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
John Alderton 1990s, Alderton had few roles. He narrated the children's original animated series "Little Miss" in 1983 (with his wife Pauline Collins) and, from 1987 to 1994, narrated and voiced all the characters in the original series of "Fireman Sam". In 1988 he starred as Surgeon Robert Sandy in "Tales of the Unexpected", in the episode "The Surgeon", and from 1989 to 1992 he starred in the series "Forever Green" as the character Jack Boult. he also appeared in the film "Clockwork Mice" in 1995. Alderton played opposite his wife Pauline in "Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War" in 2002 and made something