Walter Sparrow

Walter Sparrow was an English actor in film and television. He was born in Eltham, London, and started out in stand-up comedy before switching to acting, which included a spell with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his screen debut in 1964 with Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, and later films included Zeta One, Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) and The Accidental Tourist. In the 1990s his career had a resurgence. He played the blinded retainer Duncan in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), gardener Ben Weatherstaff in The Secret Garden (1993), and the drifter Crazy Pete in Now and Then (1995). He also appeared in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) as Maurice and starred in Prometheus that same year. On television he had regular roles in Emmerdale Farm and Paris, and a notable guest part in Only Fools and Horses. His final role was in the medical drama Doctors in 2000.