- Is close friends with EastEnders (1985) on-screen wife June Brown.
- Ranked #53 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Jim Branning (2010).
- He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1988 (1987 season) for Best Actor in a Musical. He shared this award with his co-star, Emil Wolk.
- Was forced to take a hiatus from EastEnders (1985) after suffering a stroke in June 2007. Bardon made his return to the soap opera the following year and appeared intermittently until May 2011 when his health began to deteriorate after suffering a second stroke.
- As of 2015 he is the 7th-longest serving actor in the history of EastEnders (1985) (behind only Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Sid Owen, Perry Fenwick, Rudolph Walker, and a tied Mike Reid and Todd Carty), having played the character Jim Branning for 12 years (briefly in 1996 and then from 1999 until 2011).
- Played Private Walker in the 1976 stage show of Dads Army.
- Stepfather to Brendan Joseph Gates (b. 1973) from his wife's first marriage.
- As of 2018 he is the 7th-longest serving actor in the history of EastEnders (1985) (tied with Jake Wood and Jamie Borthwick, and behind only Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Perry Fenwick, Sid Owen, Rudolph Walker, and a tied Mike Reid and Todd Carty), having played the character Jim Branning for 12 years (briefly in 1996 and then from 1999 until 2011).
- A life-long interest in Max Miller led to him devising a one-man show about the comic. This was adapted into the television show Here's a Funny Thing (1982).
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