Dewi "Pws" Morris
Dewi Grey "Pws" Morris was a Welsh musician, poet, actor, television presenter and comedian. He was known for being the lead singer of the Welsh pop band and later for his comedy series on S4C. He held the post of Bardd Plant Cymru between 2010 and 2011.
Early life
Dewi Grey Morris was born in Treboeth, Swansea. He went to Ysgol Gymraeg Lôn Las and then Dynevor School, Swansea. He first came to the attention of the whole of Wales as a member of Aelwyd yr Urdd, Morriston. Afterwards, he went to Cyncoed College in Cardiff to train as a teacher and taught for a few years at Splott, but two years later he developed his interest in the world of acting with a full-time job with Cwmni Theatr Cymru.Career
Music
Morris was a member of the early Welsh-language pop band and then the first Welsh-language supergroup Edward H. Dafis. He won the Cân i Gymru competition in 1971 with his song "Nwy yn y Nen" and composed the notable song "Lleucu Llwyd". He has played with the punk-folk band Radwm and has appeared on stage with the folk band Ar Log.He declared to the newspaper Y Cymro in January 2010 that he would now refuse to appear on many BBC Radio Cymru programmes as they play too much English-language music. He explained that BBC Radio Wales did not play songs in Welsh, so there was no reason for the only national Welsh-language radio channel to play songs in English.
Acting and comedy
Morris played the character Wayne Harries on the S4C soap opera Pobol y Cwm from its beginning in 1974 until 1987. He had one of the main roles in the comedy film Grand Slam in 1978. In the 1970s he appeared in the children's series Miri Mawr. He also acted in the HTV soap opera Taff Acre. In the 1980s he performed in and wrote the sketch comedy series . In the early 1990s he starred as the father of the family in the sitcom Hapus Dyrfa.He was in the original cast of another S4C soap opera, Rownd a Rownd, from 1995 until 2007, and won the best regional presenter award for his programme Byd Pws on S4C at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2003.