Arthur Brough

Acting • 1905-02-26 • etersfield, Hampshire, England, UK

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).

Known For

7.4

Are You Being Served?

1972

5.0

Are You Being Served? The Movie

1977

7.0

The Green Man

1956

6.0

Dead Man's Chest

1965

6.4

The Singer Not the Song

1961

5.0

Barnaby Rudge

1960

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Filmography

2005
The Funny Blokes of British ComedyFilm
Mr. Ernest Grainger (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
2001
Great Comedy MomentsFilm
Mr. Ernest Grainger (archive footage)
1977
Are You Being Served? The MovieFilm
Mr. Ernest Grainger
★ 5.0
1975
Royal FlashFilm
King Ludwig of Bavaria
★ 5.9
1974
London ConspiracyFilm
Moorehead (archive footage)
★ 8.5
1972
Are You Being Served?TV
Mr. Grainger • 34 episodes
★ 7.4
1972
ScoopTV
Bentinck • 7 episodes
★ 10.0
1971
The Persuaders!TV
Moorehead • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1971
Upstairs, DownstairsTV
Stallinbrass • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1971
Bless This HouseTV
Mr Sayers • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1971
Jason KingTV
★ 7.8
1970
DoomwatchTV
Sandy Larch • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1970
The Adventures of Don QuickTV
Odin • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
1969
The Main ChanceTV
County Court Judge • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
1968
Dad's ArmyTV
Mr Boyle • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1965
Dead Man's ChestFilm
Groves
★ 6.0
1965
BlackmailTV
Mr. Arbuthnot • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1962
Dial RIXTV
Englishman • 1 episodes
1961
The Singer Not the SongFilm
Farmer
★ 6.4
1960
The ChallengeFilm
Landlord
★ 5.5
1960
Barnaby RudgeTV
★ 5.0
1959
No Hiding PlaceTV
★ 4.8
1959
Too Many CrooksFilm
Old Tramp (uncredited)
★ 7.4
1959
The Night We Dropped a ClangerFilm
Adm. Bewdly
★ 5.8
1956
The Green ManFilm
Landlord
★ 7.0