His former colleague Chris Jury who starred along Dudley on the BBC series Lovejoy said on Twitter : "My dear, dear pal. Dudley Sutton died today. He played Tinker from 1986 to 1994 in hit show Lovejoy. It was Tinker's friendship with title character Lovejoy and his charming expertise in the antique trade that made the show so popular with viewers. On stage, he played the title role in the first production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane.

Source: Daily Mirror September 15, 2018 19:14 UTC