Arthur Brough - Revision history

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	'''Arthur Brough''' (born '''Frederick Arthur Baker'''; 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 [[~~w:BBC\|~~BBC]] sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=BBC\|title=Are You Being Served?\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/areyoubeingserved/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|publisher=BBC}}</ref>		'''Arthur Brough''' (born '''Frederick Arthur Baker'''; 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?]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=BBC\|title=Are You Being Served?\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/areyoubeingserved/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==

	===Early life===		===Early life===
	The diminutive actor ({{convert\|5\|ft\|2\|in\|m}}) originally wanted to become a teacher, but failed to gain such employment, and worked in a solicitor's office. He found this job too mundane and he began to take an interest in the theatre. After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the [[~~w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|~~Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in the mid-1920s.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-19\|title=Actor Arthur Brough {{!}} Biography, Profile, Wallpapers, DOB\|url=https://www.forcelebrities.com/actor-arthur-brough-residence-address-phone-number-email-id-website/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|website=Forcelebrities.com}}</ref> After graduating, he joined a Shakespearean theatrical troupe, where he met his wife-to-be, actress Elizabeth Addyman. After they married, they used their wedding [[~~w:dowry\|~~dowry]] as collateral to rent the Leas Pavilion, a repertory theatre in [[~~w:Folkestone\|~~Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=From Theatre to Club\|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contributions/theatre-club-era\|access-date=2022-01-31\|website=Leas Pavilion Archive}}</ref> They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[w:Ashford, Kent\|Ashford]] School for Girls.		The diminutive actor ({{convert\|5\|ft\|2\|in\|m}}) originally wanted to become a teacher, but failed to gain such employment, and worked in a solicitor's office. He found this job too mundane and he began to take an interest in the theatre. After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in the mid-1920s.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-19\|title=Actor Arthur Brough {{!}} Biography, Profile, Wallpapers, DOB\|url=https://www.forcelebrities.com/actor-arthur-brough-residence-address-phone-number-email-id-website/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|website=Forcelebrities.com}}</ref> After graduating, he joined a Shakespearean theatrical troupe, where he met his wife-to-be, actress Elizabeth Addyman. After they married, they used their wedding [[dowry]] as collateral to rent the Leas Pavilion, a repertory theatre in [[Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=From Theatre to Club\|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contributions/theatre-club-era\|access-date=2022-01-31\|website=Leas Pavilion Archive}}</ref> They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[Ashford, Kent\|Ashford]] School for Girls.

	==Theatre impresario==		==Theatre impresario==

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	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Petersfield\|~~Petersfield]], [[~~w:Hampshire\|~~Hampshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1978\|5\|28\|1905\|02\|26\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1978\|5\|28\|1905\|02\|26\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], England		\| death_place = [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], England

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	\| caption = As Mr. Grainger in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''		\| caption = As Mr. Grainger in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''
	\| birth_name = Frederick Arthur Baker		\| birth_name = Frederick Arthur Baker
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	\| birth_place = [[w:Petersfield\|Petersfield]], [[w:Hampshire\|Hampshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Petersfield\|Petersfield]], [[w:Hampshire\|Hampshire]], England
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	Brough's daughter, Joanna Hutton (died 2002), became the first female curator of the [[Brontë Parsonage Museum]] in [[Haworth]], for a period in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Brontë Collection – Bradford Council\|url=https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/3997/the-bronte-collection.pdf}}</ref>		Brough's daughter, Joanna Hutton (died 2002), became the first female curator of the [[Brontë Parsonage Museum]] in [[Haworth]], for a period in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Brontë Collection – Bradford Council\|url=https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/3997/the-bronte-collection.pdf}}</ref>

	His twin brother owned and operated 'Bakers the Butchers' in Petersfield High Street for many years. ~~{{Citation needed\|date=February 2020}}~~		His twin brother owned and operated 'Bakers the Butchers' in Petersfield High Street for many years.

	==Credits==		==Credits==

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	\| birth_place = [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Petersfield\|Petersfield]], [[w:Hampshire\|Hampshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1978\|5\|28\|1905\|2\|26\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1978\|5\|28\|1905\|2\|26\|df=yes}}
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	'''Arthur Brough''' (born '''Frederick Arthur Baker'''; 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?]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=BBC\|title=Are You Being Served?\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/areyoubeingserved/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|publisher=BBC}}</ref>		'''Arthur Brough''' (born '''Frederick Arthur Baker'''; 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 [[w:BBC\|BBC]] sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=BBC\|title=Are You Being Served?\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/areyoubeingserved/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==

	===Early life===		===Early life===
	The diminutive actor ({{convert\|5\|ft\|2\|in\|m}}) originally wanted to become a teacher, but failed to gain such employment, and worked in a solicitor's office.~~{{Citation needed\|date=February 2020}}~~ He found this job too mundane and he began to take an interest in the theatre. After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in the mid-1920s.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-19\|title=Actor Arthur Brough {{!}} Biography, Profile, Wallpapers, DOB\|url=https://www.forcelebrities.com/actor-arthur-brough-residence-address-phone-number-email-id-website/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|website=Forcelebrities.com}}</ref> After graduating, he joined a Shakespearean theatrical troupe, where he met his wife-to-be, actress Elizabeth Addyman. After they married, they used their wedding [[dowry]] as collateral to rent the Leas Pavilion, a repertory theatre in [[Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=From Theatre to Club\|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contributions/theatre-club-era\|access-date=2022-01-31\|website=Leas Pavilion Archive}}</ref> They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[Ashford, Kent\|Ashford]] School for Girls. ~~{{Citation needed\|date=February 2020}}~~		The diminutive actor ({{convert\|5\|ft\|2\|in\|m}}) originally wanted to become a teacher, but failed to gain such employment, and worked in a solicitor's office. He found this job too mundane and he began to take an interest in the theatre. After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in the mid-1920s.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-08-19\|title=Actor Arthur Brough {{!}} Biography, Profile, Wallpapers, DOB\|url=https://www.forcelebrities.com/actor-arthur-brough-residence-address-phone-number-email-id-website/\|access-date=2022-01-28\|website=Forcelebrities.com}}</ref> After graduating, he joined a Shakespearean theatrical troupe, where he met his wife-to-be, actress Elizabeth Addyman. After they married, they used their wedding [[w:dowry\|dowry]] as collateral to rent the Leas Pavilion, a repertory theatre in [[w:Folkestone\|Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=From Theatre to Club\|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contributions/theatre-club-era\|access-date=2022-01-31\|website=Leas Pavilion Archive}}</ref> They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[w:Ashford, Kent\|Ashford]] School for Girls.

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'''Arthur Brough''' (born '''Frederick Arthur Baker'''; 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?]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=BBC|title=Are You Being Served?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/areyoubeingserved/|access-date=2022-01-28|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life===
The diminutive actor ({{convert|5|ft|2|in|m}}) originally wanted to become a teacher, but failed to gain such employment, and worked in a solicitor's office.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} He found this job too mundane and he began to take an interest in the theatre. After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in the mid-1920s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-19|title=Actor Arthur Brough {{!}} Biography, Profile, Wallpapers, DOB|url=https://www.forcelebrities.com/actor-arthur-brough-residence-address-phone-number-email-id-website/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Forcelebrities.com}}</ref> After graduating, he joined a Shakespearean theatrical troupe, where he met his wife-to-be, actress Elizabeth Addyman. After they married, they used their wedding [[dowry]] as collateral to rent the Leas Pavilion, a repertory theatre in [[Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Theatre to Club|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contributions/theatre-club-era|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Leas Pavilion Archive}}</ref> They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]] School for Girls. {{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

==Theatre impresario==
Having used the name The Pioneer Players at Folkestone since 1929,<ref>'The Provinces', ''The Stage'' 17 October 1929, page 26</ref> Brough and his wife Elizabeth formed The Arthur Brough Players in 1932.<ref>announcement in ''The Stage'', 28 April 1932, page 10</ref> The company helped launch the careers of many prominent actors, including [[Peter Barkworth]], Eric Lander, [[Polly James]], [[Anne Stallybrass]], and [[Trevor Bannister]], who later portrayed Mr. Lucas in "Are You Being Served."<ref>{{Cite web|title=AS – Theatre 60s – Arthur Brough Players|url=http://www.gilmore-stallybrass.eu/html/anne/theatre/60s/as_theatre60s_abp.htm|access-date=2022-01-28|website=gilmore-stallybrass.eu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Theatrical Archive of 'Are You Being Served?' Star Up For Auction {{!}} Tennants Auctioneers|url=https://www.tennants.co.uk/discover/news-insights/theatrical-archive-of-are-you-being-served-star-up-for-auction/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=www.tennants.co.uk}}</ref> Once the Folkestone rep was established, Brough formed new repertory companies in [[Bradford]], [[Bristol]], [[Blackpool]], [[Keighley]], [[Leeds]], [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Oxford]] and [[Southampton]], to name a few. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Brough enlisted in the [[Royal Navy]], where he served for the duration of the war.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Theatrical Archive of 'Are You Being Served?' Star Up For Auction {{!}} Tennants Auctioneers|url=https://www.tennants.co.uk/discover/news-insights/theatrical-archive-of-are-you-being-served-star-up-for-auction/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=www.tennants.co.uk}}</ref> His service included helping with the evacuation of [[Dunkirk]] in 1940, his ship returning to the rescue scene several times to bring soldiers home before the Nazis reached them at the seaport.

Following demobilisation, Brough resumed his acting career and reopened the Folkestone rep. Many prominent actors began their careers with the Arthur Brough Players, including [[Peter Barkworth]], who appeared in ''The Guinea Pig'' in 1948: Eric Lander, later a star of the TV series ''No Hiding Place'', in 1949: [[Polly James]] in the 1960s: and [[Anne Stallybrass]], who started out as ASM in 1960 and went on to play Ida the maid in ''Pool's Paradise'' by Philip King; as well as appearing in ''The Aspern Papers'', ''Candida'', and ''A Taste of Honey'' at the little Folkestone theatre. Others included Andrew Jack; [[Sydney Sturgess]], who went on to marry [[Barry Morse]]; and [[Trevor Bannister]], who would later act alongside Brough in ''Are You Being Served?''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Theatrical Archive of 'Are You Being Served?' Star Up For Auction {{!}} Tennants Auctioneers|url=https://www.tennants.co.uk/discover/news-insights/theatrical-archive-of-are-you-being-served-star-up-for-auction/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=www.tennants.co.uk}}</ref>

In those days a local repertory company would present a fresh play each week, to rival the cinemas, with a small stable cast rehearsing one play by day, whilst performing what they had rehearsed the previous week each evening, with a mid-week 'tea' matinee. Since there was a limited number of actors in the company for economic reasons, they often had to play characters far from their own age or appearance. Brough took his company on tour, and helped establish rep companies in [[Theatre Royal, Aldershot|Aldershot]], [[Southend]] and [[Eastbourne]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portsmouth music scene|url=http://www.michaelcooper.org.uk/C/kingsperfs.htm|access-date=2022-01-31|website=michaelcooper.org.uk}}</ref>

==Television==
With the rise of [[television]], Brough predicted the eclipse of repertory theatre as a viable entertainment form. In the 1960s he began seeking roles in the mass media, appearing in small roles in films and television. His daughter, Joanna Hutton, said this about his forecast of the decline of repertory theatre: "He was very astute and unsentimental about it. He realized the era was over and that he must diversify". According to Hutton, her father first found it hard adjusting from stage to screen. "He realized how hammy he was. He used to take the mickey out of himself; he'd always acted in a [[Shakespeare]]an manner and suddenly realized he had to tone down his performance for film".<ref>{{Cite web|title=PressReader.com – Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire-post-yp-magazine/20200516/282226602912109|access-date=2022-01-31|website=pressreader.com}}</ref>

One of the first jobs Brough did away from the stage was the film ''[[The Green Man (film)|The Green Man]]'' with [[Alastair Sim]], in which he played the landlord of the eponymous hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Guide|first=British Comedy|title=The Green Man Cast and Crew Credits|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/the_green_man/cast_crew/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> He had a minor role opposite [[Jayne Mansfield]] in ''[[The Challenge (1960 film)|The Challenge]]'' (1960), and made guest appearances in TV shows such as ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' (Episode 3.2), ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[The Persuaders!|The Persuaders]]'', ''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'', ''[[That's How Murder Snowballs|Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'' and ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arthur Brough|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112645/|access-date=2022-01-31|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> He also continued to appear in theatrical productions, including ''[[Half a Sixpence]]'' (1967), playing a shopkeeper. The Folkestone Rep continued until 1969 before closing at the time that Brough's wife Elizabeth began to suffer ill-health.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Theatre to Club|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contributions/theatre-club-era|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Leas Pavilion Archive}}</ref>

===''Are You Being Served?''===
In 1972, Brough was cast as Ernest Grainger in the BBC sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' by [[Jeremy Lloyd]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]. Initially a pilot episode in the ''Comedy Playhouse'' slot, it was well received and commissioned for a series in early 1973. Set in a fading department store, Brough played the senior menswear salesman, with assistants Mr Humphries ([[John Inman]]) and Mr Lucas ([[Trevor Bannister]]). The show ran until 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BBC|title=Are You Being Served?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/areyoubeingserved/|access-date=2022-01-28|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

After the show completed its fifth series in 1977, on 22 March 1978, Arthur Brough's wife of almost 50 years, Elizabeth, died, and the emotionally devastated Brough announced he was quitting acting. Brough stayed with his daughter for a few weeks following his wife's death and, according to his daughter, [[Jeremy Lloyd]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] made contact to say they were writing him into the next series. However, he died just two months after his wife, on 28 May 1978, in Folkestone. Croft decided not to have another actor take over the part of Mr Grainger, so his character in ''Are You Being Served?'' was replaced by Mr Tebbs, played by [[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Percival Tebbs Memorial Roadside Attraction|url=http://www.thecanteen.com/tebbs.html|access-date=2022-01-28|website=thecanteen.com}}</ref>

=== Related family life ===
Brough's daughter, Joanna Hutton (died 2002), became the first female curator of the [[Brontë Parsonage Museum]] in [[Haworth]], for a period in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Brontë Collection – Bradford Council|url=https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/3997/the-bronte-collection.pdf}}</ref>

His twin brother owned and operated 'Bakers the Butchers' in Petersfield High Street for many years. {{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

==Credits==
Arthur Brough dedicated his life to the theatre, and ''Are You Being Served?'' co-star [[Mollie Sugden]] credited him with helping train a generation of actors. His colleagues have fond memories of working with Brough, who, as his daughter noted, "was a highly respected actor who'd spent forty years in the profession." At the time of his death, David Croft said: "Arthur created a living character who was the inspiration for much of the humour. His personality made him a pivot round which a whole lot of laughter and affection revolved."<ref>{{Cite web|title=PressReader.com – Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire-post-yp-magazine/20200516/282226602912109|access-date=2022-01-31|website=pressreader.com}}</ref>

With a mischievous sense of humour, he would often pull pranks on the rest of the cast during recordings. Despite this, however, [[Trevor Bannister]] held him in very high regard, saying of him that he was a "wicked old man but a wonderful man." [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] recalls the time Arthur would disappear from the set. 'Whenever we were rehearsing he'd vanish at about three minutes to eleven. For a while we wondered where he went, but eventually discovered that he'd nip next door to the pub for a quick [[Pink Gin]]. We'd watch from the window as this little figure hurled towards the pub – we never spoke to him about it. One day when he returned, [[John Inman]] asked where he'd been. He made some excuse, but what he'd forgotten was that it was pouring with rain and his bald head was soaking wet!'<ref>{{Cite web|title=PressReader.com – Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire-post-yp-magazine/20200516/282226602912109|access-date=2022-01-31|website=pressreader.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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|1956|| ''[[The Green Man (film)|The Green Man]]'' || Landlord ||
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|1959|| ''[[The Night We Dropped a Clanger]]'' || Admiral Bewdly ||
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|1960|| ''[[The Challenge (1960 film)|The Challenge]]'' || Landlord ||
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|1961|| ''[[The Singer Not the Song]]'' || Burning haystacks Farmer || Uncredited
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|1965|| ''[[Dead Man's Chest (1965 film)|Dead Man's Chest]]'' || Groves ||''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]''
|-
|1975|| ''[[Royal Flash (film)|Royal Flash]]'' || King Ludwig of Bavaria ||
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|1977|| ''[[Are You Being Served? (film)|Are You Being Served?]]'' || Mr. Grainger || (final film role)
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0112645|name=Arthur Brough}}

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