Gareth Gwenlan (26 April 1937 – 8 May 2016) was a Welsh television producer, director and executive, best known for his work on shows such as The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Butterflies, To the Manor Born, Only Fools and Horses and High Hopes.
[2][3] Gwenlan attended Vaynor and Penderyn High School, Cefn Coed, and for his national service he joined the RAF in Cyprus.
In 1960 he began his acting training at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Sidcup and continued at the York Theatre Royal.
[5] He subsequently moved into comedy, producing series such as The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Butterflies and To the Manor Born.
His final marriage was to Gail Susan Evans on 9 September 2000 in Putley where they lived until his death from metastatic oesophageal cancer on 8 May 2016.