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A Star Is Born
Season 7, Episode 2
Harold joins the local amateur dramatics society, convinced he has star quality - but finds himself upstaged by Albert, who shows an unsuspected flair for acting. Vintage comedy, starring Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell
Movie/Drama
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Wilfrid Brambell
(Actor)
.. Albert Steptoe
Harry H Corbett
(Actor)
.. Harold Steptoe
Trevor Bannister
(Actor)
.. Rupert Ffaines-Muir
Betty Huntley-Wright
(Actor)
.. Deirdre
John Quayle
(Actor)
.. Reporter
Alan Simpson
(Writer)
Ray Galton
(Writer)
John Howard Davies
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Wilfrid Brambell
(Actor)
.. Albert Steptoe
Harry H Corbett
(Actor)
.. Harold Steptoe
Trevor Bannister
(Actor)
.. Rupert Ffaines-Muir
Born:
August 14, 1934
in
Durrington, Wiltshire
Best Known For:
Playing menswear assistant Mr Lucas in the sitcom Are You Being Served?
Early-life:
Trevor Gordon Bannister was born in Durrington, Wiltshire, on August 14, 1934. After leaving school at the age of 15, he joined a repertory theatre company in Folkstone and went on to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. After two years' national service in the army, he gained further repertory experience in Torquay, Bath, Bedford, Worthing, Wolverhampton, York and Birmingham. In 1960, he made his West End debut as Arthur Crabtree in Billy Liar.
Career:
Bannister's breakthrough on TV came in the 1968 drama The War of Darkie Pilbeam, a trilogy about a 1940s spiv, written by Coronation Street creator Tony Warren. Playing menswear assistant Mr Lucas in popular BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? made Bannister a household name. In his later career, he played a recurring character in Last of the Summer Wine. Bannister died on April 14, 2011, at the age of 76, after suffering a heart attack at his allotment in Thames Ditton, Surrey.
Quote:
On Are You Being Served? 'The joy of that particular show was the fact that most of us had known each other before we came to do it.'
Trivia:
Bannister was a regular pantomime dame on stage, taking 34 roles in 35 years.
Betty Huntley-Wright
(Actor)
.. Deirdre
John Quayle
(Actor)
.. Reporter
Alan Simpson
(Writer)
Ray Galton
(Writer)
John Howard Davies
(Producer)
