16 Facts About Uncle Albert

Albert Gladstone Trotter, better known as Uncle Albert, was a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, portrayed by Buster Merryfield.

Uncle Albert was introduced during the fourth series as a replacement for the character of Grandad due to the sudden death of Lennard Pearce in 1984.

Uncle Albert was born on 19 November 1920 on Tobacco Road in Wapping, London, close to the Docks, where he lived with his brothers Edward, George, and Jack.

Uncle Albert joined the Royal Navy in 1937, aged 17, and two years later was called to action following the outbreak of the Second World War.

Uncle Albert spent the rest of his life recounting tales from the war.

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Uncle Albert was awarded seven medals - although this was largely because he had an extraordinarily unfortunate time.

Uncle Albert served on seven ships that were either torpedoed or divebombed over a period of four years, including two during Peacetime.

Uncle Albert undertook basic parachute training on the Isle of Wight, which enabled him to fall without injuring himself.

Uncle Albert used this to his advantage in the post-war years, staging mock falls down the cellars of pubs in order to receive financial compensation.

Uncle Albert staged falls down at least fifteen cellars, gaining the nickname of "The Ferret" in the process.

Uncle Albert lost contact with his brother Edward because of a fight over Albert's future wife Ada to whom they were both attracted.

Shortly after the funeral, Uncle Albert was abandoned by his nephew Stan and his wife Jean, with whom he was living in their mobile home.

Uncle Albert was less of a help than a hindrance; in Time on Our Hands, Uncle Albert ruins a long anticipated dinner with Raquel's parents .

Uncle Albert had a female companion called Elsie Partridge, who was first mentioned by Rodney in The Unlucky Winner Is.

Originally, the final episode of Only Fools and Horses was meant to be Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Del Boy leaving for Australia with new partner Jumbo Mills, Uncle Albert staying in Nelson Mandela House, and Rodney and Mickey Pearce taking over Trotters Independent Traders, but John Sullivan felt that this was not the end of the road for the Trotters.

Reportedly, John Sullivan had intended for a younger Uncle Albert to make an appearance in the prequel series Rock and Chips in flashbacks taking place before his fallout with Grandad, but Sullivan died after writing the series' third episode, The Frog and the Pussycat.