<P> Douglas Fisher (1941--9 July 2000) was an English actor . He graduated from Oxford University in 1966, with a degree in French and Russian . </P> <P> He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the lovable rogue who occupied the attic apartment in the ITV sitcom Man About the House and played Sammy in the films The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979), opposite Joan Collins . He also appeared in All Our Saturdays, Yes Minister, Home to Roost, Sorry!, Haggard, Goodnight Sweetheart, The Upper Hand, Jonathan Creek and Heartbeat . His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of Oliver Twist . </P>

Who played larry in man about the house