John Alderton (born November 27, 1940), is a popular British actor. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Alderton was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and first became familiar to television viewers when he took the role of Dr Moone in an early ITV soap opera, Emergency Ward 10. He married his co-star, successful actress Jill Browne, but they later divorced. He soon surpassed the fame of his ex-wife, taking the lead in the sitcom Please, Sir!, as hapless teacher Mr Hedges. He then transferred to another top-rated ITV series when he played Thomas the chauffeur in Upstairs, Downstairs, opposite his second wife, Pauline Collins. They had a daughter (the actress Kate Alderton) and two sons (Nic Alderton and Richard Alderton) and also played together in spin-off series, Thomas and Sarah, and another sitcom, No, Honestly. In the meantime, he appeared on the big screen as James Herriot in the film, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. Gainsborough is a town in Lincolnshire, England. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Pauline Collins (September 3, 1940-) is a British actress, working extensively in movies and television. ... James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred Wight, known as Alf (October 3, 1916 - February 23, 1995). ...

During the 1980s and 1990s, Alderton was little seen, though he did provide the narration for the children's animated series, Fireman Sam. He made something of a comeback in the 2003 film, Calendar Girls. Fireman Sam is the name for a stop motion Welsh childrens television program about a Fireman called Sam, his fellow firefighters and other townspeople in the Welsh town of Pontypandy. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Calendar Girls is a British film of 2003, based on the true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produce a nude calendar to raise money for charity, under the auspices of the Womens Institute. ...