David Jason

The TV icon has now welcomed his newfound daughter, Abi Harris (pictured), and grandson, Charlie, into the family and says he is making up for lost time by ...

Abi was born after Sir David had a brief relationship with actress Jennifer Hill in 1970. The only way I could do that was to try with every job to be better than I was in the last one, and to learn. It wasn't fame and it wasn't money, but I always wanted to succeed. It was obvious whoever had written it was a nice person who just wanted to find out her heritage. Or to be more precise, my beginning...' Ms Harris is the daughter of actress Jennifer Hill - who starred in James Bond film Octopussy - and after her mother and Sir David had a brief relationship was born in 1970.

In a new interview, the Only Fools and Horses star shared his surprise after learning that a brief relationship he had with actor Jennifer Hill in 1970 resulted ...

After Only Fools and Horses went off the air in 1991, there have been multiple attempts to revive the series in various forms. “I’ve always loved Del Boy, who is such a wonderful loser,” he said. [David Jason](/topic/david-jason) has described his “delight” after learning that he has a 52-year-old [daughter](/topic/daughter) he didn’t know existed.

The Only Fools and Horses actor has also discovered he has a 10-year old grandson.

The actor is best known for his role as Derek “Del Boy” Trotter in BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. “However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. Abi Harris was reportedly born in 1970 after her actress mother Jennifer Hill, from Port Talbot, had a brief relationship with The Only Fools And Horses star.

The Only Fools And Horses legend has discovered he has a daughter as well as a 10-year-old grandson he was unaware existed.

It’s been a difficult process, but one everyone has handled with kindness and compassion, and it seems like - everything is now settling into place.” “They want to become closer until things feel even more open and relaxed. The source added: “She finally has a sense of who she is, and where she has got her genes from. [Speaking](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/only-fools-horses-co-stars-25022908) of his joy, the Only Fools and Horses star, said: “To say it was a surprise is an understatement.” A source close to the family said: “David’s very sanguine and accepting. The pair repair items and he is introducing the boy to the world of model rockets which he launches on fine days. [Sir David Jason](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/only-fools-horses-stars-sir-28685061) has found out he has a daughter he never knew about and she is now 52 and has a son of her own. “However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. [acting legend](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/johnny-depp-enjoying-life-country-29564633) will have a lot of lost time to catch up on building a bond with daughter Abi, who was born in 1970 after her actor mum Jennifer Hill had a brief relationship with him and of course a lifetime of memories ahead with 10-year-old Charlie. Sir David said: “To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement. It was revealed Abi started to suspect he was her biological father after hearing about his time with Jennifer and then realising she had the same shaped nose as him, According to reports in [bombshell news](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/phillip-schofields-brother-accused-sexually-29564967), they welcomed the pair into their family with open arms.

Beloved British actor Sir David Jason has discovered he has a 52-year-old daughter whose existence he knew nothing about, along with a ten-year-old ...

The source said: “It’s a lovely letter, which David has kept.“It was light-hearted but serious, without being overwhelming. She eventually decided to write Sir David a letter, opening with a line from Thomas' play which read: “To begin at the beginning. Some five years later, Ms Harris began to suspect Sir David was her father, after seeing him in profile while at another event. "They want to become closer until things feel even more open and relaxed. Sir David added: "We hope we are all allowed the privacy to continue our new relationship and get to know each other more and more." "To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement," he told the Mirror.

The 83-year-old Only Fools and Horses star is now making up for lost time by building a bond with Abi – born in 1970 after her actor mum Jennifer Hill had a ...

He joked in his book that on the night she was born, he did not talk to her in the window of the hospital like Del Boy does with his son Damien. Sir David agreed to take the paternity test but it still came as a complete surprise to everyone when it showed he was Abi’s father. In the note, she told Sir David of her hunch and asked him if he would take a paternity test. Sir David went on to spend 15 series playing Detective Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost, throughout the 1990s until 2010. With Abi and Sophie being brought up as only children, it has delighted both of them to suddenly find they have a sister. Jennifer was married to screen star Geoffrey Davion, who appeared in Miss Marple and The Stars Look Down, and Abi believed he was her father until his death in 1996. The source added: “She finally has a sense of who she is, and where she has got her genes from. A year later he appeared in a film version of the classic. Sir David and Jennifer’s relationship began at the start of 1970, when he was 30. “To say it was a surprise is an understatement,” Sir David A source close to the family said: “David’s very sanguine and accepting. The pair repair items and he is introducing the boy to the world of model rockets which he launches on fine days.

Abi was born in 1970 to actor mum Jennifer Hill, with whom David had a brief affair. According to the Mirror, Abi started to suspect David was her biological ...

After a measured start, now I hope we can consciously make time to see each other more often, so that I can master the art of being the best big sister and build a meaningful father-daughter relationship in its truest sense.” It was a sympathetic way of saying, ‘Brace yourself’.” After the paternity test came back, the family met up at the Landmark Hotel in The source said: "It’s a lovely letter, which David has kept. "Everyone prepared themselves for both scenarios," the source said, "but it still came as an almighty shock when it came back as a positive match. In the letter, she asked Sir David if he'd be willing to take a paternity test. Jennifer and Sir David were reunited in 2008 for a reprisal of Under Milk Wood, featuring many of the same cast from the 1970 production. A source close to the family said: "David’s very sanguine and accepting. Abi apparently noticed the pair's similar side profiles when they were standing next to each other at an event and began to wonder. "But what they can do is make the most of their relationships moving forward, and that’s exciting. Abi was born in 1970 to actor mum Jennifer Hill, with whom David had a brief affair. Abi and Charlie even spent some of Christmas with Sir David at his home in Ellesborough. He's also found out he's the grandfather of a 10-year-old boy.

Abi Harris was reportedly born in 1970 after her actress mother Jennifer Hill had a brief relationship with The Only Fools And Horses star. After the revelation ...

Sir David added: “We hope we are all allowed the privacy to continue our new relationship and get to know each other more and more.” “However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. ir David Jason has said he was “delighted” to discover he has a 52-year-old daughter who he did not know anything about, according to reports.

Only Fools and Horses star David Jason has been reunited with a daughter he wasn't aware existed for 52 years.

"However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. Sir David said: "To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement. Abi bravely decided to write Sir David a letter asking him to do a paternity test. Abi and Sir David were standing next to one another at an event when she spotted they had similar side profiles. However, it was another five years until Abi started to suspect Sir David could be her real father. Jennifer was married to screen star Geoffrey Davion, who appeared in Miss Marple and The Stars Look Down, and Abi believed he was her father until his death in 1996.

To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement," the Only Fools And Horses star said.

His other starring roles include Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost, Granville in Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds Of May. The pair were married in 2005 on the eve of his investiture ceremony where he was knighted for his services to acting and comedy. Following the revelation, the 83-year-old star is said to be building a relationship with his daughter - also an actor - and her 10-year-old son Charlie. “However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. [David Jason](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/../../../../news/david-jason/) has spoken of his “delight” after discovering he is the father of a 52-year-old woman who he knew nothing about. [Only Fools And Horses](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/../../../../news/only-fools-and-horses/) star.

Sir David Jason says he is "delighted" to be united with the daughter he never knew he had.

She wrote a letter to Sir David, opening with the same words as Under Milk Wood ("to begin at the beginning") outlining her suspicions and asking him to take a paternity test – a request he accepted. Abi – also an actor – also appeared in the reworking, but it wasn't until a few years later when conversations with her mother sparked the thought that Sir David may be her biological dad. Sir David added: "We hope we are all allowed the privacy to continue our new relationship and get to know each other more and more." "However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. "To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement," Sir David told Sir David Jason says he is "delighted" to be united with the daughter he never knew he had.

The Only Fools And Horses actor has spoken of his joy at discovering he is a father to actress Abi Harris and grandfather to Charlie, 10, saying he has ...

The actor took a paternity test after Abi Harris wrote to him to explain why she thought they might be related. Abi was born in October that year. At that time, his then partner and now wife, Lady Gill Hinchcliffe, gave birth to their daughter, Sophie Mae.

Abi Harris is making up for lost time with her famous father Sir David Jason and she and her son, Charlie, 10, are looking forward to spending more time ...

Sir David went on to spend 15 series playing Detective Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost, throughout the 1990s until 2010. Sir David is a beloved actor known for his iconic roles in Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May, A Touch of Frost, and Open All Hours. He was immediately drawn to the character of Peckham market trader Derek “Del Boy” Trotter. The show went on to win six BAFTAs, with two going to Sir David for his portrayal of Del Boy, and 18.8 million viewers tuned in to one episode in 1986. Cheeky Charlie, who was already a fan of Sir David’s work voicing the Big Friendly Giant, even bought his mum a game of Only Fools and Horses-themed Top Trumps for her birthday, in a nod to her dad’s time spent playing Del Boy in the series. She also, of course, appeared in a theatre production of Under Milk Wood, which Sir David narrated, in 2008, with no idea at the time they were father and daughter.

Sir David Jason never knew he had a daughter, Abi Harris, with actress actress Jennifer Hill.

An insider said: "It was obvious whoever had written it was a nice person who just wanted to find out her heritage. The letter which Abi sent to her father has been described as "light-hearted" but also "serious", and is something that Sir David has kept. She had grown suspicious of her mother's relationship with Sir David and had noticed she and the star shared the same nose.

Sir David Jason revealed that he was getting to know Abi and that his family have welcomed his daughter into their lives.

[The Only Fools and Horses star](https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20201221103141/david-jason-talks-tv-of-today-downward-spiral/)said that he was "delighted" to get to know his daughter Abi and her son, Charlie. When she was handed to me, the room seemed suddenly very still." "I first set eyes on Gill, a floor assistant at [a TV studio] in Leeds, when she was sent to meet me in the studio car park," he told the Guardian. "But Sophie is lovely – when she was a baby and a small child, she was so funny, it was sheer delight. In a statement, he told the Mirror: "To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement. My wife, Gill, and daughter, Sophie, have been very supportive and understanding and have embraced Abi and welcomed her and her young son into her now wider family."

The Only Fools and Horses star, 83, who previously believed he only had one 22-year-old daughter, has 'welcomed' Abi Harris and his grandson Charlie, ten, ...

Abi was born after Sir David had a brief relationship with actress Jennifer Hill in 1970. Ms Harris wrote to Sir David asking him if he would take a paternity test, and the comedy legend agreed, given his relationship with her mother, and it confirmed she was his daughter. It was obvious whoever had written it was a nice person who just wanted to find out her heritage. The only way I could do that was to try with every job to be better than I was in the last one, and to learn. Abi, now a casting director, had believed that her father was the actor Geoffrey Davion, who appeared in Miss Marple and The Stars Look Down and died in 1996. It wasn't fame and it wasn't money, but I always wanted to succeed. Sir David married Lady Gill in 2005, four years after the birth of their child. Until last year, Sir David had believed that he had become a father for the first time aged 61. Or to be more precise, my beginning...' He said: 'To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement. But actually he was 30 when his first child was born. Ms Harris, who was born in 1970, is the daughter of actress Jennifer Hill - who starred in Octopussy and had a brief relationship with Sir David in a stage production of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, also starring Hi-de-Hi's

The Only Fools and Horses star said he is 'delighted' to get to know actress Abi Harris.

[, the 83-year-old TV star](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/david-jason-interview-sitcoms-better-days-fools-horses/) is said to be building a relationship with actress Harris and her 10-year-old son Charlie. Ms Harris started to suspect Sir David was her biological father after learning about his relationship with Jennifer and then realising she had the same shaped nose as him, according to the Daily Mirror. Abi Harris was reportedly born in 1970 after her actress mother Jennifer Hill had a brief relationship with The Only Fools And Horses star.

The actor also has 22-year-old daughter with wife Gill Hinchcliffe.

[Jack Frost](/topic/jack-frost) in A Touch of Frost, Granville in Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds Of May. “However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. [ir David Jason](/topic/sir-david-jason) has said he was “delighted” to discover he has a 52-year-old daughter who he did not know anything about, according to reports.

The actor, 83, who previously believed he only had one 22-year-old daughter, has 'welcomed' Abi Harris and his grandson Charlie, ten, into the Jason family.

Abi was born after Sir David had a brief relationship with actress Jennifer Hill in 1970. Ms Harris wrote to Sir David asking him if he would take a paternity test, and the comedy legend agreed, given his relationship with her mother, and it confirmed she was his daughter. It was obvious whoever had written it was a nice person who just wanted to find out her heritage. The only way I could do that was to try with every job to be better than I was in the last one, and to learn. It wasn't fame and it wasn't money, but I always wanted to succeed. Abi, now a casting director, had believed that her father was the actor Geoffrey Davion, who appeared in Miss Marple and The Stars Look Down and died in 1996. Sir David married Lady Gill in 2005, four years after the birth of their child. Until last year, Sir David had believed that he had become a father for the first time aged 61. Or to be more precise, my beginning...' He said: 'To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement. But actually he was 30 when his first child was born. Since the surprise discovery was made, Abi and Charlie have been to visit him and spent a period over Christmas with him and his family at his home in Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire.

The Only Fools and Horses legend made the bombshell discovery that he was the father of actress Abi Harris, and has a 10-year-old grandson.

Sir David was knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace in December 2005. Though he initially trained as an electrician, he fell in love with the theatre and then branched into TV acting. “However, on settling with the news, I am delighted that I am now able to get to know Abi and so we meet up when we can. Sir David met Gill, a floor manager, on Yorkshire Television’s set of A Bit of a Do in 1989. Of course, I am tickled pink and incredibly proud but, frequently, overwhelmed with sorrow for the years we have lost. It is lovely to embrace Abi into our family and I’m so pleased that everyone has been so understanding.

Sir David John White OBE, known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is most known most fondly as Del Boy in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. In ...

In March 2008, he starred as Rincewind in Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic, and in the two part ITV drama Ghostboat. In 1992, he signed with ITV to star as Detective Inspector Jack Frost in the long-running TV series A Touch of Frost. In December 2021, Jason made a surprise cameo appearance on the Christmas Special of Strictly Come Dancing in the role of Del Boy. In 1981, Jason found his best known role, Del Boy, otherwise known as Derek Trotter, in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. In the 1980s, Jason developed a working partnership with Cosgrove Hall, and was a voice-over artist for a number of children's television productions, including, Danger Mouse, The BFG, Count Duckula, Hugo from Victor and Hugo, and Toad from The Wind in the Willows. In 1968, Jason was cast in the role of Lance Corporal Jones in the Jimmy Perry and David Croft BBC comedy Dad's Army. Before starring in Lucky Feller in 1975, which is said to be a forerunner to Only Fools And Horses and A Sharp Intake of Breath in 1977. Jason appeared in variety shows which ended with him being recruited to appear in Hark at Barker - there was also a sequel, His Lordship Entertains for the BBC. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, the BFG in the 1989 film, and the title characters of Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. Jason started his television career in 1964 playing the part of Bert Bradshaw in Crossroads. In 2005, he was knighted for services to acting and comedy. In 1967 Jason appeared in the BBC comedy series Hugh and I.

Abi Harris is said to have been born in 1970 after he and her mum Jennifer Hill had a relationship.

Sir David told the Mirror: "To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement. The 83-year-old actor is said to be getting to know Ms Harris and her 10-year-old son, Charlie. Abi Harris, 52, is said to have been born in 1970 after he and her mum, Jennifer Hill, had a relationship.