80s UP BILL MAYNARD 

A wonderful man. Claude Jeremiah Greengrass makes Heartbeat - the ones without him are not nearly as good.

Should have been sir bill Maynard, far more deserving than most

A great character I wished he had been in all the series. A great series especially for me born in 1950. Big time memory Lane for me.

A wonderful man. Truly enjoyed him in heartbeat.

What a remarkable man. Such a talent and appears to be a lovely guy. God bless.

Adorable genius. Love him xxxxxx

What a Wonderful Man... R.I.P Bill Maynard 💙

I miss him. He's a good actor and his role fits him

Met Bill back in the 90,s. I had just read his book and discussed some of the most interesting parts of it. He was a real gentleman! 👍

Bill Maynard.....the phrase 'a twinkle in his eye' was invented for Bill. This interview is the best I've seen on YT....why?..because the interviewer kept silent allowing Bill to open his heart to the world....brilliant!

Claud greengrass was my favourite character along with David and Vernon scripps

what a hard working man and a gent sad the world lost him

Such a wonderful talent. Claude Green grass such a brilliant character.

RIP Bill -you gave us some great characters xxx

You're an absolute legend Bill, thank you for the laughs!!! ❤️❤️❤️ magic 💫

Should have being Sir Bill Maynard ,RIP Sir Bill 🙏🙏🙏❤️

What a lovely lovely man. I’m a big fan RIP Bill we all miss you 👍 magic!

Loved Bill. Met him at my local Tesco, near to where he used to live in Burbage, Leicestershire, just before he died, and had a lovely photograph taken of him and myself. An amazing man, and a wonderful life! X X

Gone to greener grass RIP ❤

Bill Maynard was brilliant, much underated. I particularly liked his part in The Gaffer because I believe there was a hell of a lot of ad libbing which was brilliant..

Wonderful Man / He Worked Hard and Long.

Loved the Mickey mouse watch. Great. Thank you.

RIP Greengrass! Magic our Bill!

Bill Maynard used to come into the town where i live in Earl Shilton in the 1980's to do a bit of shopping, my mother heard him once in a queue at the fruit and veg shop saying "My god everybody is miserable in this town,can't nobody smile?"

Brilliant..Great to hear about Bills life..loved Selwyn Froggit..Magic...

God bless you Bill.

A fabulous actor. Utterly believable. RIP.

Thanks for the laughs bill R.I P.

As far as I know, very few Americans know of Bill. But I was fortunate enough to see a re-run episode of "Selwyn Froggitt" once while in England during the late 90's. I was so sore from laughing, I immediately became a fan. Not long after, I watched an episode of "The Gaffer", and realized, "Wow, this guy is even more talented than I thought". Upon return to America, I started searching, and naturally I found "Heartbeat". The rest is history, and I now have almost all of it on DVD. I actually went out and bought a special multi-system player, just so I could watch them all (they don't make them for the USA region players). I'm still searching for copies of "Great Scott" and "Life of Riley". I must say, I'm deeply disappointed that I found him so late; but I'm enjoying a great deal of time now, with all the treats he gave us. Happy Birthday Bill; sorry I'm a few weeks late. You need to check your Facebook page more often! LOL!!! ;) God Bless and hope you are well. We're not letting you go just yet!!!!

Only just discovered that Bill Maynard guested on This is Your Life back in 1974. Eamonn Andrews disguises himself as a ticket inspector on a train he's on. Never knew that, and I doubt anyone will have a recording of this, nothing comes up on youtube.

Rip bill brill actor he was a gentleman .,... Love green grass and selwyn froggitt class shows miss u mate

He's at peace now rip

What a gentleman! I am surprised that there was no mention of "The Gaffer" which was a very funny series at the time. Bill was VERY lucky indeed to survive that aortic aneurism.

Bill one of the Greats . R.I.P. Claude , Selwyn The Gaffer

isn't he a great guy!? What a treasure! Mista Greengrass!

RIP Bill. I shall always remember you from the Carry On films 😆👍👍👍😆

Well bill we adored you as green grass and your amazing R.I.P ❤❤❤

Bill had some majestic lines in Heartbeat the eposide where he eats hash cake the only man I know who could laugh and eat cake at the same time classic

A great insight into a nice bloke.

In the 1990s he nearly ran me over in Hinckley whilst he was driving his sierra estate dropping some videos off to Select video at the top of Castle street,met him many times in Hinckley and Burbage..a top chap ..who worked with one the most underated comedy legends we have Terry Scott. I had a courier who came to me everyday and she used to say she had a delivery for Bill most days..dvds,,she asked him once why he bought so many boxsets and he said ..its nice to see old friends he knew now Im locked in this house ..RIP Bill..you still owe me a beer from the greyhound track in Nutts Lane..lol

At 4.12, Bill refers to being, at just 11 y.o, a sort of hired 'gofer' for the American troops stationed near his then home-town. I don't doubt the substance of Bill's recollections, but he was born in 1928 and would have been 11 in 1939, 3 years before the first US troops arrived in Britain. Hitler declared war on the USA in Dec. 1941, and it wasn't until early 1942 that the first US troops were sent to the UK. I watched Heartbeat (here in Australia) mostly to see what Greengrass was up to.

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?

I have played against Bill at Poker many times in the past. Such a great actor and a good poker player.

Such a nice guy

Loved Him.

Very enjoyable informative interview. Great comedy actor, I watched 'Oh no it's Selwyn Froggitt' as a kid (possibly the first repeated ones in early 80s, 'cos I wouldn't have remembered the original run!) and have just been watching the early episodes of Series 1 again(including the pilot show) after a very long time and had a good laugh. Magic. 'Heartbeat' was good too! Well done to all involved. Update- just watched this with my partner and she loved it too! (She was a bit teary as well- his wife, recent bout of illness and not as recognized as he should be!)

I remember him from early stuff in the 70s yes I liked him in everything I saw

Heartbeat without him would have been a damp squid.

Magic!!

Bill Maynard was a great comedy legend he be sadly missed by all rest in peace with the angels in heaven bill

RIP Bill Maynard

Oh no its Selwyn Froggit.....Rest in peace Bill, thanks for the laughs.

So funny as the Dirty chef in Man About The House!!!

claude jerimiah green grass a thorn in the side of well everyone in the yorkshire dales including the local constabulary and long may it be so!

I loved Heartbeat but could not watch after he left.

RIP Bill

Keep up the great work Bill

Bill was worth every penny he got and more class

Green grass you again said Sargent blakedon best ever

I enjoyed this interview very much. Maynard is a Great character. I enjoyed seeing him doing something other than snaring rabbits

Poor sound.......But listening to Bill was Magic' :}

lovely bloke

A very hard man to work with was bill cause he wanted to change scripts all the time to his liking

Greengrass the Legend.

*RIP*

The Gaffer

This may have been where 'Bygraves' got 'I wanna tell you a story'

Strange to hear his regular voice as everything he was ever in (as far as I can recall) he had a yorkshire accent, also surprised like others here that he doesn't mention the Gaffer which along with ONISF was his tv peak long before HB came around, a stalwart presence on our screens tho, rest well fella

this toaster loves himself

Topical bill Maynard he,s got a Mickey mouse watch .

Come lill make him sir bill .

Magic ar morris :-)

He's the gaffer!

Bummer - I can't hear it!

rip

R.I.P fella (first)