"Grandad (Only Fools and Horses) Edward Kitchener ""Ted"" Trotter, better known simply as Grandad, was a character in the BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" from 1981 to 1984. He was played by Lennard Pearce in the original series, and was portrayed by Phil Daniels in the prequel, ""Rock & Chips"". The character was grandfather to Del Boy, and Rodney Trotter, and older brother to Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield). Lennard Pearce's death in December 1984 was written into the series with the death of the character. Born in Peckham Rye, London in 1905, Grandad stated that his earliest memories were"
"Lennard Pearce Lennard Pearce (9 February 1915 – 15 December 1984) was an English actor who worked mostly in the theatre, but also appeared in British television programmes. He starred in the last years of his life as Grandad in the sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"", from its beginning in September 1981 until he died in December 1984. Born in Paddington, Pearce trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, in London. As a young actor in the 1930s, he went on a performance tour in Germany. One theatrical performance was attended by senior members of the"
"Uncle Albert Albert Gladstone Trotter, better known as Uncle Albert, was a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". He was introduced during the fourth series as a replacement for the character of Grandad due to the sudden death of Lennard Pearce in 1984. He was portrayed by Buster Merryfield. Albert was born on 19 November 1920 on Tobacco Road in London, close to the Docks, where he lived with his brothers Edward, George, and Jack. Albert joined the Royal Navy in 1937, aged 17, and two years later was called to action following the outbreak of"
"Uncle Albert Albert Gladstone Trotter, better known as Uncle Albert, was a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". He was introduced during the fourth series as a replacement for the character of Grandad due to the sudden death of Lennard Pearce in 1984. He was portrayed by Buster Merryfield. Albert was born on 19 November 1920 on Tobacco Road in London, close to the Docks, where he lived with his brothers Edward, George, and Jack. Albert joined the Royal Navy in 1937, aged 17, and two years later was called to action following the outbreak of"
"in Verwood, Dorset. Iris died in 2002 from natural causes and was buried alongside him. Buster Merryfield Harry ""Buster"" Merryfield (27 November 1920 – 23 June 1999) was an English actor best known for starring as Uncle Albert in the BBC comedy ""Only Fools and Horses"". Born in Battersea, London, England, Merryfield was from a working-class background. His father, also called Harry Merryfield, was a packer, and his mother Lily (née Stone), was a part-time waitress. His sister Irene died when she was eight years old. He was given the name ""Buster"" by his grandfather, as he weighed nine pounds"
"Buster Merryfield Harry ""Buster"" Merryfield (27 November 1920 – 23 June 1999) was an English actor best known for starring as Uncle Albert in the BBC comedy ""Only Fools and Horses"". Born in Battersea, London, England, Merryfield was from a working-class background. His father, also called Harry Merryfield, was a packer, and his mother Lily (née Stone), was a part-time waitress. His sister Irene died when she was eight years old. He was given the name ""Buster"" by his grandfather, as he weighed nine pounds at birth, and it stuck throughout his entire life, not least because he refused to"
"Guildenstern are Dead"". He worked with both Laurence Olivier and Anthony Hopkins on stage. In 1966, Pearce starred in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's ""The Rivals"" alongside David Jason, but the two men did not meet again until 15 years later. In 1975, Pearce played Owl in a theatre adaptation of ""Winnie the Pooh"" at the Phoenix Theatre in London and, two years later, Mr Witherspoon in ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" at the Westminster Theatre. He was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Pearce starred as Grandad in the first 23 episodes of the BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"""
"Kenneth MacDonald (English actor) Kenneth MacDonald (20 November 1950 – 6 August 2001) was an English-born actor who was best known for the parts of Gunner Nobby Clark in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" and Mike Fisher in ""Only Fools and Horses"". MacDonald was born in Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion Bill MacDonald, who died of kidney failure at the age of 43, when Kenneth was 13. He attended St Anthony's preparatory school in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, and went on to St Bernardine's Franciscan College in Buckingham, where he took part in school productions, notably ""The"
"version of the series, with him to star as Del Boy. In January 2012 US network ABC commissioned a pilot of an ""Only Fools and Horses"" remake titled ""King of Van Nuys"", written by ""Scrubs"" writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley. It was developed, rejected and then redeveloped, only to be rejected again later in the year. The pilot starred John Leguizamo as Del, Dustin Ybarra as his brother Rodney and Christopher Lloyd as Grandad. A parody called ""Only Jerks and Horses"" was written by David Walliams and Matt Lucas and directed by Edgar Wright in 1997. Only Fools and"
"Roger Lloyd-Pack Roger Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 15 January 2014) was an English actor. He was best known for the role of Trigger in ""Only Fools and Horses"" from 1981 to 2003. He had a supporting role of Owen Newitt in ""The Vicar of Dibley"" from 1994 to 2007, and as Tom in ""The Old Guys"" with Clive Swift. He was also well known for his appearance as Barty Crouch, Sr. in the film ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" and his appearances in ""Doctor Who"" as John Lumic in the episodes ""Rise of the Cybermen"" and ""The"
"Father Christmas in ""Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer"", Rola Polar in ""The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey"", ""Angelmouse"", and did voices in animated films including ""Wombling Free"" and ""The Water Babies"". In 1981, Jason found his most popular role, Del Boy Trotter in the BBC situation comedy ""Only Fools and Horses"", created by John Sullivan. Del-Boy is a wide-boy who makes a dubious living in Peckham, south London, trading in shoddy, stolen, and counterfeit goods. He is assisted by his brother Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Grandad (played by Lennard Pearce) and, in later episodes, Uncle Albert (played"
"Del Boy Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy (born 10 December 1945), is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" and one of the main characters of its prequel, ""Rock & Chips"". He was played by David Jason in the original series and was portrayed as a teenager by James Buckley in the prequel. Del Boy is often regarded as one of the greatest comedy characters in the history of British television, and is regarded as an iconic character in British culture. Encompassing everything Cockney (though coming from Peckham not an"
"special of ""Only Fools and Horses"" was dedicated to the memory of both Lloyd-Pack and John Sullivan. Roger Lloyd-Pack Roger Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 15 January 2014) was an English actor. He was best known for the role of Trigger in ""Only Fools and Horses"" from 1981 to 2003. He had a supporting role of Owen Newitt in ""The Vicar of Dibley"" from 1994 to 2007, and as Tom in ""The Old Guys"" with Clive Swift. He was also well known for his appearance as Barty Crouch, Sr. in the film ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" and"
"Phil Daniels Philip William Daniels (born 25 October 1958 in Islington) is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles as Londoners such as the lead role of Jimmy Cooper in ""Quadrophenia"", Richards in ""Scum"", Stewart in ""The Class of Miss MacMichael"", Danny in ""Breaking Glass"", Mark in ""Meantime"", Billy Kid in ""Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire"", Kevin Wicks in ""EastEnders"", DCS Frank Patterson in ""New Tricks"", and Grandad Trotter in the ""Only Fools and Horses"" prequel ""Rock & Chips"". He is also known for featuring on Blur's 1994 hit single ""Parklife"". Daniels went to"
"""Only Fools and Horses"". In another interview, they mentioned Latka Gravas from ""Taxi"" as an influence and compared the relationship between Ted and Dougal to that between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza: ""Alongside the wily priest who would lie at the drop of a hat we wanted a gormless idiot who was the very model of innocence."" For his portrayal of Dougal, O'Hanlon turned to Laurel and Hardy and ""Fawlty Towers""s bumbling waiter Manuel. O'Hanlon also drew inspiration from his child sister, as well as dogs, explaining: ""Dougal had to be more than just stupid. He had to be otherworldly"
"John Challis John Challis (born 16 August 1942) is an English actor best known for portraying Aubrey ""Boycie"" Boyce in the long-running BBC television comedy series ""Only Fools and Horses"" and its sequel/spin-off ""The Green Green Grass"". Since 2015, he has made guest appearances as ""Monty Staines"" from the seventh series onwards in the hit ITV comedy ""Benidorm"", later becoming a regular from series 10 in 2018. An only child, Challis was born in Bristol but brought up in South East London. His father James Alec, from Sheffield, was a Civil Servant. Challis attended the state boarding Ottershaw School near"
"Grandad then moves in with his son Reg. The Trotters are at that time squeezed into a two-up two-down terraced house and Grandad is forced to share a bedroom with his grandson Del. He appears to enjoy a close relationship with his family and remains with them when they move to their new council flat in Nelson Mandela House (which was then known as the ""Sir Walter Raleigh House""). Grandad is seen in the first series of Only Fools and Horses. Grandad is by this point aged in his mid seventies, largely infirm and useless and still living at Nelson"
"Paul Barber (actor) Patrick Barber, known by the stage name Paul Barber (born 18 March 1951), is an English actor from Liverpool. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he is best known for playing Denzil in ""Only Fools and Horses"" and Horse in ""The Full Monty"". Barber was taken into care at the age of seven, following the death of his mother from tuberculosis. His mother was from Middlesbrough. His father, originally from Sierra Leone, died when Paul (or Paddy as he was then known) and his security guard brother Brian were very young. Whilst he was in"
"achieved national stardom in the series ""Only Fools and Horses"" in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character Derek ""Del Boy"" Trotter. ""Only Fools and Horses"" began in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day show in the UK. In a BBC poll in 2004, it was voted No.1 British sitcom ever. Lyndhurst appeared in the show from the very start, right up to its final airing at Christmas 2003. In 1986, Lyndhurst had a minor part in the film ""Gunbus/SkyBandits"". The film went straight"
"and snubbed by his superior Sgt. Foster, who also lets Del and Jumbo off with a warning and seizes their records. Roy Slater Roy Slater (born 15 May 1945) is a recurring character in the British sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". He was played by Jim Broadbent, and in the prequel ""Rock and Chips"", by Calum MacNab. Despite only ever making three on-screen appearances, Slater's background is revealed in some detail during the course of the show's history. As a child, Slater longed to be part of Del Boy's gang at school as they used to sit next to each"
"Jeff Stevenson (comedian) Jeff Stevenson (born 3 March 1961, Hammersmith, England) is an English comedian and actor. Stevenson was born in 1961 in Hammersmith, London. He attended Barbara Speake Stage school in his teens and Phil Collins' mother June was his first agent. A comedian and actor, Stevenson appeared in the 1976 film ""Bugsy Malone"", playing the part of Louis (under his real name Jeffrey Stevens). He later played the Stag comedian at Rodney Trotter's stag night on ""Only Fools and Horses"", and also played PC Parker in ""To Hull and Back"", a Christmas Day film of ""Only Fools and"
"in the grave; Del turns to them and menacingly says """"Oi! Gently."""" This episode also introduced Grandad's younger brother Uncle Albert. It is also known that apart from Albert, Grandad had two more brothers: George, whom he mentioned in the episode ""The Russians Are Coming""; and Jack, who was mentioned by Albert in ""A Royal Flush"", presumably the father of Del and Rodney's cousin Stan, who is seen at the funeral with his wife (Stan refers to George by his first name, making it improbable for Stan to be George's son). Grandad (Only Fools and Horses) Edward Kitchener ""Ted"" Trotter,"
"he plays a divorced dad moving back into the marital home to look after his daughter (Dani Harmer) and son (Ryan Sampson) together with his mother-in-law, played by Celia Imrie, after his ex-wife goes to work as a recovery nurse on a third world disaster relief mission. Lyndhurst played Freddie Robdal, the 1960s gangster father of Rodney Trotter, in ""Rock & Chips"", the prequel to ""Only Fools and Horses"". The show centres around Del Boy, Robdal and Joan Trotter in early 1960s Peckham. It was first broadcast on 24 January 2010, with another special transmitted on 29 December 2010, and"
"and Jim, a daughter, Amy and three grandchildren. Sullivan wrote (and in two cases sang) the theme tunes for ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Just Good Friends"", ""Dear John"" and ""The Green Green Grass"". John Sullivan (writer) John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Citizen Smith"" and ""Just Good Friends"". John Sullivan was born at 35 Zennor Road, Balham, London, on 23 December 1946. His Irish-born father was John Patrick Sullivan, (17 March 1908-September 1993), a plumber, and his mother was"
"script was based purely on the name of the episode ""Cash and Curry"", from that the script was devised. This episode, along with ""Who's A Pretty Boy"" and ""The Longest Night"" are the only three episodes of the whole ""Only Fools And Horses"" run to not feature the Trotters' flat. It is also the first episode not to feature Lennard Pearce as Grandad. The Trotters sell their Vauxhall Velox to help raise the £2,000. They remain without a second car until ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle"", where Del buys the ""Prattmobile"", a 1977 Ford Capri Ghia. David Jason and"
"Dying Art"" of the ITV crime drama ""Midsomer Murders"". Lill resides in Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset, with his wife Vanessa. They have two children. Denis Lill Denis Lill (born 22 April 1942) is a New Zealand-born British actor. He is best known for his role in ""Only Fools and Horses"" as Alan Parry. Lill joined the RNZAF as a 13–course BES cadet entrant in 1959. It was in the RNZAF that he first expressed an interest in amateur dramatics and a fondness for mimicking characters of the BBC's ""The Goon Show"". Throughout his air force career, he involved himself in operatic"
"after the events of ""Sleepless in Peckham"" and ""Beckham in Peckham"". In marketing for the book, John Challis and Sue Holderness reprised their roles as Boycie and Marlene. It is mentioned in the book that during the events of ""The Green Green Grass"", Del thought Boycie to be dead. Del Boy Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy (born 10 December 1945), is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" and one of the main characters of its prequel, ""Rock & Chips"". He was played by David Jason in the original series"
"David Jason Sir David John White, (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Derek ""Del Boy"" Trotter in ""Only Fools and Horses"" and Detective Inspector Jack Frost in the ITV crime drama ""A Touch of Frost"". Other high-profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom ""Open All Hours"" and ""Still Open All Hours"", and Pop Larkin in the comedy drama ""The Darling Buds of May"", as well as voicing Mr. Toad in ""The Wind in the Willows"" and the titular characters of"
"Following complaints, the BBC edited out use of the word in repeats of the 1980s sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". Columnists have perceived this as a way of obscuring the historical truth that the use of such words was commonplace at the time. The word was used in ""Rita, Sue and Bob Too"" - set in Bradford, one of the first cities to have a large Pakistani community - and also in ""East is East"" - in which it is used by the mixed-race family as well as by racist characters. In the 2018 biopic ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", Freddie Mercury, who"
"Marshall in Episode 3 ""Olympics"" of the ""Absolutely Fabulous"" 20th-anniversary specials. Although his film appearances were few, he played small roles in """" (1985) and the film ""Dirty Weekend"" (1993), directed by Michael Winner. Ryan starred as Baron Hardup in the pantomime of Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Norwich from 17 December 2013 to 19 January 2014. Christopher Ryan Christopher Ryan (born Christopher Papazoglou; 25 January 1950) is an English actor best known for his roles as Mike in the BBC comedy series ""The Young Ones"", Tony Driscoll in the BBC comedy series ""Only Fools and Horses"", and as Edina"
"Roy Heather Roy Heather (20 May 1935 – 3 September 2014) was an English television actor best remembered for playing cafe owner Sid in the sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". Heather was born in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire and after leaving school he worked for an asbestos firm before National Service with the Royal Air Force. He then did several jobs including ""Betterware"" household goods salesman whilst continuing his interest in amateur acting. He was spotted by David Tudor who gave him his first professional job in repertory theatre at the age of 44. While working for Tudor he played many"
"Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor. He played Rodney Trotter in ""Only Fools and Horses"", Gary Sparrow in ""Goodnight Sweetheart"", Dan Griffin in the BBC drama ""New Tricks"" and Adam Parkinson in Carla Lane's series ""Butterflies"". Lyndhurst also starred as Ashley Philips in ""The Two of Us"", as Fletch's son Raymond in ""Going Straight"", the sequel to the sitcom ""Porridge"", Jimmy Venables in ""After You've Gone"", and Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal in the ""Only Fools and Horses"" prequel ""Rock & Chips"". Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst was born on 20 April 1961 in Emsworth, Hampshire,"
"2016. Lyndhurst lives in West Sussex with his wife Lucy, a former ballet dancer (married in Chichester, West Sussex, 1999). They have a son, Archie. Lyndhurst's hobbies include underwater diving, beekeeping and piloting his own aeroplanes. Lyndhurst is the grandson of Francis Lyndhurst, a theatrical scenery painter and film director, who set up an early film studio at Shoreham Fort, Shoreham-by-Sea. Radio Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor. He played Rodney Trotter in ""Only Fools and Horses"", Gary Sparrow in ""Goodnight Sweetheart"", Dan Griffin in the BBC drama ""New Tricks"" and Adam Parkinson"