RIP: Mr Rumbold

[palitoy]

I am shocked that Nicholas Smith aka Mr Rumbold from "Are you being served" was so damned young during the filming of the series! I would have placed him in his late 50s!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/actors/are-you-being-served-actor-nicholas-smith-dies-aged-81/

[JWLJN]

And I think that means that the whole cast is gone... :-(

-J\/\/

[daz71]

that is sad yeh the last one left .so many from 60s/70s sitcoms have all gone.

[Boshek]

How sad. He was my favorite character on the show.

I believe Mr. Spooner and maybe some of the nurses are the only ones from this great show that are still with us.

[EMCE Hammer]

This depresses the f--- out of me. I think about the cast and show frequently. I started watching it when I was young enough that most of the humor went right over my head, and I still loved it. RIP.

[palitoy]

And I think that means that the whole cast is gone... :-(

-J\/\/

Oof, I never realized that, some of them went pretty young. Hard to believe Captain Peacock and Mr Rumbold would outlive the majority of them.

[TomStrong]

My family and I still watch it! Great show.

[JediJaida]

Outrageously funny stuff! I used to watch it on late night cable TV, channel 21 here in NYC. I can't believe that they got away with all of the innuendos and double entendres the way that they did.

[TrekStar]

I have the complete series on dvd and the made for TV movie, I always wanted to do customs of these but just
never got around to it. Bummer about Nicholas Smith, I enjoyed his character as I did for all, my favorite of course
was Mr. Humphries, RIP Mr. Smith.

[PNGwynne]

Meeenswear...they'll ride up with wear...Mr. Akbar!!...I don't half fancy you...Are you free? So many catchphrases! lol

How sad. I hadn't realized Mollie Sugden had passed, too. What silly fun that show was.

I recall seeing Smith on a Peel (?) episode of The Avengers, too.

[daz71]

Outrageously funny stuff! I used to watch it on late night cable TV, channel 21 here in NYC. I can't believe that they got away with all of the innuendos and double entendres the way that they did.

most of the sitcoms from here were like that at the time i think it originated with the carry on films

[cjefferys]

Whoa, I didn't know he was that young when he was on the show. Sad to hear that practically everyone is gone now, I always enjoyed watching this show.

[Duncan]

Great show; probably before its time. Mr. Rumbold took more than his share of abuse. RIP, and thanks for the laughs.

[daz71]

i didn't think you would have got the show in the u.s. which other 60s/70s british sitcoms did you get.

[PNGwynne]

^My PBS station carried Keeping Up Appearances,'Allo, Allo, Dad's Army, Red Dwarf , Last of the Summer Wine, The Brittas Empire, As Time Goes By, Are You Being Served Again, Fawlty Towers , Jeeves & Wooster, and Waiting for God. Absolutely Fabulous and The Young Ones were also on cable television.