So how is Anthony Jackson connected with only fools and horses and “where have we seen him before”?
Clue “He may take a bribe”
He was born in Birmingham in 1944. He began on the British stage in Birmingham in his teens and became a member of the BBC Radio Repertory Company in the late 60s. Much animated voice work.
On live-action TV, he was Sid James’ interfering neighbor Trevor Lewis in Bless This House (1971); Fred Mumford, a ghost who comes back to found a spirits-for-hire enterprise, in the 1976-78 BBC children’s sitcom Rentaghost; and Frank Bosomworth (alongside Diana Dors) in the 1973 comedy series All Our Saturdays. He could also been seen in such series as Doctors, The Bill, Footballers’ Wives and Lovejoy.
other appearances include
- Doctors as Leslie Broughton (2001-06)
- Rentaghost as Fred Mumford (12 episodes, 1976-1978)
- Bless This House as Trevor Lewis (42 episodes, 1971-1976)
So where have we seen Anthony Jackson in Only Fools and Horses?
Episode: It Never Rains
Character: Juan the Spanish Prison Guard
Transmitted: 25.11.1982
Duration: 30 minutes
Viewing Figures: 9.5 million
Sadly Anthony Jackson died of cancer in 2006
Just watched that OFAH episode on Gold, also, recently I spotted Anthony Jackson on a 1997 episode of Whittle (quiz show hosted by Tim Vine) he’d got a question wrong & was whittled out.
A brill episode in which Grandad plays his part very well….