Classic interview with Buster Merryfield from the BBC Archives (1994) 

Wow, didn’t realise he talked like this in real life, the guy was a legend and great actor!

Such a down to earth guy, chilling out on a busy beach when everybody in this country would have recognised him. I had the honour of meeting Buster in Blackpool as a kid with my Gran. A 7 year old me really thought he was Uncle Albert and the entire time I spoke with him he was in character. He was one of Britain's funniest actors ever, a genuinely nice guy! ❤️

For Buster to say those words about David just shows what a really nice and genuine guy David is. Buster had some of the funniest lines in the show. And as uncle Albert, he was perfect. There will never be another comedy like OFAH.

“During my time in show-business, many years after the war……..”

It's so weird hearing all the actors normal accents after watching their cockney ones for so long.

Oh wow David Jason doing that for him. Its really difficult to imagine these types of genuine kind people still exist

What a great guy. We miss you Buster. 😔

Buster is right, David did fluff his own line on purpose , he says so in his book.

He will always be Uncle Albert to me - a TV Legend

What a great time to be alive during the Only fools & Horses years !!!

I still say "during the war Del" when ever somebody talks about the past , every single person regardless of age remembers it

I while back i visited his final resting place at Verwoerd Cemetery in Dorset, lovely place, peaceful. When I’m down I put an episode or two on as he always brings me back up again. Nite Unc 😊

He was such a legend he seems a nice man 😭

Looks like it was filmed in Bournemouth or Poole as Buster lived pretty close to both of the town's. He did a great job as Uncle Albert and the funniest one ever was when he went "Uhhh" too early when pretending to be Shocked at Rodney. He never aged in the show either.

Great show, my favorite. Very,very popular here in Croatia.

I didn’t even realise his real speaking voice was so posh sounding, shows how good of an actor he was 👍🏻

Love his dedication to method acting by blending in with the deckchair

I live in Bournemouth and so did Buster. I can remember as a teenager Buster would often drive around Bournemouth, Pokesdown, Southbourne and Westbourne in his open top red Rolls Royce with a sort of uncle Albert cap/hat on sometimes with family, but only in the summers and on clear blue summer sky days (prob cos of the rolls Royce), I can recall seeing him quite a few times driving about in the summers of 1988 to about 1995/96, most of the areas you would see him were in the seaside parts of the town near the beach so you often saw him in the slow moving beach traffic or at may of the traffic lights, we would always shout 'hey, uncle Albert!' and with no roof on the rolls royce he would always smile, wave and say hello. Sadly missed :(

Strange seeing him talk like this !! 🐐🐐

I love this guy , he made only fools and horses go to another level, his character was fantastic and they all complimented each other fabulously 🥰

24 carat legend

Pure legend it was hard to fill grandads shoes but he did 😎😎

what a wonderful gentleman. so missed by us all. R.I.P .

Inspired casting decision. He did a wonderful job.

I've seen every single episode at least fifty times and I could watch them all fifty times more and still never get sick of them and never fail to laugh. I even remember being at school and the science teacher showing us a special educational episode of Only Fools, about oil. Thanks for this video. Buster had such enormous shoes to fill when he replaced Grandad, he pulled it off perfectly. I think it worked because they didn't exactly replace Grandad but filled that gap with a different but equally as great character.

What a special human being thankyou for the laughter and the memories god bless you buster merryfield

Absolutely love Only Fools, this was what I watched from 5 years old. I still love it to this day so thank you to my dad 👍💙

Man speaks clearer than a newsreader, and you put subtitles.

Lovely man, would love to see more interviews of him.

One of most iconic comedy role in British history.

I love Buster, RIP Sir.

Looks a lot like my uncle, RIP uncle Albert. One of the best characters on British television, irreplaceable.

I think the fact Buster put on the Cockney accent makes it even funnier now when I hear it 🤣🤣🤣

Wow what a lovely man and one of the most iconic characters in British television history! 👍

Can't believe how different he sounds in real !

Absolute legend who took part in some of the best sketches ever in Only Fools.

Lots of people say that David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst resented Buster Merryfield at first as he thought he was trying to replace Lennard Pearce. Doesn't sound like the case to me as Buster said David eased him in. Buster sounded like a very nice person too and lots of people said he would always talk to people when he was out and about.

A great memory shared. Buster made Albert enjoyable to watch just like Leonard did with Grandad. Both equally great in my opinion.

Thanks for posting this. He was so energetic as Uncle Albert!!

Such an amazing actor and loved him in Only Fools and Horses. It’s such a shame he died the same year I was born. I would have loved to meet him.

What a nice interview! Seems like such a down to earth person!

Wow... his voice is sooo different Such a charming man

Legend thanks for the laughs buster

I cannot get over his voice!! So posh!

Buster was the King of the double take, it still makes me laugh even though I’ve seen all the episodes a hundred times

I knew all of this about Buster being a big Only fools fan. But thank you for bringing this interview. Rest In Peace Buster/uncle

Wow, I never expected that accent. Same with Sue who plays Marlene.

ROAR I just wet myself ! Well anyone would , I mean just then 😂

Love this guy but still can’t believe he died 2 months before I was born yet he’s in one of my favourite shows.

Wow. I expected him to sound more like Uncle Albert, I've never heard an interview with him before. It just shows what an exceptional actor he really was. What a fantastic character he was

He’s Battersea born & bread in the 20s,the locals talk like that now,not a hundred years ago,or in the70s when I went to school there. Buster was great as uncle Albert.

Buster Merryfield Is the man 💯

He has such an appropriate name.

Absolute gold thanks for this. A legendary show and actor.

What a legend 👏

They all are/were quite posh really with the exception of Lennard who ironically had to have training to remove some of his London accent for the roles he took early on in his career

wonderful man, wonderful story

Wow,this is fantastic! Thank you for sharing.

Buster sounds way different in real life, but I still love him of course!! ✌️☺️

What a lovely story!

Beautiful man. 🥰

I love how posh sounding the ofah actors are in real life. Just shows how amazing they are in their acting on the show

He was Great!

What a super piece. Lovely comments from Buster.

Brilliant Brilliant!

Great interview!

Legend

Buster Merryfield’s speaking voice sounds like Uncle Albert trying to do a posh accent.

Sounds like one of my Grandad’s war stories

Buster was a star

This is really nice to watch

Saw Buster in M&S Bournemouth in the 90s, he put his hand in his pocket and gave my new born lad a £1 for his piggy bank. Lovely jubbley .

Lovely story, from a lovely Man👍👍.

Isn't that lovely! Heard the story before but lovely to hear it from the horses mouth. I read busters book. Really recommend it.

He's everybody's Uncle Albert! Although i have never heard him out of character before

He wears that soppy great beard in real life!!!

I loved how the writers just made grandad grow a beard and turn him into "uncle Albert"

His voice is so different to Albert's.

My man !

One thing about Albert.. Never mentioned the war..

Wow, just wow.

Could listen to stories about OFAH behind the scenes all day and night

There’s only one Uncle Albert. A star. 👍👍

Buster is almost camoflauged in that shirt !

Great people, produce great things.....

He sounds totally different to Uncle Albert.

great

I remember David once said the BBC had considered getting a woman to replace Grandad but they couldn't because they wouldn't be able to treat her the same way as Grandad. Miss the old days when logic trumped political correctness.

What a legend

LEGEND!

He'd make a great grandpa Potts in chitty chitty bang bang

He was a decent boxer too in his young days too

Goat 🐐

I saw him as a doctor in Shroud for a Nightingale (Lennard Pearce was in the same ep 😁) and his accent was a lot more posh than here 🤣🤣

The great Buster Merryfield 🙂

Sounds real different very good acting if he can change his voice and that

What a fu.king legend

During the war.... ❤️💪

What a guy buster was as funny as Leonard in ofah. You could never bring it back without an old git

His real voice was slightly different from Uncle Albert's (I prefer to call him Gruncle Albert as a habit from Gravity Falls) but you can tell it's him if you just heard his voice alone. RIP Buster.