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Arthur Brough

Acting Born Feb 26, 1905 etersfield, Hampshire, England, UK 21 credits

Biography

Arthur Brough (26 February 1905 - 28 May 1978) was a British actor and theatre founder, producer and director best known for portraying the character of bumbling senior menswear salesman Ernest Grainger on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972-1985).

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Full filmography

  • The Persuaders! (1971) as Moorehead
  • No Hiding Place (1959)
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) as Stallinbrass
  • Are You Being Served? (1972) as Mr. Grainger
  • The Main Chance (1969) as County Court Judge
  • Dad's Army (1968) as Mr Boyle
  • Doomwatch (1970) as Sandy Larch
  • Jason King (1971)
  • The Adventures of Don Quick (1970) as Odin
  • Barnaby Rudge (1960)
  • Royal Flash (1975) as King Ludwig of Bavaria
  • Scoop (1972) as Bentinck
  • The Challenge (1960) as Landlord
  • The Green Man (1956) as Landlord
  • The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) as Mr. Ernest Grainger (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Are You Being Served? The Movie (1977) as Mr. Ernest Grainger
  • The Singer Not the Song (1961) as Farmer
  • Too Many Crooks (1959) as Old Tramp (uncredited)
  • London Conspiracy (1974) as Moorehead (archive footage)
  • The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959) as Adm. Bewdly
  • Dead Man's Chest (1965) as Groves