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=== Minor cast and characters ===
[[File:JimBroadbent07TIFF cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Jim Broadbent]], who was originally considered to play Del Boy, made three appearances as DCI [[Roy Slater]].]]
The most frequent roles for guest actors in ''Only Fools and Horses'' were as Del or Rodney's one-time girlfriends, barmaids at the ''Nag's Head'', or individuals the Trotters were doing business with. Del and Rodney's deceased mother, Joan, though never seen, was frequently mentioned in Del's embellished accounts of her final words or in his attempts to emotionally blackmail Rodney. Her grave, a flamboyant monument, was seen occasionally.<ref name="auto">{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=214}}</ref> Their absent father, Reg, appeared once in "[[Thicker than Water (Only Fools and Horses)|Thicker Than Water]]" (played by [[Peter Woodthorpe]]), before leaving under a cloud, never to be seen again.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=214, 215}}</ref> Other members of the Trotter family were rarely sighted, the exceptions being cousins Stan (Mike Kemp) and Jean (Maureen Sweeney), who attended Grandad's funeral.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=110, 184}}</ref> In "[[The Second Time Around (Only Fools and Horses)|The Second Time Around]]",<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=169}}</ref> the woman they believed to be Auntie Rose ([[Beryl Cooke]]) turned out to be no relation at all but the woman who had moved into Rose's house some years earlier. After Rodney met Cassandra, her parents Alan ([[Denis Lill]]) and Pam ([[Wanda Ventham]]) became recurring characters.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=150}}</ref> Raquel's parents, James and Audrey ([[Michael Jayston]] and [[Ann Lynn]]), appeared in "[[Time On Our Hands]]", and it was James who discovered the antique watch which made the Trotters millionaires.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=217}}</ref>

In some episodes, a guest character was essential to the plot. Del's ex-fiancée Pauline ([[Jill Baker]]) dominated Del's libido in "The Second Time Around",<ref>{{Citation|last=BBC Comedy Greats|title=There's No Calories in Weed Killer – Only Fools and Horses – BBC|date=12 March 2010|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSl_Snrzw0| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/AcSl_Snrzw0| archive-date=2021-10-30|access-date=13 May 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> prompting Rodney and Grandad to leave. In "[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Only Fools and Horses)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]", Del's old business partner Jumbo Mills ([[Nick Stringer]]) wanted Del to return to Australia with him and restore their partnership, forcing Del to make a decision.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=235, 236}}</ref> In "[[Happy Returns]]", Del stops a young boy from running into the road and takes him home to his mother to discover she is an old flame from nineteen years ago, June Snell ([[Diane Langton]]) and the episode revolves around whether her daughter Debby (Oona Kirsch) is actually Del's child, complicated by the fact that Rodney is dating her. June also appears in "[[A Royal Flush]]", attending an opera. An attempt by Lennox ([[Vas Blackwood]]) to rob a local supermarket set up the "hostage" situation in "[[The Longest Night (Only Fools and Horses)|The Longest Night]]".<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=126, 127}}</ref> Del and Rodney spent the whole of "[[Tea for Three]]" battling each other for the affections of Trigger's niece Lisa ([[Gerry Cowper]]), who briefly reappeared in "[[The Frog's Legacy]]".<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=192, 193}}</ref> Abdul ([[Tony Anholt]]) in "[[To Hull and Back]]" and Arnie ([[Philip McGough]]) in "[[Chain Gang (Only Fools and Horses)|Chain Gang]]" were responsible for setting up dubious enterprises involving the Trotters in their respective episodes.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=47,202,204}}</ref> Tony Angelino ([[Philip Pope]]), the "singing dustman" with a [[Rhotacism (speech impediment)|speech impediment]], was the key to the humour and the storyline of "[[Stage Fright (Only Fools and Horses)|Stage Fright]]" and ''[[EastEnders]]'' actor [[Derek Martin]] guest starred in "[[Fatal Extraction]]".<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=71,182,183}}</ref>

Del's nemesis from his school days, corrupt policeman [[Roy Slater]] (played by [[Jim Broadbent]]), made three appearances, in "[[May The Force Be With You (Only Fools and Horses)|May The Force Be With You]]", "To Hull and Back" and "[[Class of '62]]".<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=178}}</ref> Feared local villains, Danny and Tony Driscoll ([[Roy Marsden]] and [[Christopher Ryan]], respectively) featured once, in "[[Little Problems]]", but were mentioned in two previous episodes ("[[Video Nasty (Only Fools and Horses)|Video Nasty]]" and "The Frog's Legacy"),<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=66, 67}}</ref> and are important in the story of ''[[The Green Green Grass]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sue Holderness Interview|url=https://gold.uktv.co.uk/green-green-grass/article/sue-holderness-interview/|website=Gold|access-date=3 July 2017}}</ref> An adult Damien ([[Douglas Hodge]]) appeared in "[[Heroes and Villains (Only Fools and Horses)|Heroes and Villains]]".<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=103}}</ref> Rodney and Mickey's friends, the smooth-talking Jevon ([[Steven Woodcock]]) and then, briefly, Chris ([[Tony Marshall (actor)|Tony Marshall]]), a ladies' hairdresser, featured sporadically during the sixth and seventh series and the intervening Christmas specials.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=50,111}}</ref> The two-part 1991 Christmas special, "[[Miami Twice]]", saw [[Richard Branson]] and [[Barry Gibb]] make cameo appearances.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=137}}</ref> [[Mike Read]] appeared as himself, hosting an episode of ''[[Top Of The Pops]]'', in "[[It's Only Rock and Roll (Only Fools and Horses)|It's Only Rock and Roll]]" and [[Jonathan Ross]] appeared as himself in "[[If They Could See Us Now]]".<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | pages=108}}</ref><ref name=ISeps/>

While their characters were less significant, well-known actors who played cameos in the programme included [[Joan Sims]], best known for her numerous roles in the ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films,<ref name="auto"/> who guest-starred in the feature-length episode "The Frog's Legacy" as Reenie Turpin, an aunt of Trigger and old friend of Del's late mother;<ref name="auto"/> successful film actor [[David Thewlis]], who played a young wannabe musician in "It's Only Rock and Roll";<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=194}}</ref> [[John Bardon]], who played the role of [[Jim Branning]] in the soap opera ''EastEnders'', appeared as the supermarket security officer Tom Clark in "The Longest Night".<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=30}}</ref> [[Walter Sparrow]], who appeared as Dirty Barry in "[[Danger UXD]]", went on to appear in several Hollywood films.<ref>{{cite book | author=Webber | year=2003 | title=A-Z of Only Fools and Horses | page=182}}</ref>