 He had the star role in two costume pictures, "Siege of the Saxons" (1963) and Hammer's "The Brigand of Kandahar" (1965).His image suffered in 1965 when, while he was appearing in "Peter Pan" on stage (as Hook), his wife alleged he had assaulted her.Lewis failed to turn up at court and a warrant was issued for his arrest, although there seems to be no reference to this incident on the Internet.