Person
Buster Merryfield
Acting · 1920–1999 · Battersea, London, England, UK
Biography
Harry 'Buster' Merryfield was a British actor best known for his role as Uncle Albert in the long running hit BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses; a role he played from 1985 to 1996. Merryfield took up acting professionally late in life, following his retirement as a bank manager in 1978. His stage name of Buster stemmed from childhood; given to him by his grandfather, as he weighed nine pounds at birth, and it stuck throughout his entire life, not least because he refused to divulge his real name to anyone during his lifetime and it only became open knowledge after his death of a brain tumour in 1999.
Known for
An Audience with...
Self
Only Fools and Horses
1981
Surprise, Surprise
Self
Dalgliesh
Sir Miles Honeyman
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
Self
Shroud for a Nightingale
Sir Miles Honeyman
The Story of Only Fools And Horses
2017
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
Uncle Albert Trotter
Only Fools and Horses: Royal Variety Show
Albert Trotter
Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools Cutaway
Uncle Albert Trotter
Filmography
- 2017The Story of Only Fools And Horses
- 1997Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools CutawayUncle Albert Trotter
- 1991Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The MovieUncle Albert Trotter
- 1990Only Fools and Horses: The Robin Flies at DawnAlbert Trotter
- 1986Only Fools and Horses: Royal Variety ShowAlbert Trotter
- 1985Love SongSir Joshua Stokes
- 1984Surprise, SurpriseSelf
- 1984Shroud for a NightingaleSir Miles Honeyman
- 1983DalglieshSir Miles Honeyman
- 1981Only Fools and Horses
- 1979The Paul Daniels Magic ShowSelf
- 1978An Audience with...Self
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