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He was also very elusive, and I believe I am right in saying that during his lifetime most people didn't even know his real first name.
I think it was difficult for Buster initially to join the cast given the circumstances. As per our current database, Buster had at least one relationship record in the past. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Buster Merryfield (27 Nov 1920–23 Jun 1999), Find a Grave Memorial no. He was given the name Buster by his grandfather after he weighed 9 pounds when he was born.
About 20 years as an actor. The Brits have degrees of expressing disdain that we Americans can’t touch.
Catalogue numbers are WW8122 & WW8123. never heard about a New Zeland commercial ,is there some free way to see that ? All Rights Reserved. I am a massive fan of Roy Marsden and love his character of Adam. Buster became Uncle Albert, the crusty seafaring relation of two thick, but likable, second-hand traders. Only the North Thames Gas Special to go. His father worked a packer while his mother worked as a part-time waitress.
He was an actor, known for Only Fools and Horses.... (1981), The Citadel (1983) and Shroud for a Nightingale (1984). I can now share with you what Perry was stunned to come across back in 2013 Buster Merryfield had been selected as the new character, most of the scenes for the episode had to be re-shot. At age 59, Buster retired from NatWest Bank to pursue acting professionally. Perry called it the Holy Grail, the most staggering thing he had come across for years. (He’d gotten married in 1942 and had a baby on the way.). He had a very difficult start to his Only Fools and Horses career. More of that another time. Five years to write a book and then another 10 years as a painter.
Since I live in Hollywood, the entertainment (aka youth) industry capital, I had to find out more about him.
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He was married to Iris M Mountford. Directed by John Gorrie. Buster Merryfield – Loved his football and boxing.
Buster merryfield was no Shakespearian trained actor like Leonard Pearce but was a very vital contribution to the show. By the time that’s all done I will be about 102. As time wore on, I felt the relationship between them got more affectionate, the mocking wasn't as harsh and you couldn't imagine Del and Rodney without Uncle Albert.
So we had a fight on our hands did we? They come in a box set with 10 stories that was made for Anglia tv. In 1942, he was given the chance to train as an officer and took it. Now I know this will impress you! Buster himself took “best actor” honors in two of those plays.
Buster Merryfield was born on November 27, 1920, in Battersea, London, England, to Lily (née Stone) and Harry Merryfield.
It all started quite a few years ago when we all went down to Guildford to help Buster at one of his book signing sessions. (The festival, held in Surrey, is one of England’s largest drama competitions.). Buster Merryfield died in Poole General Hospital on 23 June 1999, as a result of a brain tumour.
He was an actor, known for Only Fools and Horses.... (1981), The Citadel (1983) and Shroud for a Nightingale (1984). His mother was a part-time waitress and his father a packer. Just before being drafted, Buster had entered a management training program with National Westminster Bank. Thank you for reposting this, it was a very interesting read, E-Mail (will not be published) (required), Only Fools and Horses News I always said I wanted to do 40 years in a bank. My fave is where he looks horrified in Rodney come home Location: Verwood Cemetery, B3081, Verwood (Sadly died on the 23rd June, 1999) Google Maps…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8gOjasxxO0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2WCXypT44c. Iris died in 2002 from natural causes and was buried alongside him. Its a shame they mocked Albert the way they did from the sleeping dogs lie episide onwards and everytime he mentioned the war but I do like this quote.
Buster Merryfield - he kept his Christian name a closely guarded secret - came from a working class background in Battersea, London. Over here, for instance, an idiot is pretty much an idiot.
I still don’t know who did the murders – a rhino probably. Grandad had such a whiny voice. Or as Del Boy would say ‘a coup, a genuine coup!’ We at the Society have managed to dig up an extremely rare video featuring both Buster Merryfield and Lennard Pearce in the same drama show. Now I don’t know if you’ve ever been involved in an internet auction but they can be pretty nerve racking things. You know, I’ve figured it out. Grandad would've died at some point anyway (a bit sooner than they all expected I suppose, sadly) but keeping the family dynamic going with Uncle Albert was a good idea, although poor old Albert was more of a third wheel at the beginning. This set me off on a 4 year long search through various video companies, retailers, internet sites, secondhand shops boot fairs and so on – but, as they say in Calais, ‘nitto.’ The only lead I had was that the show was deleted on video soon after its release and that the initial story was written by P D James. Lennard plays the gate security guard.
“I’m in the enviable position of being an actor with a pension. Unbelievably the angle of the car blocks Lennard’s face and we are cheated out of seeing two of the famous Trotter brothers together. Buster Merryfield died in Poole General Hospital on 23 June 1999, as a result of a brain tumour. Watching some episodes over Christmas I appreciate the character Uncle Albert more and more. I can thank my British husband for widening my vocabulary. He's probably busy up there writing a sitcom about misbehaving angels. Buster's opposite zodiac sign is Gemini. On leaving school, where he was a … He was survived by his wife Iris, whom he married in June 1942, his daughter, Karen and two grandchildren. ‘Not a lot to go on!’.
The resting place of Buster Merryfield who was best known as Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses. He continued acting in local productions. ", “I’m in the enviable position of being an actor with a pension.”. His mother was a part-time waitress and his father a packer. Buster was drafted in 1939 at age 19 and served with the Royal Artillery. He only has one piece of dialogue but that voice is immediately recognisable.
What! John Sullivan R.I.P. But sitting blind the only option you have is panic. A few years in the war. My husband tells me that a sitcom called Only Fools and Horses made plonker (my personal favorite) a household word in the UK and that its beloved star, Buster Merryfield, didn’t act professionally until he was 58. Grandad & Uncle Albert were both great characters thanks to some great writing by John Sullivan.
He literally had to turn up and says ‘yes that girl with her head twisted all the way around is dead.’, Roy Marsden also featured as the detective, a far cry from a Driscoll Brother. You can get this story very easily now on dvd its in a collection with all the PD James stories with Roy Marsden as Adam Dalgleish. Home > When Buster worked with Lennard Pearce. Buster Merryfield Buster Merryfield has been died on Jun 23, 1999 ( age 78) Buster's astrological symbol is Archer. I often watch all these stories and i started watching Shroud for a Nightingale again last night. He became a physical training and jungle warfare instructor, serving in India and South Africa. .
He passed away in 1999 at age 79 from a brain tumor. Lesser Known Facts. For those of you who are interested the video was made by Watchword Video in 1984. I think Lennard and Buster were perfectly written and perfectly cast. Buster’s grandfather gave him the nickname Buster when he was born, since he weighed nine pounds, and the name suited him when he became a child boxing star in the 1930s. Whilst mingling with a real life Trotter he happened to mention that he had met Lennard Pearce in the early 1980’s while filming a drama show for Anglia Television. We would like to express our heartfelt sadness and warm wishes to the family of Nicholas and…. Buster plays the local coroner; his part is much bigger with quite a few speaking scenes.
. But he loved amateur theatre and had been in charge of providing entertainment for the troops. Surely someone else can’t know the importance of this show. It was strange seeing him with a very trimmed beard. In 1944, Buster returned to England, where he led a squadron shooting down flying bombs known as V1 doodlebugs. So there I was with trembling hands sitting by my computer screen trying to act ‘nice and cool’ while waiting for the allotted hour. Most Popular Quote: "During The War". Another victory, after such renowned victories such as tracking down Christmas Trees, The Gulf War Special, Royal Variety and New Zealand advert. The tape, or tapes as I should say because it is actually a double pack, duly arrived within a week and mission was finally accomplished. Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. The show basically revolves around murders at a local hospital. He was buried in Verwood, Dorset.
He was buried in Verwood, Dorset.
Immediately impressed I pressed him on the subject but alas he knew no more other than they met briefly in a hospital car park and that it was called ‘Shroud for a Nightingale.’ He didn’t have a copy of the show and hadn’t even seen it himself. Aha that woke you up didn’t it!
He was asked to audition for the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses. Saw him once at Fleet services on M3, dressed in character. After the war, he returned to his desk job and rose through the ranks. Only had to say the odd line here and there to make us laugh. Buster merryfield was no Shakespearian trained actor like Leonard Pearce but was a very vital contribution to the show. At least with a live auction you can see you’re opponent and gauge if they are serious or not. He was married to Iris M Mountford. My break finally came when I spotted the elusive video on an internet auction site called ebay. Only had to say the odd line here and there to make us laugh.
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