Curiosidades

In 2008, at age 84, he appeared in a theatrical production of "The Importance of Being Earnest." In earlier productions, he played both young male leads - once on television and once on stage.

He is the father-in-law of actor Brian Cant and the chef Phil Vickery.

He is the father of the television presenter Fern Britton, as well as Cherry Britton and the actor Jasper Britton.

From 1983 to 1990, he starred with Nigel Havers and Dinah Sheridan in the BBC sitcom Don't Wait Up, which became a highlight of his career.

He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He is the grandfather of Peter Cant.

His first wife Ruth Hawkins, mother of Fern Britton and Cherry Britton, passed on at the age of 94. (24th Jan 1924- 17th Apr 2018).

Britton's second wife was Danish sculptor and member of the wartime Danish resistance Eva Castle Britton (née Skytte Birkfeldt). They had one son, actor Jasper Britton.

Britton was born in a room above the Trocadero public house in Temple Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, the son of Doris Marguerite (née Jones) and Edward Leslie Britton.

Although he played an ardent Socialist and Labour MP in the TV series "The Nearly Man" in the mid-70s, he usually supported the Tories.

During the Second World War he served in the Army and he also worked for an estate agent and in an aircraft factory.

In September 2013 Sir Jonathan Miller directed a Gala Performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear at the Old Vic in London. Britton played the Earl of Gloucester.

He joined an amateur dramatics group in Weston-super-Mare and then turned professional, appearing on stage at the Old Vic and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Britton won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor in 1975 for The Nearly Man.

His film career ended in 1961 with The Break.

He attended Edgbaston Collegiate School, Birmingham and Thornbury Grammar School, Gloucestershire.

His daughters, from his first marriage, Cherry was born in 1949, and 'Fern in 1958 while his son Jason, from his second marriage was born in 1962.

His second wife, Eva Birkenfeldt was a sculptress.

He;s a golfer with a handicap of 13.

He plays cricket for The Lord Taverners, a team of actors and cricketers who raise money for the National, Playing Fields Association, batting at number 9 and acting as wicket keeper.

His first car was a Ford Zodiac but his favourite was a 1949, Bentley.

He must be one of the few Londoners who enjoys driving there as the drive he enjoys most is from his home in Chelsea to Battersea Park where, if he's at home, he goes for a run.

He used to be under contract with Rank and then British Lion.

Spent 2 and a half years touring the country in My Fair Lady.