Mr. Rumbold

Mr. Rumbold
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Episodes
New actor
Are You Being Served? & Grace and Favour
Portrayed by	Nicholas Smith
Duration	1972–1985; 1992-1993
First appearance	Are You Being Served? (1972)
Last appearance	Grace and Favour (1993)
Created by	Jeremy Lloyd David Croft
Profile
Occupation	Manager
Relationships

Mr Cuthbert Rumbold is a fictional character from the BBC One comedy show, Are You Being Served?. He was played by Nicholas Smith from 1972-1993.

Role

Mr. Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), the manager of the floor, was often mocked for his bald head, jug-ears, and lack of intelligence. In S1E1 it was revealed he previously worked in the hardware department. Nicknamed "Jug Ears", He frequently took slang phrases literally, leading to his formulating far-fetched explanations of incidents between staff members. He often took credit for others' ideas but subsequently tried to deny all involvement when the idea inevitably proved unfavorable. Mr. Rumbold's greatest ambition was to be called to the board of directors at Grace Bros. (he looks up dreamily whenever the word "boardroom" is mentioned). This almost occurred in S3E1 "The Hand Of Fate", whereby he was set to take over the position of another board member and let Captain Peacock have his old job; however, Mr. Grace ends up choosing someone else at the end of the episode. On many occasions, Mr. Rumbold did go out of his way to help his staff, and overall he was concerned with their well-being and making sure their department ran smoothly. There are times when he is very proud of this staff, for example is S6E2 "The Club" when they all want to chip in and decorate the club themselves, or in S7E6 "Anything You Can Do" when the staff proves they can run the canteen much better than the regular workers.

Grace and Favour

Nicholas Smith reprised the role of Mr. Rumbold the spin-off show, Grace and Favour, in 1995 who later reappeared in a few more episodes as his brother as his Spin off character in Are you being Served as his Successor

Predecessor Sir	Manager - Ready Made WearSuccessor	Boss Senior