Heartbeat’s Greengrass left more than £1m in his will

BILL MAYNARD, who played lovable rogue Claude Greengrass in ITV’s Heartbeat, left more than £1 million in his will.

The actor, who died aged 89 in March, also starred in Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt!, The Gaffer and five Carry On films.

But he was best known for his eight-year stint as Greengrass, a borderline petty criminal in 1960s Yorkshire.

Probate records reveal that Maynard, pictured as Greengrass, left his estate, worth £1,049,610 after expenses and inheritance tax, to his children, Martin and Jane.

He was widowed in 1983 and divorced his second wife Tonia in 1998. Maynard – whose real name was Walter Williams – chose his stage name from Maynards, the sweet firm.