Buster Merryfield

About Buster Merryfield

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day: November 27, 1920
Birth Place:  Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom
Cause of death: Brain tumour
Occupation: Actor, bank manager
Years active: 1966–1997 (retirement)
Known for: Only Fools and Horses (1985–1996)
Spouse(s): Iris M. Mountford (1942–1999) (his death)
Children: Karen Merryfield (born 1947)

Buster Merryfield

Buster Merryfield was born on November 27, 1920 in  Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom, is Actor, Soundtrack. Buster Merryfield was born on November 27, 1920 in Battersea, London, England as Harry Merryfield. He was an actor, known for Only Fools and Horses.... (1981), The Citadel (1983) and Hannah (1980). He was married to Iris M Mountford. He died on June 23, 1999 in Poole, Dorset, England.
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As per our current Database, Buster Merryfield has been died on 23 June 1999(1999-06-23) (aged 78)\nPoole, Dorset, England.

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When Buster Merryfield die, Buster Merryfield was 78 years old.

Popular As Buster Merryfield
Occupation Actor
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born November 27, 1920 ( Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom)
Birthday November 27
Town/City  Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

🌙 Zodiac

Buster Merryfield’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius. According to astrologers, Sagittarius is curious and energetic, it is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life. Sagittarius is extrovert, optimistic and enthusiastic, and likes changes. Sagittarius-born are able to transform their thoughts into concrete actions and they will do anything to achieve their goals.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

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Biography/Timeline

1930

He always prided himself on his fitness, following a strict fitness regime of daily press-ups and swimming sessions. In contrast to Albert's pipe-smoking and rum drinking character, Merryfield was a teetotal non-smoker his entire life. His efforts to stay fit could be traced back to his time as a child boxing star in the 1930s. He was British schoolboy champion in 1936 and Southern Command army champion in 1945. Merryfield was also a keen amateur football player and Millwall fan, regularly attending games at The Den.

1966

Before turning professional as an actor Merryfield was a keen amateur actor and Director. His productions of John Osborne's The Entertainer, The World-My Canvas by Ruth Dixon and A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller, for the now defunct amateur theatre group The Characters, won Best Play at the Woking Drama Festival in 1966, 1968 and 1969 respectively. He also won the Best Actor trophy for his roles in The Entertainer and The World-My Canvas.

1978

Merryfield finally became a professional actor at the age of 57, after working for the Westminster Bank (later the National Westminster Bank) as a Senior Area Bank Manager for nearly 40 years, interrupted by his war Service. In contrast to his most famous character, Merryfield spent the war in the army, where his fine physique resulted in him being made a PT and jungle warfare instructor. It was during the war that he first discovered his love of acting when he served as an entertainments officer, putting on shows for the other troops. However, upon the end of the war, married and with his wife expecting a daughter, he opted to return to his job at the bank. At Natwest he rose through the ranks, and by the time of his early retirement, in 1978, he was a bank manager at the Thames Ditton branch in Surrey.

1980

When he retired, Merryfield persuaded a repertory company to take him on. He performed at the Connaught theatre in Worthing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Equus. Small parts on television also came his way. Merryfield appeared in Hannah in 1980, as Professor Challis in The Citadel in 1983 and as a Bishop in Strangers and Brothers in 1984.

1985

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 globetrotting long-lost younger brother, and who was known for Uncle Albert's 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 unexpectedly in December 1984. Coincidentally, nine months earlier, in March 1984, Merryfield appeared in two episodes of a Shroud for a Nightingale alongside Lennard Pearce. He did much work for various charities, notably the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He wrote his autobiography, During the War and Other Encounters, in 1996.

1997

In December 1997, he fell over at the British Comedy Awards while walking to the stage to collect an award for David Jason for his part in Only Fools and Horses. Despite cutting his forehead, he continued on and collected the award. Merryfield appeared in pantomime at Christmas 1997 and 1998.

1999

Buster Merryfield died in Poole General Hospital on 23 June 1999, as a result of a brain tumour. He was survived by his wife Iris, whom he married in June 1942, his daughter, Karen and two grandchildren. He was buried in Verwood, Dorset. Iris died in 2002 from natural causes and was buried alongside him.

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