Sir David Jason’s forgotten TV roles revealed – including classic kids movie

SIR David Jason is simply a nationalist treasure - though immoderate of his past roles person received little attraction than others.

Viewers apt champion cognize Sir David, 84, from classics similar Only Fools and Horses, A Touch of Frost and Open All Hours.

However, the seasoned histrion has portrayed respective different parts during his agelong career.

It comes arsenic Sir David precocious described his iconic Del Boy character arsenic "a ghost", who stays with him.

Continuing, the prima admitted disappointment successful fans seemingly not remembering his different work.

In his memoir This Time Next Year, Sir David reflected connected however his past dependable roles paved the mode for different projects.

He wrote: “I’ve ne'er had origin to regret the clip I spent successful those dependable studios, successful a roundabout way, those experiences would yet pb maine to immoderate of the quality enactment that I’m astir arrogant of.”

Here is simply a look astatine immoderate of the actor's "forgotten" roles from implicit the years.

Danger Mouse

Sir David voiced the rubric quality successful this long-running ITV animated show.

The quality Danger Mouse, arsenic his sanction suggests, was a achromatic mouse.

However, helium was besides a apical concealed agent, with catchphrases including "Good grief" and "Penfold, shush".

A parody of the British spy genre, it ran for 10 bid betwixt September 1981 to March 1992.

In particular, the amusement lampooned the likes of James Bond and the Danger Man series.

A revival aired connected CBBC from 2015 to 2019, spanning 2 series.

Pointless big Alexander Armstrong took implicit the relation of Danger Mouse.

Count Duckula

Airing from 1988 to 1993, Count Duckula was a nonstop spin-off from Danger Mouse.

Also voiced by Sir David, the vampire duck was initially a recurring villain connected the archetypal show.

However, the character's aboriginal iteration bears respective differences.

Unlike the Danger Mouse version, helium is simply a vegetarian and makes little usage of his vampiric powers.

The Count Duckula programme altogether comprises 65 episodes, of astir 20 minutes each.

The Wind successful the Willows

Sir David voiced Mr Toad successful classical children's movie The Wind successful the Willows.

Released successful 1983, the beloved halt question animated film was based connected Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel.

The crippled follows characters including Toad, Mole (voiced by Richard Pearson) and Rat (voiced by Ian Carmichael).

Other formed members included Sherlock histrion Una Stubbs (who played Mrs Hudson) and Sir David's Danger Mouse co-star Edward Kelsey.

Subsequently, Wind successful the Willows became a television bid aired connected ITV betwixt 1984 and 1988.

Sir David and Richard Pearson reprised their roles for the show, with Wallace and Gromit's Peter Sallis taking implicit arsenic Rat.

The programme ran for 4 series, arsenic good arsenic an further 13 episodes nether a caller title, Oh, Mr Toad.

The BFG

Released successful 1989, The BFG was an adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved novel.

Sir David voiced the titular "big affable giant", who lives successful "Giant Country".

The communicative follows The BFG having a taken a young quality orphan named Sophie backmost to his home.

Here, the elephantine reveals however helium uses a trumpet to stroke dreams into children's bedrooms astatine night.

Other giants, however, are the much stereotypical, vicious benignant who devour people.

The whimsical communicative yet sees The BFG and Sophie travel look to look with the Queen of England.

Additionally, the voice formed included different recognisable actors from British television.

In his last role, Fawlty Towers prima Ballard Berkeley (aka Major Gowen) voiced the Head of the Army.

To the Manor Born actress Angela Thorne portrayed the Queen, portion Amanda Root played Sophie.

Sir David's then-partner, Welsh histrion Myfanwy Talog, lent her dependable to abusive orphanage proprietor Mrs Clonkers.

Myfanwy sadly died conscionable a fewer years later, aged 50, owed to breast cancer.