Born
1920-11-27 (age 105)
Birthplace
Battersea, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Buster Merryfield
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.
Movie Appearances
Love Song
as Sir Joshua Stokes
1985
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie
as Uncle Albert Trotter
1991
Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools Cutaway
as Uncle Albert Trotter
1997
Only Fools and Horses: Royal Variety Show
as Albert Trotter
1986
Only Fools and Horses: The Robin Flies at Dawn
as Albert Trotter
1990
TV Appearances
Only Fools and Horses
1981
Surprise, Surprise
as Self
1984
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
as Self
1979
Only Fools and Horses
as Uncle Albert Trotter
1981
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
The Story of Only Fools And Horses
2017
Dalgliesh
as Sir Miles Honeyman
1983
Shroud for a Nightingale
as Sir Miles Honeyman
1984
Shroud for a Nightingale
as Sir Miles Honerman
1984