...g [[John Inman]] that aired for seven episodes on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 27 October to 8 December 1977. It was made by [[Thames Television|Thames Te ...rits his father's [[Rock (confectionery)|rock]] factory in [[Littlehampton|Littlehampton]]. The series revolves around his adventures, which include learning to dri

| death_place = Littlehampton, Arun District, West Sussex, England ...an actor and reciter of comic monologues were soon recognised. Characters from his monologues such as Sam Small, invented by Holloway, and Albert Ramsbott

...hildhood as "a happy time, marred by no ructions or family tensions, apart from the occasional wet sock."<ref>{{harvnb|McCabe|2005|p=14}}</ref> As a child, ...t to be a great straight actor",<ref name=C39/> but noted: "I want to make people laugh. Never mind about ''[[Hamlet]]''. Forget ''[[Richard the Second]]''.

...Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' from 1976 to 1979.<ref name=obit/> ...ned the [[w:Bristol Old Vic|Bristol Old Vic]] and was there for two years, from 1959 to 1961, a time he described as "the bedrock of his career", followed

a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] shown on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk ...es of Jimmy Perry, one of the programme's writers. After being demobilised from the [[British Army|Army]], he was a [[Butlins Redcoats|Redcoat]] at [[Butli

...ed four times and had three children from his first two marriages. He died from a heart attack, aged 54, in 1980. English filmmakers the [[Boulting brother ...particular. He was prone to laziness, but his natural talents shielded him from criticism by his teachers.{{sfn|Moritz|1961|p=371}} Sellers recalled that a