John Inman
| John Inman | |
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Inman as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?
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| Born |
Frederick John Inman 28 June 1935 Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 8 March 2007 (aged 71) Paddington, London, England |
| Cause of death | Hepatitis A |
| Residence | Maida Vale, West London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Claridge House |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1965–2004 |
| Television |
Odd Man Out Are You Being Served? Take a Letter, Mr. Jones Grace & Favour |
| Spouse(s) | Ron Lynch (1972–2007) |
Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor and singer best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?, a British sitcom between 1972 and 1985. He was also well known in the United Kingdom as a pantomime dame.
Born in 1935, Inman made his stage debut aged 13. He worked in retail in London as a young adult and after four years left to earn his Equity Card. He made his West End debut in the 1960s, and his television debut in an episode of A Slight Case of ... entitled The Enemy Within in 1965, next appearing in an episode of Two in Clover in 1970. After a successful pilot of Are You Being Served?, Inman played the camp Mr. Humphries in the sitcom from 1972 to 1985. This role made him a household name and won him awards, including BBC TV Personality of the Year. In his later years, Inman became a well known pantomime dame. He died of hepatitis in 2007, aged 71.
Inman was born in 1935 in Preston, Lancashire, and was often said to be a cousin of actress Josephine Tewson, though she has denied the relationship. At the age of 12, Inman moved with his parents to Blackpool where his mother ran a boarding house, while his father owned a hairdressing business. As a child, he enjoyed dressmaking. He was educated at Claridge House in Preston, and then a secondary modern. Inman always wanted to be an actor, and his parents paid for him to have elocution lessons at the local church hall. At the age of 13 he made his stage debut in the Pavilion on Blackpool's South Pier, in a melodrama entitled Freda. Aged 15, he took a job at the pier, making tea, clearing up and playing parts in plays.
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