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Humphries in Are You Being Served? He was the only actor from those series to reprise the role when an Australian version was launched. Inman was born in June in Preston , Lancashire, [2] and was often said to be a cousin of actress Josephine Tewson , though she denied they were related. They did, however, play half-siblings in the sitcom Odd Man Out. At the age of 12, Inman moved with his parents to Blackpool where his mother ran a boarding house , while his father owned a hairdressing business. At the age of 13, he made his stage debut in the Pavilion on Blackpool's South Pier , in a melodrama entitled Freda.

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The actor John Inman, who has died aged 71 after a long illness, endeared himself to millions as the outrageously camp menswear shop assistant in the s BBC television series Are You Being Served. But the role had a less welcome side; it subjected the actor to unsought controversy and protests from militant gay men who thought the character's limp-wristed gestures and mincing walk ridiculed homosexuals. Inman's Mr Humphries was, against stiff competition, one of the most arresting characters on the staff of Grace Brothers department store, created by the formidable comedy writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft Croft himself had once worked in a department store. It ran at peak time for 12 years from to - a total of 69 episodes. The large and anachronistic family business at its heart was run on traditional lines by a doddering "Young Mr Grace", and staffed by oddities like Mrs Slocombe of ladies' wear, played by Molly Sugden, who was always prattling on about her "pussy", and a floor manager, Captain Peacock Frank Thornton , who was invariably referred to by his military rank. Inman's suggestive catchphrase, when asked to attend to a customer, was "I'm free," after which he would set about measuring an inside leg with attentive enthusiasm.

John inman grave

Humphries in Are You Being Served? He was the only actor from those series to reprise the role when an Australian version was launched. Inman was born in June in Preston , Lancashire, [2] and was often said to be a cousin of actress Josephine Tewson , though she denied they were related. They did, however, play half-siblings in the sitcom Odd Man Out. At the age of 12, Inman moved with his parents to Blackpool where his mother ran a boarding house , while his father owned a hairdressing business. At the age of 13 he made his stage debut in the Pavilion on Blackpool's South Pier , in a melodrama entitled Freda. After leaving school, Inman worked for two years at Fox's, a gentlemen's outfitters in Blackpool, specialising in window dressing. During the sixties, Inman won a reputation alongside Barry Howard as one of the most celebrated Ugly Sister acts in pantomime [1] and throughout later years established himself as one of the country's best-loved dames in such familiar pantomimes as Mother Goose , Babes in the Wood , Aladdin and Jack and the Beanstalk. Inman made his television debut in in the sitcom A Slight Case Of The pilot was broadcast in September

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Inman as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served? Inman had a small part as Lady Capulet in the film Shakespeare in Love and appeared in the French and Saunders Christmas special. For the golfer, see John Inman golfer. He was the only actor from those series to reprise the role when an Australian version was launched. Wikimedia Commons. In December , Inman was forced to cancel an appearance in a pantomime as he was suffering from a hepatitis A infection, contracted from contaminated food. Send us your images. Inman said: "They thought I was over exaggerating the gay character. Orion Books.

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The first series was scheduled opposite Coronation Street on ITV and attracted little attention, though repeats later that year proved very successful. Reichswald cemetery is clearly signposted on the at cross roads Grunewald. Document — Highschool registration card for John Inmvan. Letter 2 — Letter from parents granting permission to enlist in the RCAF at 17 and one-half years old. Grave marker — Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. Paddington , London, England. Military Service Service Number:. Newspaper clipping — From the Toronto Star May The broadcast was followed by the five episodes of the first series in early Wikimedia Commons.