Cast & creator
Arthur Brough
Best known for No Hiding Place, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Persuaders!
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).
Also known as: Frederick Arthur Baker
10
film credits
14
television credits
24
1956–2005 · acting roles
6.8
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (24)
Showing 24 of 24 credits
No Hiding Place
1959
Upstairs, Downstairs
Stallinbrass
1971
The Persuaders!
Moorehead
1971
Dad's Army
Mr Boyle
1968
Are You Being Served?
Mr. Grainger
1972
The Main Chance
County Court Judge
1969
Doomwatch
Sandy Larch
1970
Jason King
1971
Bless This House
Mr Sayers
1971Blackmail
Mr. Arbuthnot
1965
The Adventures of Don Quick
Odin
1970Dial RIX
Englishman
1962Scoop
Bentinck
1972
Barnaby Rudge
1960
The Singer Not the Song
Farmer
1961
Are You Being Served? The Movie
Mr. Ernest Grainger
1977The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Mr. Ernest Grainger (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Royal Flash
King Ludwig of Bavaria
1975
Dead Man's Chest
Groves
1965
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Adm. Bewdly
1959
Too Many Crooks
Old Tramp (uncredited)
1959
The Challenge
Landlord
1960
The Green Man
Landlord
1956
London Conspiracy
Moorehead (archive footage)
1974