Bill Maynard

Encyclopedia : B : BI : BIL : Bill Maynard

Walter Frederick George Williams (born 8 October 1928), more commonly known as Bill Maynard is a British comedian and actor who played Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the television series Heartbeat, and earlier Fred Moffatt in the underrated The Gaffer. Before that he was best known for his role as Selwyn Froggitt in the sitcom Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!. Prior to that he was teamed with Terry Scott in the series Great Scott, It's Maynard!. He took his professional surname from an advertising board (also known as a bill board) for Maynard's Fruit Gums, a popular British confectionery product.

Having retired from acting in 2000, following a series of strokes, Maynard made a return to radio presenting in March 2003 for BBC Radio Leicester, where he had last worked in 1968.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.