and Death (1969), The Champions-Project Zero (1969), The Twelve Chairs (1970), dubbed in an Italian version of The Canterbury Tales (1972) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) as Hunkston, Sigerson Holmes' servant. He played Mr. Simpkins (a miserable and desperately unattractive leisure centre manager who had rings run around him by two lazy, womanizing Australian criminals who had taken jobs in the leisure centre as a cover for their crimes) in the Sweeney, episode Golden Fleece in 1975. In 1979, he appeared in Worzel Gummidge as Mr Foster, the headmaster of the school. In 1986 he played Sir John Treymayne in the British tour of Me and My Girl, a role played in the West End by his Are You Being Served? co-star Frank Thornton. In 1987 he joined the cast on And There's More and was paired up with Joan Sims for a number of sketches for each episodes as an old couple. He appeared in the TV mini-series Martin Chuzzlewit. In 2005, Smith featured in a supporting role as vicar Clement Hedges in the Academy Award-winning film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, for which he was nominated for an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production. In 2008, he appeared as a vicar in Last of the Summer Wine. In 2010, he appeared in children's TV programme M.I. High as Professor Quakermass. Smith also wrote music and poetry. Personal life and death Smith was the father of actress Catherine Russell. He died on 6 December 2015 following seven weeks of hospitalisation for a head injury from a fall at his home in Sutton, London. Partial filmography Partners in Crime (1961) - Pawn Shop Assistant Doctor Who (1964, season 2) - Resistant Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965) - Fireman (uncredited) Salt and Pepper (1968) - Constable The Saint - "The Fiction-Makers" (1968) - Bishop A Walk with Love and Death (1969) - Pilgrim The Champions- "Project Zero" (1969) - Postmaster. The Twelve Chairs (1970) - Actor in Play The Canterbury Tales (1972) - Friar Are You Being Served? (1972) - Mr. Rumbold Baxter! (1973) - 1st Taxi Driver Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) - Death Wish (uncredited) The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) - Hunkston Are You Being Served? (1977) - Mr. Rumbold Grace & Favour (1992) - Mr.