Nicholas Smith

Acting

Nicholas Smith

Born 1934-03-05 · Banstead, Surrey, England, UK

Nicholas John Smith (5 March 1934 - 6 December 2015) was an English comedy actor. He appeared in the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972-1985), playing original character Mr (Cuthbert) Rumbold, the manager of the fictional Grace Brothers department store.

Acting credits

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit poster
7.1

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005

The Canterbury Tales poster
6.1

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

The Canterbury Tales

1972

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother poster
6.0

After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975

Fellini's Casanova poster
6.9

Imprisoned for practicing black magic, writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova escapes and wanders Europe, using his fluid sexuality to find his place in life amid a variety of eccentric and strange characters.

Fellini's Casanova

1976

The Twelve Chairs poster
6.2

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

The Twelve Chairs

1970

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell poster
6.1

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974

Salt & Pepper poster
5.3

After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and uncover an evil plot to overthrow the government. Can our cool, yet inept duo stop the bad guys in time?

Salt & Pepper

1968

What Rats Won't Do poster
5.0

Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has never lost a single case.

What Rats Won't Do

1998

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6.5

Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

The Fiction Makers poster
7.2

Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a secretive recluse named Amos Klein who writes a popular (and lucrative) series of adventure novels about a manly and suave spy.

The Fiction Makers

1968

Baxter! poster
7.2

A young boy struggles to overcome his speech problem and strained relationship with his parents.

Baxter!

1973

Are You Being Served? The Movie poster
5.0

In this feature film version of the popular BBC sitcom, the staff of Grace Brothers go on holiday to Costa Plonka, where they find themselves in the middle of a revolution.

Are You Being Served? The Movie

1977

A Walk with Love and Death poster
5.9

During France’s Hundred Years’ War, a Parisian student seeks refuge by the sea and falls in love with an aristocrat. As they find shelter in a monastery, their romance is overshadowed by the ongoing conflict between peasants and noblemen.

A Walk with Love and Death

1969

The Ghouls poster
3.5

Eric Hayes is a stringer. One notch below the lowest rung of the journalistic ladder. A video vulture preying on police chases, ambulance runs, and random street violence, selling his footage to the highest bidder and living on a steady diet of cigarettes and bloodlust. For years, Eric has lived off of other people's pain and misery. But he's about to discover something beneath the streets of Los Angeles even hungrier for blood than he is. He's about to discover THE GHOULS.

The Ghouls

2003

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
6.3

Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth poster
7.1

The TARDIS arrives in a desolate future London, where the Doctor discovers his old enemies the Daleks have taken control of Earth.

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

1964

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10.0

Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues.

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

Partners in Crime poster
5.7

British crime film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond and John Van Eyssen, loosely based on the 1918 novel "The Man Who Knew" by Edgar Wallace.

Partners in Crime

1961

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' poster
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A look at the making of the Doctor Who story 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' (1964)

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'

2003

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals poster
7.0

Are You Being Served? is one of the most popular and most outrageous British sitcoms of all time. For more than a decade, millions of viewers tuned in for its smutty innuendo and the electric chemistry between the cast. But behind the laughter were plenty of secrets and scandals.

Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals

2022

The Big Man Coughed and Died poster
10.0

Louie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and decides to change his life.

The Big Man Coughed and Died

1966

Another Day, Another Dollar poster
10.0

A new steward on a large passenger liner finds himself subject to "charges" levied by the senior bar steward.

Another Day, Another Dollar

1967