David Jason

**Sir David John White** OBE (born 2 February 1940), known professionally as by his stage name **David Jason**, is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his roles as Del Boy in the BBC and GOLD comedy series sitcom _Only Fools and Horses_ and Detective Insepctor Jack Frost in _A Touch Of Frost_, Granville in _Open All Hours_ and _Still Open All Hours_, and Pop Larkin in _The Darling Buds of May_, as well as voicing Mr. Toad in _The Wind in the Williows_ and the title character of _DangerMouse_ and _Count Duckula_; His last original was Del Boy was in 2014 and Frost in 2010.

Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993, and knighted in 2005, both for services to drama. He won the British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 2003.

Jason lived with his long term girlfriend, actress Myfanwy Talog, for eighteen years until her death from breast cancer in 1995. At age 61, Jason and 41-year-old girlfriend Gill Hinchcliffe had a baby girl in 2001.  They married in 2005.

### Radio

|style="width:10%;"|**Year**|style="width:20%;"|**Title**|style="width:20%;"|**Role**|style="width:50%;"|**Other notes**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|-|_Mostly Monkhouse_|Various||||||
|1970–1998|_Week Ending_|Various||||||
|1977–1981|_The Jason Explanation_|Various||||||
|-|_The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_|Captain of the 'B' Ark/Caveman||||||
|2008|_Book at Bedtime_|Reader|A 10 part abridged reading of _A Christmas Carol_ for BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.|||||

### Television

|style="width:10%;"|**Year**|style="width:20%;"|**Title**|style="width:20%;"|**Role**|style="width:50%;"|**Other notes**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1964|_Crossroads_|Bert Bradshaw|Unknown character duration.|||||
|1966|_Softly, Softly_|Smith|Episode ‘Overtake’|||||
|1967–1969|_Do Not Adjust Your Set_|Various|A children's sketch show; popular with adults.|||||
|1968|_Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)_|Abel|Episode ‘That's How Murder Snowballs’|||||
|1969|_Counterstrike_|Taffy Sadler|Episode ‘On Ice’|||||
|1969|_Canada Goose_|Unknown||||||
|1969–1970|_Hark at Barker_|Various||||||
|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_|Odd Job Man|Episode 3 – ‘The Odd Job’; Starred with Ronnie Barker|||||
|1971|_Doctor at Large_|Victor Bligh|Episode ‘Let’s Start at the Beginning’|||||
|1972|_His Lordship Entertains_|Dithers|Starred with Ronnie Barker|||||
|1973|_Seven of One_|Various|Episodes 1 (Open All Hours) and 2 (I'll Fly You For A Quid)|||||
|1974|_Doctor at Sea_|Manuel Sanchez||||||
|1974|_The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs_|Edgar Briggs||||||
|1975; 1977|_Porridge_|Blanco Webb|Guest starred in three episodes; Happy Release, No Peace for the Wicked and Pardon Me. Starred with Ronnie Barker.|||||
|1976|_Lucky Feller_|Shorty Mopstead||||||
|1976–1985|_Open All Hours_|Granville|Broadcast: 1976; 1981–1985. Starred with Ronnie Barker.|||||
|1977–1981|_A Sharp Intake of Breath_|Peter Barnes||||||
|1981–2003|_Only Fools and Horses_|Del Boy|Broadcast: 1981–1983,1985–1993,1996,2001–2003|||||
|1985–1987|_The Berenstain Bears_|Papa Bear||||||
|1987|_Porterhouse Blue_|Skullion||||||
|1989|_A Bit of a Do_|Ted||||||
|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||||||
|1997|_The Ice House_|Unknown||||||
|1998|_March In Windy City_|Steven March||||||
|1999|_All the King's Men_|Captain Frank Beck|A 1999 television film.|||||
|2001|_Micawber_|Micawber||||||
|2002–2004|_The Quest_|Dave|A three-part film series.|||||
|2005–2007|_Diamond Geezer_|Des|Pilot in 2005; Series in 2007.|||||
|2006|_Ghostboast_|Lt. Prof. Jack Hardy R.N. Rtd|Two part ITV drama.|||||
|2006|_Terry Pratchett's Hogfather_|Alberto Malich|Two part Sky1 drama.|||||
|2006|_Cartoon Kings_|Narrator|Documentary.|||||
|2006|_Prehistoric Park_|Narrator|Documentary-style drama.|||||
|2008|_Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic_|Rincewind|Two part Sky1 drama.|||||
|2009|_The Green Green Grass_|Del Boy|Archive footage: Episode 'I Done It My Way'|||||
|2010|_David Jason:The Battle of Britain_|Presenter|ITV documentary|||||
|2010|_Albert’s Memorial_|Harry|ITV1 feature-length drama.|||||
|2010|_Come Rain Come Shine_|Don|ITV1 feature-length drama, starring alongside Alison Steadman|||||
|2011|_David Jason's Great Escapes_|Himself|Documentary|||||
|2011-2012|_The Royal Bodyguard_|Captain Guy Hubble|BBC Comedy. First episode broadcast Boxing Day 2011 on BBC One.|||||

### Movies

|style="width:10%;"|**Year**|style="width:20%;"|**Title**|style="width:20%;"|**Role**|style="width:50%;"|**Other notes**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1972|_Under Milk Wood_|Nogood Boyo|Originally offered to Jason's brother, Arthur, however Jason was cast in the role.|||||
|1973|_White Cargo_|Albert Toddey||||||
|1975|_Royal Flash_|The Mayor||||||
|1977|_Wombling Free_|Womble Voice||||||
|1978|_The Odd Job_|Odd Job Man||||||
|1983|_The Wind in the Willows_|Toad|Spawned a 52-part series.|||||
|2010|_All the Way Up_|Director||||||

### Animation

|style="width:10%;"|**Year**|style="width:20%;"|**Title**|style="width:20%;"|**Role**|style="width:50%;"|**Other notes**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1978|_The Water Babies_|Principal Characters||||||
|1981–1992|_Danger Mouse_|Danger Mouse/Narrator/Buggles Pigeon/Count Duckula/Numerous others||||||
|1983–1990|_The Wind in the Willows_|Toad/Chief Weasel/Billy Rabbit||||||
|1988–1993|_Count Duckula_|Count Duckula/Numerous Others|Spin-off from hit series Danger Mouse starring David Jason as the lead voice.|||||
|1989|_The BFG_|The BFG|Film based on Roald Dahl's novel|||||
|1991–1992|_Victor and Hugo_|Hugo/Interpol||||||
|1993|_The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey_|Rola Polar||||||
|1994|_Felidae_|Jesaja (English dub)||||||
|1995|_The Snow Queen_|Eric||||||
|1998|_Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer_|Father Christmas||||||
|1999|_Angelmouse_|Narrator|22 parts.|||||
|2010|_Muddle Earth_|Randalf|26 parts.|||||

## Awards and nominations

David Jason has a total of twenty-three awards between 1986 and 2003. His hit comedy show, _Only Fools and Horses_ won many of these awards, and was also nominated many times. His crime drama, A Touch of Frost, has also won and been nominated many 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_|||
|1986|BAFTA TV Award|Best Light Entertainment Performance|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1987|BAFTA TV Award|Best Actor|_Porterhouse Blue_|||
|1988|BAFTA TV Award|Best Light Entertainment Performance|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1989|BAFTA TV Award|Best Light Entertainment Performance|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1990|British Comedy Award|Best TV Comedy Actor|_A Bit of a Do_|||
|1990|BAFTA TV Award|Best Light Entertainment Performance|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1992|British Comedy Award|Best TV Comedy Actor|_The Darling Buds of May_|||
|1996|National Television Award|Most Popular Comedy Performer|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1996|National Television Award|Special Recognition Award|_N/a_|||
|1996|BAFTA TV Award|Best Comedy Performance|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1997|British Comedy Award|Best TV Comedy Actor|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1997|National Television Award|Most Popular Actor|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|1999|National Television Award|Most Popular Actor|_A Touch of Frost_|||
|2000|National Television Award|Most Popular Actor|_A Touch of Frost_|||
|2000|TV Quick Award|Best Actor|_A Touch of Frost_ _All the King's Men_|||
|2001|British Comedy Award|Lifetime Achievement Award|_N/a_|||
|2001|TV Quick Award|Best Actor|_A Touch of Frost_|||
|2001|National Television Award|Most Popular Actor|_A Touch of Frost_|||
|2001|National Television Award|Most Popular Comedy Performer|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|2002|National Television Award|Most Popular Actor|_A Touch of Frost_|||
|2002|National Television Award|Most Popular Comedy Performance|_Only Fools and Horses_|||
|2002|TV Quick Award|Best Actor|_A Touch of Frost_|||
|2003|National Television Award|Most Popular Actor|_A Touch of Frost_|||
|2003|BAFTA TV Award|BAFTA Academy Fellowship|_N/a_|||
|2003|National Television Award|Most Popular Actor|_The Second Quest_ _A Touch of Frost_|||
|2011|National Television Award|Outstanding Drama Performance|_A Touch of Frost_|||

## Infobox (person)

- **honorific suffix**: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE
- **name**: Sir David Jason
- **image**: David Jason millies (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Jason in 2012
- **birth name**: David John White
- **birth place**: Edmonton, London, Edmonton, London, England
- **occupation**: Actor, comedian, screenwriter, television producer
- **notable works**: _Do Not Adjust Your Set_ (1967–1969)
_Open All Hours_ (1973–1985)
_Only Fools and Horses_ (1981–2003)
_Danger Mouse (1981 TV series), Danger Mouse_ (1981–1992)
_The Wind in the Willows (TV series), The Wind in the Willows_ (1983–1990)
_Count Duckula_ (1988–1993)
_A Bit of a Do_ (1989)
_The BFG (1989 film), The BFG_ (1989)
_The Darling Buds of May (TV series), The Darling Buds of May_ (1991–1993)
_A Touch of Frost_ (1992–2010)
_Still Open All Hours_ (2013–present)
- **years active**: 1964–present
- **nationality**: English people, English
- **partner**: Myfanwy Talog
(1977–1995; her death)
- **spouse**: Gill Hinchcliffe (m. 2005)
- **children**: 1
- **relatives**: Arthur White (actor), Arthur White (brother)
 Unnamed twin brother (deceased)
June White (sister)