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| death_place = Hartshead, Yorkshire, England| spouse = Doris Smith (m. 1950 - 2000)| children = 2| years_active = 1970–2003| othername = }}{{external image|image1=Cast of Swansea Grand Theatre's Robin Hood, including Danny O'Dea. weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121009055935weblink">Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.}}Peter Anthony Joseph Daniel Wrenshall (22 December 1911 – 16 April 2003),WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151001174521weblink">weblink dead, October 1, 2015, Danny O'Dea, British Film Institute, September 29, 2015, better known by his stage name Danny O'Dea, was an English actor.O'Dea was a British funnyman born out of the music hall tradition. He left a legacy which spans eight decades and reads like a history of British comedy. He performed alongside some of the biggest names in the business including Arthur Askey, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, John Inman, Victoria Wood and Cilla Black, entering showbiz at an early age thanks to an enviable pedigree and working until he was 90, latter enjoying fame as the long-sighted Eli Duckett in the British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine between 1986 and 2002. His film roles include Paddie, an elderly man in Rita, Sue and Bob Too in 1986. His stage work included two pantomimes at the Swansea Grand Theatre in Wales: Robin Hood and Puss in Boots.WEB,weblink Swansea Grand Theatre Pantomime Archive, Swansea Grand Theatre, Wales, September 29, 2015, October 30, 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141030234358weblink">weblink live,

Personal life and death

He was married to Doris Smith from 1950 until her death on 10 October 2000, the marriage produced two children. He died on 16 April 2003 in Hartshead, Yorkshire, aged 91.

Filmography

{{more citations needed|section, except for one footnote,|date=September 2015}}{| class="wikitable"! Year! Title! Role! Notes 1970| Queenie's Castle| Albert| Episode: "Trial by Fury" 1978All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)>All Creatures Great and Small| Tom| Episode: "Faint Hearts" 1979| Ripping Yarns| Man at Gum Factory| Episode: "Golden Gordon" 1983| Bingo!| champion Bingo player| TV movie 1985| Juliet Bravo| Old Man| Episode: "Jobs for the Boys" 1986–2002| Last of the Summer Wine| Eli Duckett PUBLISHER= BRITISH TV COMEDY, September 29, 2015, 1987| Rita, Sue and Bob Too| Paddy | 1988All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)>All Creatures Great and Small| Rupe| Episode: "The Pig Man Cometh" 1989Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)>Victoria Wood| Ted| Episode: "The Library" 1990| One Foot in the Grave| Michael| Episode: "The Big Sleep"| Emmerdale| Wilf Henshaw| 1991Josie (TV series)>Josie|| Episode: "Episode No. 1.2" 1997| 25 Years of Last of the Summer Wine| Himself| TV documentary 2003| 30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine| Himself| TV documentary

References

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External links

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