“Pardon me, but would you have any Grey Poupon?”

That iconic line from one of television’s most famous commercials belonged to Craig Littler, the man behind the distinguished driver in the Rolls-Royce.

Remember him? Today, he’s not in Hollywood but in The Villages, where he and his wife have lived for nearly six years. And now, at age 83, he’s releasing his first autobiography, Legacy of an Actor: My Life and Times in Hollywood.

Craig was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1941, he moved to Vero Beach at age 12 and quickly found himself on stage.

“I was doing the junior senior class play and I was doing shows and I was doing Theater Guild,” he says. “I was performing and singing and dancing.”

Encouraged by mentor Gene Davis, he earned a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.

From there, his career took off. By the mid-1960s, Craig headed west to Hollywood, where he landed the lead in The Fantasticks at the Hollywood Center Theatre. A Broadway producer in the audience connected him with Paramount Pictures, leading to a contract that put him alongside legends.

“I was absolutely the last—there was only a handful of us left,” he says of the studio contract era.

What followed was a whirlwind, including roles in films like Rosemary’s Baby, appearances on Marcus Welby, M.D., The Love Boat, Wonder Woman, and Laverne & Shirley (as Laverne’s boyfriend).

But it was advertising that made him a household face.

“I ended up doing hundreds commercials, mostly national,” he says.  “At one time, I had 18 commercials running on national TV.”

Beyond Grey Poupon, he donned the yellow slicker as the Gorton’s Fisherman and built a reputation as one of the busiest commercial actors in America.

Craig also starred in the CBS series Jason of Star Command, which ran for three years. Along the way, he befriended stars like Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Goldie Hawn, and Dean Cain—who affectionately called him “Uncle Craig.”

But after decades in Hollywood, Craig and his wife traded Laguna Beach for life in The Villages.

“We came out and did their tour thing for a week and looked around,” he says. “We loved it and we sold our place in California and moved out here almost six years ago.”

Now, Craig is turning the page, literally, with his memoir. Originally written as a family keepsake, friends convinced him to publish it.

“It’s really an interesting story so I decided to put it out there,” he says. “I’ve had a great ride and was very lucky to have been doing what I did for so many years.”

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