Johnny Hallyday

He enjoyed enormous fame in France after the release of his controversial album "Les lunettes rouges". He nursed long-time partner Myfanwy prior to her death in 1995 after a long battle with cancer and then found happiness again with current partner Gill, with whom he has a daughter who was born in 2001. His albums include:. Jason has never married. In 2004 they adopted a Vietnamese baby girl, called Jade. He has also worked as a voice artist for Cosgrove Hall on a number of children's television productions, providing voices for Dangermouse, Count Duckula and Toad from The Wind in the Willows, as well as several other cartoon voice-overs and advertising work. In 1996 he married Laëtitia Boudou. In the 1970's he did some work for radio, appearing in Week Ending (regularly satirising such figures as then UK Foreign Secretary Dr David Owen), and was the original "B Ark Captain" in the sixth episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

They divorced in 1992. Bates novel). He married Adeline Blondiau in 1990. E. They separated in 1986. He soon earned acclaim for a string of serious roles, for example as Detective Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch Of Frost and acted with Catherine Zeta-Jones in the rural Kentish tale The Darling Buds of May (based on the H. His love affair with the French actress Nathalie Baye began in 1982, after they met on a television programme. Nathalie gave birth to their daughter, Laura, at the end of 1983. In this role David popularised some slang words; examples being the mild insults "dipstick" and "plonker" and the celebratory "lovely jubbly".

A year later, he married a model named Babeth Etienne on December 1, 1981 in Los Angeles, the marriage lasted 2 months and 2 days. This was followed by his most enduring and popular role, that of Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, a wide-boy who makes a dubious living in Peckham, south London, trading in shoddy and counterfeit goods with the assistance of his brother Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Grandad (played by Lennard Pearce) or, latterly, Uncle Albert, played by Buster Merryfield. They divorced on November 4, 1980. He also took the lead role in ITV sitcom A Sharp Intake Of Breath. Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan were France's "Golden Couple" of their generation.
Jason was recruited to play Dithers, the hundred-year old gardener to Barker and co-worker of a maid played by Josephene Tewson, in Hark At Barker, then Blanco in Porridge, a prison-based comedy also starring Barker, then junior employee Granville in Open All Hours, starring Barker as the miserly proprietor of a general store. They have a son, David Hallyday (who is also a singer), born David Michael Benjamin Smet on August 14, 1966. His eye-catching performances would also attract the attention of Ronnie Barker, who would become a mentor to Jason in the next era of his career.

He was married on April 12, 1965 to Sylvie Vartan (French singer) in Loconville. This was of course in an era when British performers such as Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Tony Hancock, Benny Hill and Kenneth Horne were all regularly demonstrating superb timing skills to humorous effect. Since then, he has had a 40-year career in the music industry and is one of France's biggest stars. He has sold 80 million records, made 400 tours, had 18 platinum albums and performed in front of 15 million people. Humphrey Barclay, who recruited David to Do Not Adjust Your Set partly to offset the rather intellectual style of Idle, Jones and Palin, admired David's masterful sense of timing. Johnny, as he is popularly known, became famous in the 1960s from singing rock'n'roll in French. He was somewhat ahead of the Austin Powers and Johnny English film genre in an inventive TV series about an inept spy called The Secret Life of Edgar Briggs. (His pseudonym was borrowed from his cousin's friend, Lee Halliday). He appeared, most notably, as a spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic, in Do Not Adjust Your Set, and co-starred with Denise Coffey in End of Part One.

His parents separated not long after his birth, so he was raised by his paternal aunt, Helene Mar. He started his career at the same time as Michael Palin in At Last the 1948 Show and appeared in variety shows in support of stars such as Dick Emery. Johnny Hallyday was born Jean-Philippe Smet in Cite Malesherbes, Paris, France, to Huguette and Leon Smet. He trained as an electrician after leaving school while negotiating his way into reperatory theatre. Johnny Hallyday (born June 15, 1943) is a French singer and actor. David White (born February 2, 1940 in Edmonton, London), better known as David Jason, is a highly regarded British actor, admired equally for his dramatic work as for his comedy roles. Rivières pourpres 2 (2004). The Odd Job.

L'homme du train (2003). Royal Flash. Palais Des Sports (1982). The Bullion Boys. Live A Pantin (1982). Porridge. Johnny Halliday Au Zenith (1984). Open All Hours.

Rock and Roll Attitude (1985). Only Fools and Horses. Gang (1986). March in the Windy City. Dans La Chaleur De Bercy (1990). Lucky Feller. Ca Ne Change Pas Un Homme (1991). David Jason...In His Element.

Bercy (1992). The Darling Buds of May. Parc des Princes (1993). Amongst Barbarians. 31 Compilation Albums in 1993. All the King's Men. Rough Town (1995). A Touch of Frost.

Lorada (1995). A Sharp Intake of Breath. Destination Vegas (1996). A Bit of a Do. Lorada Tour (1996). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Allume le Feu - Stade de France 98 (1998). Week Ending.

Ce Que Je Sais (1998). Sang pour Sang (1999). 100% Johnny - Concert a la Tour Eiffel (2000).