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Leonard Pearce (9 February 1915 – 15 December 1984) was an English actor who worked in theatre and television. He was perhaps best known for playing Grandad in the BBC television series Only Fools and Horses, from 1981 until his death in December 1984. Early life. Born in Paddington, Pearce's father Sidney was killed in action during World War I.
3 nov 2022 · Lennard's death came just as the show was hitting its stride, with filming for the fourth season already underway. Suffering from hypertension throughout the 80s, Lennard was never in good health while working on Only Fools and Horses and after two consecutive heart attacks in December 1984 he died aged 69.
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Lennard Pearce was a British actor who played Grandad in the popular TV series Only Fools and Horses. He died of a heart attack in 1984, shortly after filming began for the fourth series.
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2 apr 2022 · Fans of Only Fools and Horses will recognise Lennard Pearce as the cantankerous character of grandad. He was one of the key characters in the show during its meteoric rise in the 1980s. Edward Kitchener 'Ted' Trotter, as grandad was otherwise known, became the nation’s grandad with fans loving his crafty personality and habit of ...
Lennard Pearce was a British actor who played Grandad in Only Fools and Horses (1981). He died of a heart attack in 1984, shortly after filming the third series of the popular sitcom.
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Lennard Pearce appeared in the first three series as Del and Rodney's elderly grandfather. After Pearce's death in 1984, a new character was introduced— Uncle Albert, the boys' great-uncle played by Buster Merryfield —to replace Grandad.
16 set 2011 · A small Children in Need interview has recently been added to Youtube. It involves Nicholas Lyndhurst and Lennard Pearce who played Grandad. Remarkably this interview was just before the new series and only 2 weeks before Lennard Pearce died. As we know John Sullivan made a remarkable change to the Only Fools And Horses scripts for Series 4.