<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1939--1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Kirsteen Rowntree (1947 - 1994, his death; 3 children) </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael William ffolliott Aldridge (9 September 1920--10 January 1994) was an English actor . He was known for playing Seymour in the television series Last of the Summer Wine from 1986 to 1990 and he had a long career as a character actor on stage and screen dating back to the 1930s . </P> <P> The son of Dr Frederick James Aldridge and his wife Kathleen Michaela Marietta White, Aldridge was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, on 9 September 1920 . He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where he acted in school plays . In his last year at school he played the title role in a production of Othello, a report in The Times noting "M.W. ff . Aldridge (aged 171⁄2 years) was masterly and dignified as Othello and well worthy of the formal designation' a noble Moor"'. </P>

Who played seymour in last of the summer wine