Only Fools' Nicholas Lyndhurst boasts £3m property portfolio including swish London flat

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Only Fools And Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst has come a long way from the Trotters’ Peckham council flat - and boasts a £3million property portfolio.In the hit BBC comedy the actor’s character Rodney started out shacked up with wheeler-dealer brother Del in the fading Nelson Mandela House tower block.But in real life he boasts a number of fancy pads including a swish central London flat worth £1m.Nicholas, 59, who followed Only Fools with roles in hit shows Goodnight Sweetheart and New Tricks, runs a firm called Enigmania Ltd which has property and assets worth £3m.And Sir David Jason - who played Del - is not short of a bob or two either.He has amassed more than £2.3m in the last couple of years alone thanks to his tireless work.The 81-year-old star has just filmed a sixth series of Still Open All Hours and a string of documentaries including David Jason’s Great British Inventions.He has also penned his third book – A Del Of A Life – and is in demand for voice-overs for ads as well as getting regular royalty checks for repeats of his shows.Sir David still hopes to conquer Tinseltown."My Hollywood movie is still in the wings waiting to happen,” he has said."There’s going to be a new series with me as his sidekick called Mission: Possible, starring Sir David Jason with Tom Cruise.’"It comes after Nicholas' pal Laurence Marks, who has known the star for over 25 years, fears it is unlikely he will ever return to showbiz.He told the Daily Star Sunday : “Nicholas underwent tragedy.

It must have broken his heart. It would break anyone’s heart.“He has always kept himself to himself and now he’ll do that more than ever.