Actor

Arthur Brough

February 26, 1905 · 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).

Often works with

Laurence Naismith
3 titles together
The Persuaders!, The Singer Not the Song, London Conspiracy
Clifton Jones
3 titles together
The Persuaders!, Jason King, London Conspiracy
John Inman
3 titles together
Are You Being Served?, Are You Being Served? The Movie, The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Harold Bennett
3 titles together
Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army, Are You Being Served? The Movie
Andrew Sachs
3 titles together
Are You Being Served? The Movie, The Night We Dropped a Clanger, The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
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Talfryn Thomas
3 titles together
Dad's Army, Doomwatch, London Conspiracy

Full filmography · 22

Scoop
as Bentinck
1972
Are You Being Served?
as Mr. Grainger
19727.3
Upstairs, Downstairs
as Stallinbrass
19717.8
The Persuaders!
as Moorehead
19717.7
Jason King
cast
1971
The Adventures of Don Quick
as Odin
1970
Doomwatch
as Sandy Larch
1970
The Main Chance
as County Court Judge
1969
Dad's Army
as Mr Boyle
19687.5
Blackmail
as Mr. Arbuthnot
1965
Barnaby Rudge
cast
1960
No Hiding Place
cast
1959