He is assisted by his brother Rodney ( played by Nicholas Lyndhurst ) and Grandad ( played by Lennard Pearce ) and, in later episodes, Uncle Albert ( played by Buster Merryfield ).

Derek " Del Boy " Trotter ( played by David Jason ), a fast-talking, archetypal cockney market trader, lives in a council flat in a high-rise tower block, Nelson Mandela House, in Peckham, South London – though it was actually filmed in Harlech Tower in Acton and later Bristol – with his much younger brother, Rodney Trotter ( Nicholas Lyndhurst ), and their elderly Grandad ( Lennard Pearce ).

The character of Grandad was killed off following the death of Lennard Pearce, and his long-lost brother Uncle Albert ( Buster Merryfield ) emerged to restore the three generations line-up.

The original Only Fools and Horses line-up of ( l-r ) Grandad ( Lennard Pearce ), Del Boy ( David Jason ) and Rodney ( Nicholas Lyndhurst ) lasted from 1981 – 1984.

He was introduced during the fourth season as a replacement for the character of Grandad due to the death of actor Lennard Pearce.

The character took over the role of senior citizen member of the irrepressible Trotter family from Lennard Pearce who played Grandad, after Pearce died suddenly and unexpectedly in December 1984.

Pearce starred as " Grandad " Trotter in the first 23 episodes of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses between 1981 and 1983, in a role with which he is most closely associated.

Initially, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were the show's only regulars, along with the occasional appearances of dopey roadsweeper Trigger ( Roger Lloyd Pack ) and pretentious used car salesman Boycie ( John Challis ).

Much is made of the traits of individual characters, such as Del's lack of cultural refinement, despite his pretensions, best seen in his misuse of French phrases or his claims to be a yuppy ; Rodney's gormless nature, resulting in him being labelled a " plonker " or a " dipstick " by Del ; the general daftness of Grandad and Trigger, and the rampant snobbery of Boycie.

An educational episode named " Licensed to Drill ", in which Del, Rodney and Grandad discuss oil drilling, was recorded in 1984 but only shown in schools.

* Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad Trotter, fictional Trotter family in Only Fools and Horses

* The song also appeared in the Only Fools And Horses episode " Home Sick ", being sung by Del Boy and Grandad.

The implication of this is that Grandad would be at the mercy of attacks from the violent thugs on the estate, which Slater would in all probability organise ( Del told Rodney that Slater is well known in both the police and criminal communities for having a vast network of abused informants, all of whom are threatened to work with Slater in case he reveals their betrayal to the criminal underworld and have them killed ).

Although it was originally entered as part of the New Bash Street Kid competition, the following issue, number 3440, establishes that this character is indeed Marmaduke's grandson, showing a distinctive and recognisable " Grandad " in the family portrait gallery.

In 2005, Riley's hair became progressively larger due to his lack of haircut ; when it turned into an Afro he was able to trick people into thinking he was Huey until Grandad made him get cornrows.

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 brother, and who was known for Uncle Albert's catchphrase of " During the war ..."

Suffield's first professional acting role was in a 2003 episode of the children's series Magic Grandad, entitled Toys: in 1953.

She was featured in an advertisement for ' Master Storyteller, Magic Grandad ', 1 episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot ( Five Little Pigs ) and in two episodes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

* Kokuten Kodo as Gisaku ( 儀作 ), the miller and village patriarch, referred to as " Grandad ," who tells the villagers to hire samurai to protect themselves.

His grandfather, Grandad Buck, appears in the book.

Alan Povey's Owd Grandad Piggott stories which have aired on BBC Radio Stoke for a number of years are recited in the Potteries dialect by the author.

He nonetheless had endearing features, especially his " lovable loser " qualities and his devotion and loyalty to his family, which saw him take care of Rodney and Grandad on his own from the age of 16.

In casting the role of Grandad, Sullivan had in mind an actor similar to Wilfrid Brambell, who had played Albert Steptoe in Steptoe and Son, although chose not to use Brambell himself, thinking him too closely associated with Steptoe.

Scruffy and daft, although sometimes displaying a razor sharp wit, Grandad rarely left the flat or even moved from his armchair in front of two television sets.

Del's ex-fiancee Pauline ( Jill Baker ) dominated Del's libido in " The Second Time Around ", prompting Rodney and Grandad to leave.

She is constantly stifled in this venture by the man she calls ' Grandad ', Craigan, who is her father's best friend and with whom she lives.

* Old Grandad Tree: A tremendously rugged tree atop a hill, there is reason to believe this is a very old tree.

He lost contact with his brother, Edward ( Grandad Trotter ) because of a fight over Albert's future wife Ada to whom they were both attracted.

Flowers is also known for having composed the novelty hit " Grandad " for Clive Dunn.

* Episode 9 " Grandad " Beryl and Sandra are looking forward to a free Saturday when Mrs Hutchinson telephones.

Philip William " Phil " Daniels ( born 25 October 1958, Islington ) is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles as cockneys such as Jimmy Cooper in Quadrophenia, Richards in Scum, Stewart in The Class of Miss MacMichael, Danny in Breaking Glass, Mark in Meantime, Billy the Kid in Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire, Kevin Wicks in EastEnders, DCS Frank Patterson in New Tricks and Grandad Trotter in the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips.

Currently, he is the drummer and backing vocalist for roots rock / dark folk band Saturn Returns, which features ex-members of Lost Goat and Nite After Nite as well as members of Old Grandad and Walken.

2008 Thank you, Grandad, the hero of Irish cinema Leo Ward's love affair with film has lasted more than half a century, writes his granddaughter Alison O ' Riordan ROLL IT: Alison O ' Riordan with her grandfather Leo Ward, MD of the Ward Anderson Cinema Group, in the IMC Dun Laoghaire. Independent

* 1984 – Lennard Pearce, English actor ( b. 1915 )

* 1915 – Lennard Pearce, English actor ( d. 1984 )

Set in Peckham in south London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek " Del Boy " Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney, and Lennard Pearce as their ageing grandfather.

Uncle Albert ( Buster Merryfield ) — 1984-1996 Shortly after the death of Lennard Pearce, it was decided that a new older family member should be brought in, which eventually led to " Uncle Albert ", Grandad's long-lost brother.

Coincidentally, nine months earlier, in March 1984, Merryfield appeared in two episodes of a Shroud for a Nightingale alongside Lennard Pearce.

Lennard Pearce ( 9 February 1915 – 15 December 1984 ) was an English actor who worked mostly in the theatre, but also appeared in a number of British television programmes.

* Romps with verses by Horace Lennard, printed by Edmund Evans — 1885

He completed postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago, with Lennard Wharton and Donald Levy, where he was a pioneer in the development of supersonic beam laser spectroscopy.

In 2009, the Dickman family donated the land where the new Ruskin Campus of the Hillsborough Community College was erected, across the street from the Lennard High School.

The building at the school's first location ( on Lennard Road, Beckenham ) was completed in 1914.

He was appearing in a play when spotted by Robert Lennard, a casting director for Associated British Picture Corporation.

Weaving was born at the University Teaching Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria, to English parents Anne ( née Lennard ), a tour guide and former teacher, and Wallace Weaving, a seismologist.

William Waller was born in Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, the son of Sir Thomas Waller and his wife Margaret Lennard, the daughter of Lord and Lady Dacre.

Eric was born on May 10, 1910 as Eric Lennard Bernstein in Montreal, Canada.

The tenant was given power to alter or rebuild the mansion-house at his pleasure .. As Mr Rolf died very soon after this lease, it was transferred to John Lennard and his son Samson, Lord Dacre's son-in-law.

He was succeeded by his sister Margaret, the eleventh Baroness, the wife of Sampson Lennard.

Their son, Thomas Lennard, 15th Baron Dacre, was created Earl of Sussex in 1674.

Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex ( 25 February 1661-2 – 16 May 1721-2 ), formerly Lady Anne Palmer, alias Fitzroy, was the eldest daughter of Barbara Palmer née Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, and most likely Charles II of England or Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.

His mother was probably a daughter of Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny ( died 1622 ) and his wife Rachel Lennard.

The Honourable Elizabeth Bayning, daughter of the first Viscount, married Francis Lennard, 14th Baron Dacre, and was created Countess of Sheppey for life in 1680.

Thomas Lennard, 16th Baron Dacre, was sufficiently exercised as to commission James Lamberts of Lewes to record the building.

The title was sold to Europress after EMAP decided to close it due to lower-than-expected sales and it ran for another two years with Freelance Editor Vic Lennard, full-time Deputy Editor, Tony Kaye and a full-time designer.

The original line-up consisted of Kirk Brandon, Stan Stammers, Chris Bell, and Lascelles James, in late 1983 this line-up was superseded by Dolphin Taylor on drums, Alan St. Clair on guitar, John Lennard on sax, and Neil Pyzer on keyboards and additional saxophone.

In 1984 John Lennard was replaced by Mickey Donnelly on Saxophone.

In 1677, accounts of Thomas Lennard, the 1st Earl of Sussex, include an item which refers to £ 3 being paid to him when he went to a cricket match being played at " ye Dicker ", which was a common near Herstmonceux in East Sussex.