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( August 2017 ) Sir David Jason OBE David John White ( 1940 - 02 - 02 ) 2 February 1940 ( age 77 ) Edmonton, Middlesex, England Occupation Actor, comedian Years active 1962 -- present Notable work Do Not Adjust Your Set ( 1967 -- 1969 ) Open All Hours ( 1973 -- 1985 ) Only Fools and Horses ( 1981 -- 2003 ) A Sharp Intake of Breath ( 1977 - 1981 ) Danger Mouse ( 1981 -- 1992 ) The Wind in the Willows ( 1983 -- 1990 ) Count Duckula ( 1988 -- 1993 ) A Bit of a Do ( 1989 ) The BFG ( 1989 ) The Darling Buds of May ( 1991 -- 1993 ) A Touch of Frost ( 1992 -- 2010 ) Still Open All Hours ( 2013 -- 2015 ) Partner ( s ) Myfanwy Talog ( 1977 -- 1995 ; her death ) Children Relatives Arthur White ( brother ) Unnamed twin brother ( deceased ) June White ( sister ) Sir David John White, OBE ( born 2 February 1940 ), better known by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Derek `` Del Boy '' Trotter in the BBC comedy series 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 Pop Larkin in the comedy drama The Darling Buds of May as well as the voices of Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse, and Count Duckula. His last original appearance as Del Boy was in 2014, while Jason retired his role as Frost in 2010. One of the best loved actors in British popular culture, in September 2006 Jason topped the poll to find TV 's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV 's 50th anniversary celebrations. He was knighted in 2005 for services to drama. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards ( BAFTAs ), ( 1988, 1991, 1997, 2003 ), four British Comedy Awards ( 1990, 1992, 1997, 2001 ) and six National Television Awards ( 1997, 2001, 2002 twice ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Radio and TV career 2.1 Early years 2.2 Children 's television 2.3 Maturity and success as a leading man 3 Honours 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 5.1 Television 5.2 Film 5.3 Animation 5.4 Radio 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Early life Jason 's father, Arthur R White, was a porter at Billingsgate Fish Market, and his Welsh mother, Olwen Jones, worked as a charwoman. She gave birth to twin boys at North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton, Middlesex, in February 1940, but Jason 's twin brother died during childbirth, making him a twinless twin. It is an urban myth that he chose the name Jason as a tribute to his dead twin : David Jason himself has denied this. In 1984, during an interview on TV - am, David Jason admitted that the name David Jason was taken from his like of Jason and the Argonauts, as the stage name David White had already been taken. Jason lived at Lodge Lane, North Finchley, and attended Northfield Secondary Modern school after failing the 11 - plus in 1951. Upon leaving school, Jason wanted to follow in his brother 's footsteps as an actor, but their father insisted that he first get a trade. So, for six years, he trained as an electrician, before giving up his girlfriend at the time, and becoming a jobbing actor. Jason 's elder brother is the actor Arthur White, born in 1933. The two appeared together in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, with Arthur playing police archivist Ernie Trigg ; and again in 2008, in the comic fantasy, The Colour of Magic, where Arthur starred as a character called `` Rerpf ''. He also appeared briefly with his brother in an episode of The Darling Buds of May. Jason also has a sister, June, seven years his junior. Radio and TV career Early years Jason started his television career in 1964 playing the part of Bert Bradshaw in Crossroads. In 1967, he played spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic, among other roles, in the children 's comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set ( Rediffusion London / ITV ) with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Denise Coffey, and Michael Palin. Humphrey Barclay, who recruited Jason to appear in Do Not Adjust Your Set ( partly to offset the rather intellectual style of Idle, Jones, and Palin ), admired his sense of timing. The programme ended in 1969, and the character then appeared for a time in the Thames Television children 's programme Magpie. Jason was going to be cast in the role of Lance Corporal Jones in the Jimmy Perry and David Croft BBC comedy Dad 's Army. Croft had been very impressed with the actor and knew that he had the ability to play a man much older than his real age. However, Bill Cotton over-ruled him, casting Clive Dunn. Jason appeared in the BBC comedy series Hugh and I, which starred Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott as two friends who lived together in south London. He appeared in Randall and Hopkirk ( `` That 's How Murder Snowballs '', 1969 ) as Abel, a framed performer in a major London theatre. In the 1970s, he also acted in radio comedies, including the weekly topical satire Week Ending ( in which he regularly played such figures as then UK Foreign Secretary Dr David Owen ) and The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy ( as the `` B Ark Captain '' in the sixth episode, in an in - joking reference to his Week Ending role as Owen ). Jason also appeared in The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately and made appearances on panel games such as The Impressionists as well as his own series, The Jason Explanation. In the early 1970s, he appeared in Mostly Monkhouse. Jason appeared in variety shows in support of stars such as Dick Emery and his performances caught the attention of Ronnie Barker. Jason was recruited to appear in Hark at Barker ( LWT, 1969 ), starring Barker as Lord Rustless, as Dithers, the hundred - year old gardener. There was also a sequel, His Lordship Entertains ( 1972 ) for the BBC. Jason played junior employee Granville in the first programme of the comedy anthology Seven of One ( 1973 ), called Open All Hours ( BBC ) and starring Barker as the miserly proprietor of a corner shop. Four series of Open All Hours were made from 1976 -- 85. He featured in Barker 's Porridge ( BBC ), a prison - based comedy, as the elderly Blanco in three episodes. Jason also appeared with Barker in various disguises in The Two Ronnies. Jason starred in London Weekend Television 's Lucky Feller ( 1975 -- 76 ), written by Terence Frisby and produced by Humphrey Barclay. About two brothers in South - East London, the series was in many ways a forerunner to Only Fools And Horses, only Jason was in the more dopey ' Rodney ' role with Peter Armitage playing the cleverer of the two. The brothers drove around in a comical bubble car, a precursor to the famous Trotters ' van ; and there was even the joke where, just as he was trying to impress the girl ( Cheryl Hall ), Jason casually leaned back against the bar, without his knowing that barman had just lifted it behind his back, and fell through. This situation was re-enacted in Only Fools And Horses. He played the lead role of Peter Barnes in the ATV sitcom A Sharp Intake of Breath ( 1977 -- 81 ), alongside Alun Armstrong and Richard Wilson. In 1979, he appeared as Buttons in the pantomime Cinderella at Newcastle 's Theatre Royal, starring Leah Bell and Bobby Thompson, produced by Michael Grayson and directed by John Blackmore. Children 's Television In the 1980s, Jason developed an association with Cosgrove Hall, and was a voice artist for a number of children 's television productions. This included voices for Danger Mouse with Terry Scott, The BFG, Count Duckula, Hugo from Victor and Hugo, and Toad from The Wind in the Willows, all produced by Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television / ITV. He provided the voice of 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. Maturity and success as a leading man 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 by Buster Merryfield ). In 1989 Jason starred as Ted Simcock in the ITV drama series ' A Bit of a Do ', aired from January to December. In 1999, Jason starred as Captain Frank Beck in BBC 's feature - length drama All the King 's Men about the Sandringham regiment lost in World War I. He earned acclaim for a string of straight roles. These include Skullion in Porterhouse Blue ( for Channel 4 ), Sidney `` Pop '' Larkin in the rural idyll The Darling Buds of May ( Yorkshire Television / ITV ) and based on the H.E. Bates novel, which featured Catherine Zeta - Jones in an early role. In 1992, fed up with the lack of investment at the BBC, he signed a golden handcuffs deal at ITV to star as Detective Inspector Jack Frost in the long - running TV series A Touch of Frost ( Yorkshire Television / ITV ). In September 2006, he was voted by the general public as No. 1 in ITV 's poll of TV 's Greatest Stars. In December 2006, he starred in Terry Pratchett 's Hogfather on Sky1 as Albert. In early 2007, he starred in Diamond Geezer ( Granada Television / ITV ). This series ran for 3 episodes of 90 minutes each. There was a pilot in 2005. In March 2008, he starred as Rincewind in Terry Pratchett 's The Colour of Magic, and in the two part ITV drama Ghostboat. On 16 September 2008, Jason announced that he would retire his role as Jack Frost after 16 years. Three new episodes of the show were shown in autumn 2008, and were followed by a two - part finale in 2010. Approached by BBC1 controller Danny Cohen in early 2011, he read three scripts and agreed to shoot a pilot for The Royal Bodyguard, which was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival. The pilot episode aired on the BBC on Boxing Day but received a poor critical response. The series was axed after six episodes. He is now ( 2017 ) still starring in Still Open All Hours which started in 2014. It features many original cast members ( and a portrait of Ronnie Barker in Arkwright mode ) and is still written by Roy Clarke, the original writer and creator of the show. Honours In 1993, Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ), and twelve years later, in the Queen 's Birthday Honours List of 2005, he was knighted for services to acting and comedy. The granting of the knighthood was well received by the public. On the day it was announced, many British newspapers used the headline `` Arise Sir Del Boy '' or similar, in reference to his most famous role. Upon receiving the knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 1 December 2005, he said he was `` humbled '' by the `` fantastic tribute ''. Personal life Jason lived with his long - term girlfriend, Welsh actress Myfanwy Talog, for eighteen years and nursed her through breast cancer until she died in 1995. This experience inspired him to organise his own charity, The David Jason Trust for terminally ill children.. It also mirrored the situation in A Touch of Frost, in which the character 's wife died after a long illness. On 26 February 2001, Jason became a father for the first time at the age of 61 when his girlfriend, 41 - year - old Gill Hinchcliffe, gave birth to a baby girl, born in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury. Jason and Hinchcliffe married on 30 November 2005, St. Andrew 's Day. Jason is a patron of the Shark Trust, a United Kingdom registered charity working to advance the worldwide conservation of sharks through science, education, influence and action. He has also been Honorary Vice Patron of the Royal International Air Tattoo since 1999, and on 29 May 2014, presented a cheque on behalf of the Fairford - based RAF Charitable Trust for £ 125,000 to the British RAF Air Cadet Organisation, to fund flight simulators for Air Cadets. Jason is a qualified helicopter pilot. In October 2013, Jason released his autobiography called David Jason : My Life. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards `` Best Book of the Year ''. In September 2017, it was reported that a `` credible threat was made to his life '', although it is not known why Jason has been targeted. Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 1964 Crossroads Bert Bradshaw 1966 Softly, Softly Smith Episode : `` Overtake '' 1967 -- 1969 Do Not Adjust Your Set Various 1968 Randall and Hopkirk Abel Episode : `` That 's How Murder Snowballs '' 1969 Counterstrike Taffy Sadler Episode : `` On Ice '' 1969 Canada Goose Unknown 1969 -- 1970 Hark at Barker Various characters 1970 Doctor in the House Mr. Drobnic Episode : `` What Seems to be the Trouble ? '' 1970 Two D 's and a Dog Dingle Bell 1971 Six Dates With Barker ( voice of the Phantom ) Episode : `` The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town '' 1971 Six Dates With Barker Odd Job Man Episode : `` The Odd Job '' 1971 Doctor at Large Victor Bligh Episode : `` Let 's Start at the Beginning '' 1972 His Lordship Entertains Dithers 1973 Seven of One Various 2 Episodes : `` Open All Hours '' and `` I 'll Fly You for a Quid '' Doctor at Sea Manuel Sanchez The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs Edgar Briggs 1975 ; 1977 Porridge Blanco Webb Episodes : `` Happy Release '', `` No Peace for the Wicked '', and `` Pardon Me '' 1976 Lucky Feller Shorty Mopstead 1976 - 1985 Open All Hours Granville 1977 -- 1981 A Sharp Intake of Breath Peter Barnes 1981 -- 2014 Only Fools and Horses Derek `` Del Boy '' Trotter Porterhouse Blue Skullion 1989 A Bit of a Do Ted Simcock 1990 Amongst Barbarians George 1991 -- 1993 The Darling Buds of May Pop Larkin 1992 -- 2010 A Touch of Frost DI Jack Frost 1993 The Bullion Boys Billy Mac 1998 March in Windy City Steven March 2001 Micawber Micawber 2002 -- 2004 The Quest Dave 2005 -- 2007 Diamond Geezer Des 2006 Ghostboat Jack Hardy 2006 Terry Pratchett 's Hogfather Alberto Malich 2006 Cartoon Kings Narrator 2006 Prehistoric Park Narrator 2008 Terry Pratchett 's The Colour of Magic Rincewind 2009 Albert 's Memorial Harry David Jason : The Battle of Britain Presenter Come Rain Come Shine Don 2011 David Jason 's Great Escapes Himself 2011 -- 2012 The Royal Bodyguard Captain Guy Hubble 2013 -- present Still Open All Hours Granville A revival of the original series, featuring original cast members Lynda Baron and Maggie Ollerenshaw. 2017 The Story of Only Fools and Horses Himself Six - part documentary series about the sitcom Only Fools and Horses. 2017 David Jason : My Life On Screen Himself Three - part documentary series where Sir David Jason embarks on a journey across Britain to explore his career in television. Film Year Title Role Notes 1972 Under Milk Wood Nogood Boyo 1973 White Cargo Albert Toddey Royal Flash The Mayor 1977 Wombling Free Womble Voice 1978 The Odd Job Odd Job Man 1999 All the King 's Men Captain Frank Beck All the Way Up Director Animation Year Title Role Notes 1978 The Water Babies Various characters 1981 -- 1992 Danger Mouse Danger Mouse Isambard Sinclair ( narrator ) Buggles Pigeon Count Duckula Various characters 1983 -- 1990 The Wind in the Willows Toad Chief Weasel Billy Rabbit 1988 -- 1993 Count Duckula Count Duckula Various characters 1989 The BFG The BFG 1991 -- 1992 Victor and Hugo Hugo Interpol Count Duckula ( 1 episode ) Danger Mouse ( 1 episode ) 1993 The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey Rola Polar Felidae Jesaja English dub 1995 The Snow Queen Eric 1998 Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer Father Christmas 1999 Angelmouse Quilly and Character Voices Muddle Earth Randalf 2014 Pip Ahoy ! Skipper Radio Year Title Role Notes Unknown Mostly Monkhouse Various characters 1970 -- 1998 Week Ending Various characters 1977 -- 1981 The Jason Explanation Various characters 1978 The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy Captain of the `` B '' Ark Caveman 2008 Book at Bedtime : A Christmas Carol Narrator BBC Radio 4 Awards and nominations Jason has won a total of twenty - three awards between 1986 and 2003. His hit comedy show, Only Fools and Horses won many awards. His crime drama, A Touch of Frost, has also won and been nominated numerous times. Porterhouse Blue, The Second Quest, All the King 's Men and A Bit of a Do have won David Jason one award each. Year Group Award Film / Show Result 1985 BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance Only Fools and Horses Nominated 1986 BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance Only Fools and Horses Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Actor Porterhouse Blue Won BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance Only Fools and Horses Nominated 1989 BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance Only Fools and Horses Nominated 1990 British Comedy Award Best TV Comedy Actor A Bit of a Do Won 1990 BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance Only Fools and Horses Won British Comedy Award Best TV Comedy Actor The Darling Buds of May Won National Television Award Most Popular Comedy Performer Only Fools and Horses Won National Television Award Special Recognition Award N / a Won BAFTA TV Award Best Comedy Performance Only Fools and Horses Won 1997 British Comedy Award Best TV Comedy Actor Only Fools and Horses Won 1997 National Television Award Most Popular Actor Only Fools and Horses Won 1999 National Television Award Most Popular Actor A Touch of Frost Nominated 2000 National Television Award Most Popular Actor A Touch of Frost Nominated 2000 TV Quick Award Best Actor A Touch of Frost All the King 's Men Won 2001 British Comedy Award Lifetime Achievement Award N / a Won 2001 TV Quick Award Best Actor A Touch of Frost Won 2001 National Television Award Most Popular Actor A Touch of Frost Won 2001 National Television Award Most Popular Comedy Performer Only Fools and Horses Won 2002 National Television Award Most Popular Actor A Touch of Frost Won 2002 National Television Award Most Popular Comedy Performance Only Fools and Horses Nominated 2002 TV Quick Award Best Actor A Touch of Frost Won 2003 National Television Award Most Popular Actor A Touch of Frost Nominated 2003 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Academy Fellowship N / a Won 2003 National Television Award Most Popular Actor The Second Quest A Touch of Frost Nominated 2011 National Television Award Outstanding Drama Performance A Touch of Frost Won References ^ Jump up to : Moreton, Cole ( 18 December 2013 ). `` David Jason on Europe, X Factor and returning to the BBC ''. Daily Mail. London. Jump up ^ `` David Jason ''. www.bradleywalsh.co.uk. 9 September 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2012. Jump up ^ Hughes, Heather. `` David Jason ''. TV.com. Retrieved 13 June 2012. Jump up ^ Jardine, Cassandra. `` The return of the secondary modern ''. telegraph.co.uk. Jump up ^ `` Sir David quitting Touch of Frost ''. BBC News. 16 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008. Jump up ^ `` No. 58099 ''. The London Gazette. 15 September 2006. p. 12615. Jump up ^ `` Del Boy knighted in Queen 's list ''. BBC News. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2009. Jump up ^ `` David Jason collects knighthood ''. BBC News. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2009. Jump up ^ Alleyne, Richard ( 27 February 2001 ). `` David Jason 's new role as father at 61 ''. The Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved 19 November 2009. Jump up ^ `` The Shark Trust - Sir David Jason ''. www.sharktrust.org. Jump up ^ Leigh, Jane ( 30 May 2014 ). `` ' Del Boy ' Marks Trust 's £ 1 Million Moment ''. www.raf.mod.uk. Jump up ^ Deacon, Michael ( 11 October 2008 ). `` David Jason : Interview ''. The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 December 2011. Jump up ^ `` David Jason shares his Only Fools and Horses secrets ''. Daily Telegraph. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Neil Gaiman 's The Ocean at the End of the Lane named 2013 Book of the Year ''. BBC News. Retrieved 9 August 2014. Jump up ^ Deen, Sarah ( 24 September 2017 ). `` David Jason pictured arriving on set with two security guards after ' credible threat ' on his life ''. Metro. Retrieved 24 September 2017. Jump up ^ David Jason on IMDb Jump up ^ -- 17 : 00. `` Radio 4 Programmes -- Book at Bedtime : A Christmas Carol ''. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2012. 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Question: who played del boy in only fools and horses
Answer: David Jason