Roy Heather (20 May 1935 – 3 September 2014) was an English television actor best remembered for playing cafe owner Sid in the
sitcom
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''
Only Fools and Horses
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''.
Heather was born in
Stoke Poges
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, Buckinghamshire.
After leaving school, he worked for an asbestos firm before
National Service
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The l ...
with the
Royal Air Force
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. He then did several jobs, including working as a ''
Betterware
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'' household goods salesman, while continuing his interest in amateur acting.
He was spotted by David Tudor, who gave him his first professional job in
repertory theatre
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United Kingdom
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at the age of 44. While working for Tudor, he played many leading roles including Frank in ''Winter Journey'' and Reg in ''The Norman Conquests'', and co-starred in the world premiere of ''Aurelia'', with
Ingrid Pitt
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. He debuted the role of Pistol in Peter Mottley's stage monologue, ''After Agincourt''.
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Heather appeared in various British ]television
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shows, usually in small roles, including ''Edge of Darkness
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'', ''Poirot
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'', ''The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
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'', '' Birds of a Feather'', ''Hi-De-Hi
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a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988.
Set in 1959 and 1960 in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, the show was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote ''Dad's Army'' and ...
'', ''Bottom
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'', ''The Green Green Grass
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'', ''The Bill
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The programme focused on ...
'' and an episode of series 10 of BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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''. He appeared as a nameless old man in the
''. He also attended fan conventions for ''Only Fools and Horses''.
from undisclosed causes on 3 September 2014. He was 79 years old.