Roger Lloyd Pack graced our television screens for decades and become best known for his iconic role in Only Fools and Horses.
The actor, who was a part of our lives for generations, played Trigger in the BBC sitcom between 1981 until 2003.
Famed for calling Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst) by the name ‘Dave’, road-sweeper Trigger wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer but his naive approach to life was something to be admired.
And who can forget the moment he proudly tells long-term pals Del Boy (David Jason), Rodney, and Boycie (John Challis) about a medal he’s received from the local council for using the same broom for twenty years.
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Trigger, Rodney, Del Boy, Uncle Albert, Boycie and Marlene in Only Fools and Horses
(Image: BBC)
As they dine in Sid’s Cafe, Trigger shows the lads a photo of himself pictured alongside Councillor Murray and innocently announces that his ‘well-looked after’ broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles.
Trigger’s ‘well-maintained broom’ of course is one of the most memorable jokes from the BBC sitcom created by John Sullivan.
Originally from Islington, Roger is also famed for playing Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley.
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He enjoyed a glittering acting career starting back in 1968 when he played Cuthbert Blake in the series Virgin of the Secret Service, the same year he played minor roles in Crime Buster, The Magus, and Secret Ceremony.
After a string of television appearances, he landed the reoccurring role as Albert Mason in Spyder’s Web in 1972, and the rest is history.
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Lloyd Pack continued to act until his last credited appearance in Law & Order: UK as Alex Greene in 2014, the same year he passed away died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Kentish Town aged 69.
And it appears acting runs in the family, as his father Charles Lloyd Pack was also a movie and television star.
Born in Wapping, East London in 1902, Charles’ career also spanned decades with his first acting credit in The House of the Spaniard in 1936.
Horror movie buffs will know Charles as Doctor Seward in Dracula, Prof Durendel in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, President in The Revenge of Frankenstein, Dawson in Quatermass 2, and Jameson in The Man Who Haunted Himself, plus many more.
Charles Lloyd Pack (right) as Professor Marks in Strange Report
(Image: ITC Entertainment/ITV)
Charles portrayed the role of Professor Marks in the popular TV series Strange Report in 1969 which followed a Retired Scotland Yard commissioner investigating bizarre mysteries in London during the swinging sixties.
With an acting career of nearly 50 years under his belt, Charles starred in a long list of other television shows including The Avengers, The Sullivan Brothers, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and many more.
Charles last appeared in the series in Mr.Right for four episodes in 1983, he passed away in December the same year.
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