he trained as an accountant.
- Studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
- Lives in Woburn Sands. This is in the Thames Valley police district. The same district where his character Inspector Lewis serves in both the Morse and Inspector Lewis productions.
- Educated Manchester Training College.
- His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer at a London university.
- Honorary doctorate University of Northumbria.
- Director of Milton Keynes Theatre.
- Educated at Barnard Castle School.
- Kevin has a sister who's married to a farmer and lives in Northumberland,.
- Diploma of Central School of Speech and Drama.
- Kevin was a folk singer before turning to acting.
- His mother,Mary, was a teacher and his father was a commander in the navy.
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