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Nicholas Lyndhurst

Nicholas Lyndhurst (born April 21, 1961) is a British actor born in Emsworth, Hampshire.

A child student at Corona Stage Academy, he appeared in a succession of commercials and children's films in the early 1970s, and first gained national recognition at the age of seventeen through the sitcom (Adam) Butterflies. He then played the teenage son of lag Fletch in Going Straight before achieving stardom in the series Only Fools and Horses in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character Del Boy.

This programme started as a small comedy in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day episode gaining the largest audience ever obtained by a fictional TV show in the UK. During this period, Lyndhurst also starred in ITV sitcoms The Two Of Us and The Piglet Files, as well as a number of stage shows.

In 1993 he played the lead character of Gary Sparrow in science fiction sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart. At around the same time, he was also the face and voice on the TV and radio commercials for the telecommunications chain People's Phone.

In between 1997 and 1999 Nicholas Lyndhurst was the public face of the stationery chain store WH Smith, starring as all four members of a family in their adverts. He won a BAFTA for his acting in the adverts.

He is married and has a passion for outdoor activities, including flying aeroplanes, surfing and deep-sea diving.

TV

  • Anne of Avonlea
  • The Burt Bacharach Show
  • David Copperfield
  • The Dick Emery Show
  • Fairies
  • Father's Day
  • Going Straight
  • Goodnight Sweetheart
  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Heidi
  • The Kenny Everett Christmas Show
  • The Lenny Henry Show
  • Losing Her
  • Only Fools and Horses
  • Our Show
  • Peter Pan
  • The Piglet Files
  • The Prince and the Pauper
  • Spearhead
  • Stalag Luft
  • To Serve Them All My Days
  • The Two Of Us
  • Wilderness Challenge

Films

  • Bequest to the Nation
  • Bullshot
  • Endless Nights
  • Gunbus

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He is married and has a passion for outdoor activities, including flying aeroplanes, surfing and deep-sea diving. The couple have two children -- Phoebe (born 1989) and Brid (born 1991) -- and live in London. He won a BAFTA for his acting in the adverts. Amanda Burton's first marriage was to Jonathan Hartley (1977-1982). Since 1989 she has been married to photographer Sven Arnstein. In between 1997 and 1999 Nicholas Lyndhurst was the public face of the stationery chain store WH Smith, starring as all four members of a family in their adverts. She also played Aunt Polly in a 2003 remake of Pollyanna. At around the same time, he was also the face and voice on the TV and radio commercials for the telecommunications chain People's Phone. After Silent Witness, Burton also took on the role of Prosecutor Helen West in a series based on Frances Fyfield's novels.

In 1993 he played the lead character of Gary Sparrow in science fiction sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart. Some of her notable television appearances include Brookside (1982-86) and Peak Practice (1993-95). During this period, Lyndhurst also starred in ITV sitcoms The Two Of Us and The Piglet Files, as well as a number of stage shows. Derry, a Protestant area of Northern Ireland, as the youngest of four daughters of a primary school headmaster. This programme started as a small comedy in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day episode gaining the largest audience ever obtained by a fictional TV show in the UK. Burton was born in Ballougry, Co. He then played the teenage son of lag Fletch in Going Straight before achieving stardom in the series Only Fools and Horses in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character Del Boy. She left the series in 2004, saying that she did not want "to be forever associated with it".

A child student at Corona Stage Academy, he appeared in a succession of commercials and children's films in the early 1970s, and first gained national recognition at the age of seventeen through the sitcom (Adam) Butterflies. Amanda Burton (born January 8, 1957) is an actress from Northern Ireland best known for her role as forensic pathologist Doctor (later Professor) Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness (from 1996). Nicholas Lyndhurst (born April 21, 1961) is a British actor born in Emsworth, Hampshire.
Parkinson, Burton and Grant in 2001. Gunbus. Endless Nights.

Bullshot. Bequest to the Nation. Wilderness Challenge. The Two Of Us.

To Serve Them All My Days. Stalag Luft. Spearhead. The Prince and the Pauper.

The Piglet Files. Peter Pan. Our Show. Only Fools and Horses.

Losing Her. The Lenny Henry Show. The Kenny Everett Christmas Show. Heidi.

Gulliver's Travels. Goodnight Sweetheart. Going Straight. Father's Day.

Fairies. The Dick Emery Show. David Copperfield. The Burt Bacharach Show.

Anne of Avonlea.