Rising Damp is remembered fondly for being a Britishsitcom by Eric Chappell, which got here to an finish in 1978.
Airing for 4 years, the sequence was an adaptation of Chappell's stage play The Banana Field.
The sequence adopted Rupert Rigsby (performed by Leonard Rossiter), the seedy landlord of a run-down townhouse.
His numerous tenants make up the opposite stars of the present, together with Alan Moore (Richard Beckinsale) and Ruth Jones (Frances de la Tour).
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Leonard Rossiter - Rupert Rigsby
As the owner of the home, Rupert was identified for his robust right-wing views and his tight-fisted nature.
Actor Leonard Rossiter had a protracted profession and was additionally finest identified for taking part in Reginald Perrin in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin from 1976 to 1979.
He was married twice all through his life, to Josephine Tewson in 1959 and Gillian Raine in 1972.
His final movie look was in Water in 1985, which he had filmed earlier than he died in October 1984, aged 57.
He died from a coronary heart situation while ready to go onstage on the Lyric Theatre in London, the place he was performing within the play, Loot.
Frances de la Tour - Ruth Jones
Ruth was a middle-aged spinster whom Rigsby had a smooth spot for, nonetheless, she discovered his advances annoying.
Actress Frances de la Tour can be identified for her roles in The Historical past Boys and as Madame Olympe Maxime in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Hearth.
The 78-year-old's newest position was within the sequence Professor T in 2021, by which she performed Adelaide.
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Richard Beckinsale - Alan Moore
Alan was a younger medical scholar who was favored by the opposite tenants however Rigsby didn't belief him.
Actor Richard Beckinsale was additionally identified for his roles as Lennie Godber in Porridge and Going Straight.
The daddy of actresses Samantha and Kate Beckinsale died aged simply 31 in March 1979.
He died from coronary artery illness, which had induced the center assault.
Philip Smith - Don Warrington
Philip was a second-generation British African from Croydon who claimed to be the son of an African tribal chief.
Trinidadian-born British actor Don Warrington is at present finest identified for taking part in Commissioner Selwyn Patterson within the sequence Loss of life in Paradise.
He most just lately appeared within the present's spin-off, Past Paradise, when Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) returned to Sainte Marie.
The 71-year-old additionally performed Grandpa within the 2020 sequence The World In response to Grandpa.