David Jason

Sir David Jason

OBE
Sir David Jason; OBE
	Jason in 2012
Born	David John White; 2 February 1940; Edmonton, London, England
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, screenwriter
Years active	1964–present
Notable work	Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967–1969) ; Open All Hours (1973–1985) ; Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) ; 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–present)
Spouse	Gill Hinchcliffe (m. 2005)
Partner(s)	Myfanwy Talog; (1977–1995; her death)
Children	1
Relatives	Arthur White (brother) ; Unnamed twin brother (deceased); June White (sister)

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.^[2] 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.^[3] They married in 2005.

Career

Radio

Year	Title	Role	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.^[4]

Television

Year	Title	Role	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.^[5] 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

Year	Title	Role	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

Year	Title	Role	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	Nominated
1986	BAFTA TV Award	Best Light Entertainment Performance	Only Fools and Horses	Nominated
1987	BAFTA TV Award	Best Actor	Porterhouse Blue	Won
1988	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
1992	British Comedy Award	Best TV Comedy Actor	The Darling Buds of May	Won
1996	National Television Award	Most Popular Comedy Performer	Only Fools and Horses	Won
1996	National Television Award	Special Recognition Award	N/a	Won
1996	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

↑ Moreton, Cole (18 December 2011). "David Jason on Europe, X Factor and returning to the BBC". Daily Mail. London.
↑ "No. 58099". The London Gazette. 15 September 2006. p. 12615.
↑ Alleyne, Richard (2001-02-27). "David Jason's new role as father at 61". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
↑ 16:30 - 17:00. "Radio 4 Programmes - Book at Bedtime: A Christmas Carol". BBC. Retrieved 2012-06-13. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
↑ David Jason on IMDb

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[DMail2074040-1] Moreton, Cole (18 December 2011). "David Jason on Europe, X Factor and returning to the BBC". Daily Mail. London.

[2] "No. 58099". The London Gazette. 15 September 2006. p. 12615.

[3] Alleyne, Richard (2001-02-27). "David Jason's new role as father at 61". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-11-19.

[4] 16:30 - 17:00. "Radio 4 Programmes - Book at Bedtime: A Christmas Carol". BBC. Retrieved 2012-06-13. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)

[5] David Jason on IMDb

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