Sir David Jason came up with many of Del Boy’s ‘Only Fools and Horses’ catchphrases.
The 80-year-old actor revealed he was responsible for some of his alter-ego’s famous sayings from the beloved BBC sitcom, including "bonnet de douche", which he suggested after seeing a shower cap in Paris.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I happened to mention it to [show creator] John Sullivan… he said, ‘Yeah, we’ll use that’.
"Del would say, ‘Hello, darling, bonnet de douche? Avec moi.’ Del didn’t know what he was saying but it sounded im¬pressive."
Meanwhile, David recently hit out at TV bosses for ruining modern comedy with spoilers, in a bid to boost ratings.
He was quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "You cannot watch the television without them spoiling the story about what’s coming up, it annoys me intensely.
"The problem with today’s values is that the people who promote the shows would reveal that in the trailers, what’s coming up next week.
"You lose that wonderful explosion of laughter when it comes all at once as a surprise."
The ‘Only Fools And Horses’ star also heaped praise on the iconic sitcom’s writer John Sullivan – who sadly died aged 64 in 2011 – for the way he took viewers and the cast on a "journey".
He explained: "John held [the punchlines] back so none of us knew what was going to happen until that last moment.
"He held that until the last minute and it was a wonderful relief, a realisation and a big laugh.
"Nothing would surprise me that John could twist in his mind and put on paper, he could make it happen.
"The stories that he invented for us to portray, some of them were just so bizarre, there were so many, but it’s all about the journey that he takes us on."
Sir David Jason created some of Del Boy’s catchphrases
