Creator / Arthur English

"Play the music! Open the cage!"

Arthur Leslie Norman English, (9 May 1919 – 16 April 1995), was a British actor best known for playing Mr. Harman in Are You Being Served?.

Although his career started as playing Cockney spiv types on radio, he gravitated towards TV comedy in The '70s. He had a recurring role as Vincent in Doctor in the House and its follow up series (Doctor at Large and Doctor in Charge), and was cast as Mr. Harman the maintenance man in Are You Being Served? to replace the character of Mr. Mash after Larry Martyn had left the show.

He also had a large role as Arthur in the first five series of In Sickness and in Health, a sequel to '70s series Till Death Us Do Part, although he was unavailable for the final series due to health issues.

He died of emphysema at the age of 75.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Film

• Are You Being Served? (1977) — Mr. Harry Harman

Series

• Doctor in the House, 2 episodes^{show list} "It's All in the Little Blue Book", "The Royal Visit" (1970) — Vincent
• Dad's Army, episode "Absent Friends" (1970) — Policeman
• Dixon of Dock Green, 3 episodes:
  • 2 episodes^{show list} "The House in Albert Street", "Knocker" (1970-74) — Knocker White
  • "The Loser" (1972) — Tasty
• Bless This House, episode "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1971) — Traffic Warden
• Coppers End, 3 episodes^{show list} "The Casualty Ward", "Agatha Pilbeam", "The Box of Blood" (1971) — Landlord
• Doctor at Large, 2 episodes^{show list} "Operation Loftus", "Pull the Other One!" (1971) — Vincent
• Doctor in Charge, 2 episodes^{show list} "The Devil You Know", "The Pool" (1972-73) — Vincent
• Are You Being Served?, 48 episodes (1976-85) — Mr. Beverly Harman
• The Sweeney, episode "Taste of Fear" (1976) — Tug Wilson
• Play for Today, episode "Wayne and Albert" (1983) — Albert
• Magnum, P.I., episode "Deja Vu" (1985) — Newspaper Seller

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