George Layton

George Layton (born George Lowy on 2 March 1943 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and author. He was born to a family of Czechoslovak and Jewish ancestry and educated at Belle Vue Boys Grammar School in Bradford and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he won the Emile Littler award. He went on to leading parts at Coventry and Nottingham and appeared on Broadway in Chips with Everything. He also appeared in an Australian production called Funny Peculiar.He is best known for three television roles – junior doctor Paul Collier in the comedy series Doctor in the House and its first two and last sequels Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge and Doctor at the Top, that of Bombardier Solly Solomons in the first two series of It Aint Half Hot Mum, and as Des the mechanic in early episodes of Minder. More recently, he stars in Heartbeat as a target of attempted murder because of an affair.

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