David Jason - Underrated?

Is anyone else confused as to why David Jason isn't a lot more famous than he is? I would expect Hollywood to be knocking down his door. The man's an institution over here.

I've found that Hollywood often ignores talent from outside it's national borders. I believe I've seen the characters in that third picture, so I'm assuming I've seen some of his work. I don't often see things from across the pond though, unless you count Coronation Street.

Originally Posted by Avalanchemike

I've found that Hollywood often ignores talent from outside it's national borders. I believe I've seen the characters in that third picture, so I'm assuming I've seen some of his work. I don't often see things from across the pond though, unless you count Coronation Street.

Only the third photo (The Darling Buds of May)? You mean you've NEVER seen:
Only Fool and Horses,
The Wind in the Willows,
Danger Mouse,
or Count Duckula?

(I'm not surprised you haven't seen A Touch of Frost)

Perhaps this will refresh your memory...

Only the most vicious and opportunistic of social climbers 'make it' in Hollywood. See David's one-time colleague: Catherine Zeta Jones and a host of other sociopaths including Simon Cowell, Ricky Gervais, and Gordon 'Don't ask about my affairs 'Ramsey.

Also, given how Brits tend to turn pretty quickly on anybody who cracks America, I think it's a blessing that he's stuck to Britain.

Hollywood is a poisoned chalice. Once American TV/film producers get there hands on anything that was popular in Britain, they immediately ruin it.

I have a cage full of doves to release when Simon Pegg falls. He should have stuck to playing sex offenders on Channel 4 spoof documentaries.

David Jason is a legend of British television. Only Fools and Horses is one of my favourite TV series of all time, and A Touch of Frost is fantastic despite rarely being on these days. I'm glad he was never picked up by Hollywood, though. There's something about him that only really works if you're British.

Count Duckula was awesome. I remember when they did a stage tour of it and I went to see it as a 6 year old.

Well, not necessarily Hollywood, but even British cinema. I mean, if the man who played Del Boy Trotter can't play a character in a Guy Ritchie film, then nothing about casting makes sense.