Interesting People—a monthly WTVP series
hosted by Ed Sutkowski—features
half-hour conversations of thoughtful dialogue with ordinary individuals who
have achieved extraordinary measures of success in the arts, business,
communications, education, science and sports.
"Thus, the task is
not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what
nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees."
Nicholas Smith, British Actor, “Are You Being Served?”
Nicholas Smith
British Actor / Are You Being Served?
Episode #503
Host Ed Sutkowski talks with Nicholas Smith who is the the beloved Mr. Rumbold from "Are You Being Served." The interview was recorded during Mr. Smith's recent visit to Peoria.
Original Air Date(s): 12/23/2009
Biographical Information
Nicholas Smith,
British Actor, Are You Being Served?
"No sane man wants his son to become an actor." So says Nicholas Smith quoting his own father.
Nicholas Smith - the character, Mr. Rumbold, of Are You Being Served? fame knew he wanted to become an actor at age seven. A family show produced by his mother gave him a taste of audience applause, and he loved it. Nicholas Smith's daughter, actress, Catherine Russell, continues the family tradition of performing. As a thespian and parent, he recounts - if one can persuade someone to not become an actor, he or she definitely should not; if he or she cannot be persuaded to do otherwise, then acting is the destination.
Watch and discover the beginnings of the mega popular British series Are You Being Served? Tune in to the demands of rehearsal and production schedules. Nicholas Smith compares and contrasts American and British televisions, situation comedy and why performing in Shakespeare's The Tempest is a goal.
[Biographical information as provided by Mr. Sutkowski]
"No sane man wants his son to become an actor." So says Nicholas Smith quoting his own father.
