<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Elizabeth Addyman (1929--1978) (her death) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Joanna Hutton </Td> </Tr> <P> Arthur Brough (born Frederick Arthur Baker; 26 February 1905--28 May 1978) was a British actor, best known for portraying the character of senior menswear salesman Mr. Ernest Grainger on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? </P> <P> The diminutive actor (5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m)) originally wanted to become a teacher, but failed to gain such employment, and worked in a solicitor's office . He found this job too mundane and he began to take an interest in the theatre . After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the mid-1920s . After graduating, he joined a Shakespearean theatrical troupe, where he met his wife - to - be, actress Elizabeth Addyman . After they married, they used their wedding dowry as collateral to rent the Leas Pavilion, a repertory theatre in Folkestone, Kent . They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at Ashford School for Girls . </P>

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