Nicholas Smith - the last surviving member of the original cast of BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? – has died at the age of 81.
The actor played store manager Mr Rumbold in the show, which ran on BBC One from 1972 to 1985.
"It is with great sadness we can confirm that our client passed away yesterday," his agents at Michelle Braidman Associates said.
"He was a lovely man and a terrific actor. He will be much missed by all who knew him."
Smith's daughter is Catherine Russell, who plays Serena Campbell in Holby City. She tweeted recent footage of him playing piano. She said: "My dad died. But before he did we got this gem. One of his own compositions."
Smith, who died in on Sunday, had been in hospital for seven weeks following a fall at home.
Up to 20 million people tuned in to watch Are You Being Served?
Are You Being Served? was set in the fictitious London department store Grace Brothers and often attracted UK audiences of more than 20 million. Written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, much of its humour was based on innuendo and slapstick.
It also starred John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton and Wendy Richard – who later starred in EastEnders as Pauline Fowler - alongside Smith.
Born in 1934 in Banstead, Surrey, Smith's other TV roles included parts in Doctor Who, The Frost Report, The Saint and The Avengers.
More recently, he was the voice of Reverend Clement Hedges in Wallace & Gromit's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and also appeared as a vicar in Last of the Summer Wine.
Very sadly, my grandfather, Nicholas Smith died on Sunday. But we will keep singing, just like he always did. https://t.co/CPwK0q4r7I
— Sam Russell (@SamRussellComic) December 7, 2015
The BBC recently announced that it would be remaking Are You Being Served? along with other classic sitcoms as a series of 30-minute specials.
The announcement came after the broadcaster announced it was remaking Ronnie Barker's prison sitcom Porridge.
