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
Gene Alderton Healy before the game. The Newspaper Enterprise Association named him an honorable mention All-American. The Atlantic Coast Conference selected him as a member of its All-ACC second team. Head coach Tommy Mont recommended Alderton, alongside back-up center Wilbur Main, for selection to the South squad in the all-star Shrine Game to Miami coach Andy Gustafson. Upon the conclusion of his collegiate playing career, Alderton received the Teke Trophy for service by a football player over four years. He graduated from Maryland in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education for industry. Alderton was selected in the 15th round