John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Alderton, Suffolk and battles between them and the ‘free traders’ are legendary. Alderton has a village shop, a doctor's surgery, a village hall and a church without a steeple. It was destroyed in a storm in the 18th century, and the parish was too poor to replace it. Suffolk local writer Jon Fields has called Alderton "a place of sun". The sea can be observed from the outskirts of the village, and there is a foot track which leads to it next to the village store, past the recreation ground. Alderton, Suffolk Alderton is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk