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	'''Nicholas John Smith''' (5 March 1934 – 6 December 2015) was an English comedian and actor. He appeared in the [[BBC]] [[British sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', playing original character [[List of Are You Being Served? characters#Mr. (Cuthbert) Rumbold (Nicholas Smith)\|Mr (Cuthbert) Rumbold]], the manager of the fictional Grace Brothers department store.		'''Nicholas John Smith''' (5 March 1934 – 6 December 2015) was an English comedian and actor. He appeared in the [[BBC]] [[British sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', playing original character [[List of Are You Being Served? characters#Mr. (Cuthbert) Rumbold (Nicholas Smith)\|Mr (Cuthbert) Rumbold]], the manager of the fictional Grace Brothers department store.
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	\|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> In 2008, he appeared as a vicar in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''.		\|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> In 2008, he appeared as a vicar in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''.

	In 2010, he appeared in children's TV programme ''[[M.I. High]]'' as Professor Quakermass. Smith also wrote music and poetry.~~{{cn\|date=May 2022}}~~		In 2010, he appeared in children's TV programme ''[[M.I. High]]'' as Professor Quakermass. Smith also wrote music and poetry.

	==Personal life and death==		==Personal life and death==

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	*''Are You Being Served? A Celebration of Twenty-Five Years''. Richard Webber with David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. New York; Welcome Rain, 1998.		*''Are You Being Served? A Celebration of Twenty-Five Years''. Richard Webber with David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. New York; Welcome Rain, 1998.
	*[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=16155 Nicholas Smith] (Aveleyman)		*[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=16155 Nicholas Smith] (Aveleyman)

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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Nicholas Smith		\| name = Nicholas Smith
	\| image = ~~Nicholas_Smith_(actor)~~.~~png~~		\| image = Nicholas Smith.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Smith in 2009~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1934\|3\|5\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1934\|3\|5\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~Banstead~~]], [[Surrey]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Bansteadw:]], [[w:Surrey\|Surrey]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2015\|12\|06\|1934\|3\|5\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2015\|12\|06\|1934\|3\|5\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[Sutton, London]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Sutton, London\|Sutton]], England
	~~\| nationality = British~~
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	\| television = ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''		\| television = ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''
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	\| years_active = theatre pre 1960, television 1960–2009		\| years_active = theatre pre 1960, television 1960–2009
	\| spouse = Mary Smith		\| spouse = Mary Smith
	\| children = [[Catherine Russell (British actress)\|Catherine Russell]]		\| children = [[w:Catherine Russell (British actress)\|Catherine Russell]]
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	'''Nicholas John Smith''' (5 March 1934 – 6 December 2015) was an English comedian and actor. He appeared in the [[BBC]] [[British sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', playing original character [[List of Are You Being Served? characters#Mr. (Cuthbert) Rumbold (Nicholas Smith)\|Mr (Cuthbert) Rumbold]], the manager of the fictional Grace Brothers department store.		'''Nicholas John Smith''' (5 March 1934 – 6 December 2015) was an English comedian and actor. He appeared in the [[BBC]] [[British sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', playing original character [[List of Are You Being Served? characters#Mr. (Cuthbert) Rumbold (Nicholas Smith)\|Mr (Cuthbert) Rumbold]], the manager of the fictional Grace Brothers department store.

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{{short description|English comedy actor of film and TV active 1960-2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nicholas Smith
| image = Nicholas_Smith_(actor).png
| caption = Smith in 2009
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|3|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Banstead]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|12|06|1934|3|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Sutton, London]], England
| nationality = British
| notable_works =
| television = ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = theatre pre 1960, television 1960–2009
| spouse = Mary Smith
| children = [[Catherine Russell (British actress)|Catherine Russell]]
}}
'''Nicholas John Smith''' (5 March 1934 – 6 December 2015) was an English comedian and actor. He appeared in the [[BBC]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', playing original character [[List of Are You Being Served? characters#Mr. (Cuthbert) Rumbold (Nicholas Smith)|Mr (Cuthbert) Rumbold]], the manager of the fictional Grace Brothers department store.

==Early life==
Smith, the son of a [[Chartered Surveyor|chartered surveyor]], attended a preparatory school and [[St John's School, Leatherhead]]. He learned to play musical instruments, studied singing and trained as an actor at [[RADA]]. He then appeared in repertory theatres, on the West End stage, at the [[Bristol Old Vic]] and on Broadway.<ref>''Who's Who on Television'' Independent Television Publications Ltd (1970).</ref>

==Roles==
Smith's earliest TV roles were as a non-speaking extra in various [[ITV Network|ITV]] programmes. He had his first speaking role in the BBC's ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' (1964). Smith persuaded the serial's director, Richard Martin, to expand the role so that his character, Wells, appeared in three of the serial's six episodes instead of only one or two as originally scripted. This was followed by small roles in many other adventure series, such as ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[The Champions]]'' and ''[[Ace of Wands (TV series)|Ace of Wands]]''. In 1969 he appeared in the television period drama ''[[The First Churchills]]'' as the historical figure of [[Titus Oates]].

===''Are You Being Served?''===
''Are You Being Served?'' began with a [[Television pilot|pilot episode]] in 1972, with Smith playing Mr Cuthbert "Jug Ears" Rumbold, the manager of the menswear and ladieswear departments in a large fictional London store called Grace Brothers.

Smith remained with the programme until the end of its run in 1985, as well as appearing in the [[Are You Being Served? (film)|''Are You Being Served?'' spin-off film]] in 1977 and the sitcom's sequel, ''[[Grace & Favour]]'' (also known as ''Are You Being Served? Again!'' in the United States), in 1992 and 1993. Following the death of [[Frank Thornton]] on 16 March 2013, Smith was the last surviving member of the original cast of ''Are You Being Served?''<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/18/frank-thornton-last-summer-wine-are-you-being-served-dies_n_2899654.html| title=Frank Thornton, Star Of 'Last of the Summer Wine', 'Are You Being Served?' Dies, Aged 92| journal=[[Huffington Post]]| date=18 March 2013| access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref> The last surviving principal actor is [[Mike Berry (actor)|Mike Berry]], who joined the cast beginning in 1981 for series 8 in the role of Mr Spooner following actor [[Trevor Bannister]]'s departure from the series.

===Other roles===
From September 1972, in contrast to his contemporaneous work in ''Are You Being Served?'', he also had a semi-regular role as PC Jeff Yates in the series ''[[Z-Cars]]''. His last appearance as Yates was in February 1975. His film work included appearances in ''[[Salt and Pepper (film)|Salt and Pepper]]'' (1968), ''[[A Walk with Love and Death]]'' (1969), [[The Champions]]''-Project Zero (1969), [[The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)|The Twelve Chairs]]'' (1970), dubbed in an Italian version of ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' (1972) directed by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], and ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]'' (1975) as Hunkston, Sigerson Holmes' servant.
He played Mr. Simpkins (a miserable and desperately unattractive leisure centre manager who had rings run around him by two lazy, womanizing Australian criminals who had taken jobs in the leisure centre as a cover for their crimes) in the Sweeney, episode Golden Fleece in 1975.

In 1979, he appeared in ''[[Worzel Gummidge]]'' as Mr Foster, the headmaster of the school.

In 1986 he played Sir John Treymayne in the British tour of ''[[Me and My Girl]]'', a role played in the West End by his ''Are You Being Served?'' co-star Frank Thornton. In 1987 he joined the cast on ''[[And There's More]]'' and was paired up with [[Joan Sims]] for a number of sketches for each episodes as an old couple.

He appeared in the TV mini-series ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]''. In 2005, Smith featured in a supporting role as vicar Clement Hedges in the Academy Award-winning film ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', for which he was nominated for an [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production]].<ref name="annie">{{cite web
|url=https://www.annieawards.org/legacy/33rd-annie-awards
|title=33rd Annual Annie Awards
|year=2021
|work=ANNIE Awards
|publisher=ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD
|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> In 2008, he appeared as a vicar in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''.

In 2010, he appeared in children's TV programme ''[[M.I. High]]'' as Professor Quakermass. Smith also wrote music and poetry.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

==Personal life and death==
Smith was the father of actress [[Catherine Russell (British actress)|Catherine Russell]]. He died on 6 December 2015 following seven weeks of hospitalisation for a head injury from a fall at his home in [[Sutton, London]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35023713| title=Are You Being Served? actor Nicholas Smith dies aged 81| work=BBC News| date=7 December 2015| access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Farquhar |first=Simon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nicholas-smith-comic-actor-who-excelled-in-gilbert-and-sullivan-best-known-as-mr-rumbold-in-are-you-a6765676.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220619/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nicholas-smith-comic-actor-who-excelled-in-gilbert-and-sullivan-best-known-as-mr-rumbold-in-are-you-a6765676.html |archive-date=19 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Nicholas Smith: Comic actor who excelled in Gilbert and Sullivan, best known as Mr Rumbold in 'Are You Being Served?' |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=8 December 2015 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
* ''[[Partners in Crime (1961 film)|Partners in Crime]]'' (1961) - Pawn Shop Assistant
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1964, season 2) - Resistant
*''[[Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines]]'' (1965) - Fireman (uncredited)
*''[[Salt and Pepper (film)|Salt and Pepper]]'' (1968) - Constable
*''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' - "The Fiction-Makers" (1968) - Bishop
*''[[A Walk with Love and Death]]'' (1969) - Pilgrim
*''[[The Champions]]''- "Project Zero" (1969) - Postmaster.
*''[[The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)|The Twelve Chairs]]'' (1970) - Actor in Play
*''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' (1972) - Friar
*''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (1972) - Mr. Rumbold
*''[[Baxter!]]'' (1973) - 1st Taxi Driver
*''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' (1974) - Death Wish (uncredited)
*''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]'' (1975) - Hunkston
*''[[Are You Being Served? (film)|Are You Being Served?]]'' (1977) - Mr. Rumbold
*''[[Grace & Favour]]'' (1992) - Mr. Rumbold
*''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]'' (1994) - Mr. Spottletoe
*''[[What Rats Won't Do]]'' (1998) - Chaplain
*''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' (2005) - Reverend Clement Hedges (voice), Nominated - [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production]]
*''Every Hidden Thing'' (2006) - Abel

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0809448|Nicholas Smith}}
*''Are You Being Served? A Celebration of Twenty-Five Years''. Richard Webber with David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. New York; Welcome Rain, 1998.
*[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=16155 Nicholas Smith] (Aveleyman)

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