Buster merryfield biography
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After Lennard Pearce died of a heart attack just 10 days into the filming of Only Fools and Horses’ fourth series, the show's producer, Ray Butt, knew he would have to find a replacement for the show’s beloved Grandad.
As Butt sat in his office, wading through piles of letters from actors desperate to join the cast of one of the jewels in the BBC’s crown, there was one that stood out. This letter didn’t have the stench of cold opportunism about it.
Instead, it was a handwritten note, businesslike in tone, and without much obvious knowledge of the show. There was also a photo attached, showing a man that, to Butt, looked like a cross between Father Christmas and Captain Birdseye. Even the name — ‘Buster Merryfield’ — was intriguing.
Little did Butt know quite how unusual this letter-writer’s story was. Aged 64 at the time, Merryfield had been a professional actor for just seven years. For much of the previous four decades he’d worked in banks, rising steadily through the ranks
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Buster Merryfield (27 November 1920 - 23rd June 1999), real name Harry Merryfield, was an English actor and army officer best known to who played Albert Trotter in the BBC and GOLD sitcom Only Fools and Horses from 1985 to 1996.
Pre OFAH Career[]
Born Harry Merryfield on the 27th November 1920 in Battersea, London. Merryfield had a sister who died aged 8 years old. Buster served in the forces during the war (No pun intended). Buster was a keen boxer. He was a keen amateur actor and director. Buster became a professional actor aged 57. In early 1984, Buster met Lennard Pearce when they worked on a TV series together called Shroud For A Nightingale. Lennard was starring in hit sitcom Only Fools And Horses as Grandad Trotter - (Edward Trotter).
Only Fools And Horses[]
In December 1984, Lennard Pearce took ill during filming of the 4th series of Only Fools And Horses. Lennard sadly died in mid December of a second heart attack. The OFAH cast and crew grieved for Lennard bu
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| Buster Merryfield | ||
| Born | Harry Merryfield | |
| 27 November 1920(1920-11-27) | ||
| Battersea, London, England | ||
| Died | 23 June 1999(1999-06-23) (aged 78) | |
| Poole, Dorset, England | ||
| Occupation | Actor, finansinstitut manager | |
| Years active | 1966–1997 (retirement) | |
| Spouse(s) | Iris Myrtle Mountford (1942–1999) (his death) | |
| Children | 1 | |
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.
Career[]
Merryfield joined Only Fools and Horses in January 1985, as the former seafaring Albert Gladstone Trotter, known as Uncle Albert, who was Grandad Trotter's long-lost younger brother and was known for his catchphrase of "During the war..." The character took over the role of senior citizen member of the Trotter family from Lennard Pearce, who played Grandad, after Pearce died in månad 1984. Coincidentally, nine months earlier, in March 1984, Me