RIP Nicholas smith Aka Mr Rumbold.

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The last remaining Character from the show Are You Being Served died the other day.
Mr Rumbold now none of them are left.

That was a very funny show I can watch it again and again and still get a laugh.

"I'm free" is still ringing in my ears - RIP Nicholas Smith

Awww..... You're right, that's all of them, now. I still watch this show every day that I'm home. Bummer. R.I.P.

I've been keeping a running list, and if anybody's interested, here it is:



Alphabetical Order by Real Name

- Trevor Bannister (Mr. Lucas [Dick]) - born: 8/14/1936; died: 4/14/11 (age 74)
- Harold Bennett (Young Mr. Grace) - born: 9/17/1899; died: 9/15/1981 (age 81)
- Arthur Brough (Mr. Grainger [Ernest]) - born: 2/26/1905; died: 5/28/1978 (age 73)
- Arthur English (Mr. Harman [Beverley]) - born: 5/9/1919; died: 4/16/1995 (age 75)
- John Inman (Mr. Humphries [Wilberforce Clayborne]) - born: 6/28/1935; died: 3/8/2007 (cancer) (age 71)
- Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms [Shirley]) - born: 7/20/1943; died: 2/26/2009 (cancer) (age 65)
- Nicholas Smith (Mr. Rumbold [Cuthbert]) - born: 3/5/1934; died: 12/6/2015 (fall) (age 81)
- Mollie Sugden (Mrs. Slocombe [Betty]) - born: 7/21/1922; died: 7/1/2009 (heart failure) (age 86)
- Frank Thornton (Captain Peacock [Stephen]) - born: 1/15/1921; died: 3/16/13 (heart) (age 92)



Death Order

- Arthur Brough (Mr. Grainger [Ernest]) - born: 2/26/1905; died: 5/28/1978 (age 73)
- Harold Bennett (Young Mr. Grace) - born: 9/17/1899; died: 9/15/1981 (age 81)
- Arthur English (Mr. Harman [Beverley]) - born: 5/9/1919; died: 4/16/1995 (age 75)
- John Inman (Mr. Humphries [Wilberforce Clayborne]) - born: 6/28/1935; died: 3/8/2007 (age 71)
- Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms [Shirley]) - born: 7/20/1943; died: 2/26/2009 (age 65)
- Mollie Sugden (Mrs. Slocombe [Betty]) - born: 7/21/1922; died: 7/1/2009 (age 86)
- Trevor Bannister (Mr. Lucas [Dick]) - born: 8/14/1936; died: 4/14/11 (age 74)
- Frank Thornton (Captain Peacock [Stephen]) - born: 1/15/1921; died: 3/16/13 (age 92)
- Nicholas Smith (Mr. Rumbold [Cuthbert]) - born: 3/5/1934; died: 12/6/2015 (age 81)

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It's interesting (sad) to me that Wendy ("Miss Brahms") and Mollie ("Mrs. Slocombe") died less than 5 months apart, but they were 20 years apart in age.

Beginning in 2007, someone died every 2 years (2009, 2 people died); Wendy, the youngest, and Frank, the oldest.

The show aired from 1972 to 1985.

Adored the shoe........why can't we have humor like that anymore?

Now I am sad.

RIP, Mr. smith.

Is the series popular in America?

Absolutely!

quote from Sylkat: "why can't we have humor like that anymore?" - perhaps we are running out of writers? Plus, if anyone writes that kind of the end of the pier type material, I think they are unlikely to be eating very well from it - the television companies are run by clever clever well heeled kids who think it is vitally important for everything to be a lecture in social studies that no minorities could possibly complain about, and it shows.

"On The Buses"?

On The Buses was another funny show.
I don't think any of them are still alive either.

I knew Benny Hill was popular internationally, but didn't realise that Brit sitcoms were known much about abroad - I love them.

"On the Buses" was very very popular in Britain at one time.

There's nothing quite as refreshing as a tongue in cheek single entendre.

There was a radio comedy show called "Round the Horne" that took it right to the edge and sometimes over, at that time (1960's) the censors at the BBC didn't understand a lot of slang, and the writers for this show worked as hard to project as much sexual meaning as possible.

British comedies were very popular here in Australia,


Mind your language:
On the buses:
Fawlty towers:
Are You being served:
Keeping up Appearances:

Plus more that I can't think of at the moment.

The last 3 shows listed are considered classics; I am unfamiliar with 'On The Buses'.

I always loved 'Blackadder'.

And 'The Thin Blue Line'.......Rowan Atkinson as a policeman!

On The Buses was around in the early seventies, Reg Varney starred in it.
It was a very funny show.

it is amazing how fast the crowd of dead people grow.
in the 1960's series "bewitched", everyone except the baby is dead.
columbo is dead.
everyone is dead it seems.
when i watch a show, it always haunts me a bit to know that the actor i am watching is now dead.
it makes it hard for me to pay simple attention to them as just simple characters.
when i see the actors putting effort into their roles, and when i see how they visualize and conceptualize their performance, and when i start to identify, i remember they are dead and so if i identify with them, it makes me also mortal.
it is scary to think about ceasing to exist.