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David Jason Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for David Jason, based on 6 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

6 records1940–20066 events0 places

Chronological biography

1940

Birth of David Jason2 February 1940
Arts / Drama

Birth of David Jason, born David John White

1981

Only Fools and Horses1981
Arts / Drama

Derek Del-Boy Trotter in the BBC situation comedy Only Fools and Horses (created by John Sullivan)

1992

Touch of Frost1992
Arts / Drama

1st appears in "A Touch of Frost"

1993

OBE1993
Arts / Drama

David Jason is made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

2005

Knighthood2005
Arts / Drama

Knighted for services to acting

2006

TVs Greatest StarsSeptember 2006
Arts / Drama

Voted by the general public as number 1 in ITVs poll of TVs Greatest Stars

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.