Richard O'Sullivan was born on 7 May 1944 and is an English comedy actor.
12 Facts About Richard O'Sullivan
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Richard O'Sullivan starred in Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Alcock and Gander, Me and My Girl and Trouble In Mind.
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Richard O'Sullivan appeared in his first film at the age of eight.
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Richard O'Sullivan then played the main character in The Stranger's Hand, starring Alida Valli and Trevor Howard, in 1953.
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Richard O'Sullivan appeared in the Children's Film Foundation's first serial, Raiders of the River, produced in 1955.
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Richard O'Sullivan wrote the Robin's Nest theme tune, which was arranged by Brian Bennett.
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Richard O'Sullivan then played the widower Simon Harrup in the sitcom Me and My Girl, broadcast from 1984 to 1988, co-starring Tim Brooke-Taylor and Joan Sanderson, produced by LWT.
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Richard O'Sullivan appeared in a one-off comedy-drama The Giftie, shown on Channel Four in 1988, in which he and a friend discovered a photocopier at work that could duplicate living copies of themselves, unwisely doing so, and predictably leading to mistaken identities and chaos.
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Richard O'Sullivan's final acting role was in a 1996 one-off satire titled Holed, with Tony Robinson, about a suburban golf club.
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Richard O'Sullivan had himself been the subject of the show in 1974.
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In 2006, Richard O'Sullivan recorded a commentary for the DVD release of Carry On Teacher.
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Richard O'Sullivan has lived in Brinsworth House, a retirement home for entertainers in Twickenham, since suffering a stroke in 2003.