Jasper Carrott of a management buyout. Carrott is the father of actress Lucy Davis. He is a supporter, and was a director, of Birmingham City. He was awarded an OBE in 2002 "for charitable services". The University of Birmingham awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2004, following a similar award from Aston University in 1995. On 2 April 2018, Carrott had a heart bypass operation. Jasper Carrott Jasper Carrott, OBE (born Robert Norman Davis; 14 March 1945) is an English comedian, actor, television presenter, and personality. Born in Shaftmoor Lane, Acocks Green, in Birmingham, Carrott was educated at Acocks Green primary school
Ric Carrott Ric Carrott Ric Carrott (born February 5, 1949) is an American actor who was active during the 1970s. Youthful-looking and handsome, Carrott's only regular television series role was as Captain Chris Gentry, on the Saturday morning children's series "Space Academy", but he made guest appearances on numerous popular shows of the decade. These included "Nanny and the Professor", "The Partridge Family", "Love American Style", "Dirty Sally", "The Bob Newhart Show", "The Odd Couple", "The Blue Knight", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Lucas Tanner", "S.W.A.T.", "Cannon", and later "The Rockford Files", "Starsky and Hutch", "Barnaby Jones", "Fantasy Island" and "Three's Company".