Walter Frederick George Williams (8 October 1928 â€" 30 March 2018),
better known by the stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian
and actor. He is perhaps best known for sitcom roles as the titular
character in Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt and as Fred Moffatt in The
Gaffer, and for playing Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the long-running
television series Heartbeat.Maynard was born at 5 Oak Cottages, Heath
End, Farnham, Surrey, and attended Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School
in Leicestershire. He began as a variety performer, taking his
professional surname from a billboard for Maynard's Wine Gums, a
popular British confectionery. Years later he recounted that the BBC
had asked him to change his surname so said to himself "That'll do".
Maynard's first television broadcast was on 12 September 1953 on Henry
Hall’s Face the Music.He was placed fourth in the British heat of
the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest. With Terry Scott, he appeared at
Butlins Holiday Camp in Skegness and partnered him in the TV series
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