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.

Buster Merryfield

Acting Born November 27, 1920 – Died June 23, 1999 Battersea, London, England, UK

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.

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Only Fools and Horses

Uncle Albert Trotter

Noel's House Party

The Old Soldier

Dalgliesh

Sir Miles Honeyman

Surprise, Surprise

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The Paul Daniels Magic Show

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Strangers and Brothers

Bishop

Shroud for a Nightingale

Sir Miles Honeyman

The Story of Only Fools And Horses

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The Citadel

Professor Challis

Hannah

Uncle Jim

Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie

Uncle Albert Trotter