David McCallum, Eric Sykes and Katy Manning. Smethurst appeared in a production of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None in 1999. Smethurst played the "Man in Phone Box" in S5/E8 (1995) of the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. In the episode, Hyacinth Bucket tries to get Smethurst's character to relinquish a public telephone booth, which leads her husband, Richard, to yell at her forcefully for the only time in the entire series. Personal life and death Smethurst married actress Julie Nicholls in 1957. The couple had four children; Perdita, Merry, Jane and Adam. His son Adam, also an actor, is married to the Welsh actress Rakie Ayola. Smethurst died at his home in Chorleywood on 16 February 2022, at the age of 89. Selected filmography References External links 1932 births 2022 deaths 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art British male comedy actors English male stage actors English male television actors Male actors from Manchester People from Collyhurst