The Good Old Days: 24/01/1975
03:05 am - 03:50 am, Sunday, April 12 on BBC Four (9)
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About this Broadcast
24/01/1975
Season 1, Episode 1
Chairman Leonard Sachs welcomes Georgia Brown, Barry Cryer, Katinka Seiner, John Inman, Barry Howard, Marie-Ange Brillet and the Three Hurricanes to the stage of the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds. First shown in 1975
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Show/Game Show
Variety Show
Cast & Crew
Leonard Sachs
(Host)
Georgia Brown
(Performer)
Barry Cryer
(Performer)
Katinka Seiner
(Performer)
John Inman
(Performer)
Barry Howard
(Performer)
Marie-Ange Brillet
(Performer)
Barney Colehan
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Leonard Sachs
(Host)
Georgia Brown
(Performer)
Barry Cryer
(Performer)
Katinka Seiner
(Performer)
John Inman
(Performer)
Born:
June 28, 1935
in
Preston
Best Known For:
Playing Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served?
Early-life:
Frederick John Inman was born in Preston on June 28, 1935. At the age of 12, he 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, John made his stage debut in a melodrama entitled Freda in the Pavilion on Blackpool's South Pier. After leaving school, John worked for two years at a gentlemen's outfitters in Blackpool. At the age of 17, he moved to London to work for retailer Austin Reed in Regent Street. Four years later, he became a scenic artist with Kenneth Kendall's touring company at a theatre in Crewe. John made his West End debut as an actor in the 1960s when he starred in Ann Veronica.
Career:
In 1970, Inman made his TV debut in the sitcom Two in Clover. In 1972, he landed the role that made him famous, playing camp menswear assistant Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served? The show ran for 10 series until 1985 and was also popular in the United States. He played Mr Humphries in a short-lived Australian version of Are You Being Served? His other TV credits include the sitcoms Odd Man Out and Take a Letter, Mr Jones. He reprised the role of Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served? spin-off Grace and Favour. Inman appeared in more than 40 pantomimes. He died on March 8, 2007, at the age of 71.
Quote:
'I'm free.'
Trivia:
Inman was an accomplished golfer.
Barry Howard
(Performer)
Marie-Ange Brillet
(Performer)
Barney Colehan
(Producer)
