Only Fools and Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst set to return to small screen for Frasier reboot three years after suffering tragic heartbreak with the death of his 19-year-old son from brain haemorrhage

• Lyndhurst, 62, will star alongside Frasier actor Kelsey Grammer in the US sitcom
• His appearance on the show comes after the death of his son Archie in 2020 

Nicholas Lyndhurst is making a return to the small screen for the reboot of popular comedy series Frasier just years after the death of his son. 

The Only Fools and Horses star, 62, will star alongside Frasier actor Kelsey Grammer as his old college friend-turned-university professor Alan Cornwall. 

The first snaps of the show were revealed earlier this week and see Nicholas and Kelsey at a bar alongside new character Olivia, played by Toks Olagundoye, Alan’s colleague and head of the university’s psychology department.

Nicholas’ appearance on the show comes after a difficult few years for the actor who lost his 19-year-old son Archie in 2020 following a brain haemorrhage.

It was claimed at the time that he was considering retiring from acting following the tragic loss but this was denied by the actor’s camp who insisted the idea was ‘ridiculous’. 

First look photos of the reboot of popular comedy series Frasier show Nicholas Lyndhurst drinking beer with Kelsey Grammer

Nicholas’ appearance on the show comes after a difficult few years for the actor who lost his 19-year-old son Archie (pictured with his mother and father) in 2020 following a brain haemorrhage

It was claimed at the time that he was considering retiring from acting following the tragic loss but this was denied by the actor’s camp who insisted the idea was ‘ridiculous’

Archie died in his sleep after an intracerebral haemorrhage caused by acute lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukaemia – an incredibly rare condition which kills just 800 people a year.

Nicholas and his wife Lucy Lyndhurst found out the ‘harrowing’ details from his second post mortem just four days before Christmas.

The teenager had been acting since the age of 11 starred in the hit CBBC show So Awkward as Ollie Coulton and was dating co-star Nethra Tilakumara. He also appeared as a young Jack Whitehall in the BBC’s Bad Education in 2014. 

Archie, who also once played a young Michael Gambon, had been with Tilakumara for a year in April 2020 and they posted photographs on holidays in Amsterdam and Paris. 

Posting on Instagram months after Archie’s death, Lucy wrote: ‘He died from an Intracerebral Haemorrhage caused by Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukaemia.

‘This is not Leukaemia as we know it, the word Acute in medical terms means rapid. 

‘He assured us that there wasn’t anything anyone could have done as Archie showed no signs of illness.

‘Archie had numerous bleeds on the brain and the Dr went to great lengths to reassure us that he wouldn’t have been in any pain as it happened in his sleep.’

Posting on Instagram months after Archie’s death, Lucy revealed that he died from an Intracerebral Haemorrhage 

Lucy Lyndhurst shared a photo of Archie pictured with his father Nicholas Lyndhurst after the teenager’s death

Lucy also shared a photo of actor Nicholas kissing Archie as a young boy

Archie, who was the beloved son of Only Fools and Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst and his wife Lucy Smith, starred in the hit CBBC show So Awkward as Ollie Coulton

Lucy also shared pictures of Archie as a young child and pictures of him with Nethra, who she called ‘the love of his life’.

Paying tribute to her only son, she said: ‘The world is a very different place without him. 

‘One of my last conversations with him was about all that was going on in the world, the chaos, anger about all different subjects.

‘He looked at me with his huge blue soulful eyes, shook his head and said ‘All the world need is love Mama, it’s so easy to love’.

‘He loved life, he valued everyone in it and every moment he was given. He was always singing, and had such energy and passion in everything he did.

‘To be part of his life has been the biggest joy mad honour. We miss him everyday and always will.’

Archie’s girlfriend, actress Nethra Tilakumara, described the teenager as a ‘beautiful soul’ at the time of his death, writing: ‘Every day with you was the best day ever.’

She shared the poignant tribute to her Instagram, alongside a photograph of her late boyfriend taking pictures with a Polaroid camera.

Archie’s girlfriend, actress Nethra Tilakumara,  shared a poignant tribute to her Instagram, alongside a photograph of her late boyfriend taking pictures with a Polaroid camera

Archie and his girlfriend Miss Tilakumara, who were in CBBC series So Awkward together

Archie with his So Awkward co-stars Sophia Dall’aglio (left) and Cleo Demetriou (right) at the Children’s Baftas last year. Archie had appeared in the hit CBBC show since 2005

Archie with his father Nicholas Lyndhurst at the Matilda musical press night in London in 2011

Lyndhurst is pictured hugging his son Archie as a child in a beautiful family portrait

Ms Tilakumara wrote: ‘There was once a boy named Archie Lyndhurst and he made me the happiest girl in the whole wide world.

‘A boy in a white beanie with his skateboard, swaggered through two wooden doors with an unimaginable lust for life down the hallway of Sylvia Young Theatre School.

‘He sat across from me while my head was buried in a script, trying to book a job.

‘He was there for his friend who was really nervous and auditioning too, he was always there for his friends. Blissfully unaware, I had no idea my future was sitting right in front of me.’

She added: ‘Boyfriend doesn’t do it justice. Archie you were my Person and Best friend all in one.

‘To spend the rest of my life laughing and going on adventures with you, was just it for me.

‘Everything made sense with you. You made me laugh like no one else and you loved me in such a way that I will forever just be grateful for.

‘Being loved by you was a bonus, but I can proudly say you are the most incredible person that I have ever met and had the pleasure of being in love with.’

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