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name: "John Inman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-inman"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 June 1935"
died: "8 March 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:00.363922+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Inman

Actor. Born 28 June 1935 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 8 March 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 June 1935, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 8 March 2007
- **Active:** 1972–1998
- **Also known as:** Frederick John Inman
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 72 (1), 1990s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1086893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409132/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/92043

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Are You Being Served?*](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md) (72)

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## Biography

Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor, comedian and singer. He trained at Cambridge House and began his career on stage in the late 1940s, later working in retail before returning to acting. He made his West End debut in the 1960s and appeared in several television series before gaining prominence in the 1970s.

Inman is best known for playing the camp menswear assistant Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries in the BBC sitcom *Are You Being Served?* (1972–1985) and its spin-off *Grace & Favour* (1992–1993). He was the only member of the original cast to reprise the role in an Australian version of the series. In 1976 he was named BBC TV Personality of the Year and *TV Times* readers' Funniest Man on Television. He was also a regular pantomime dame in British theatre.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), Fi1m 79, as Lady Capulet in Play — [page](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md)
- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), Fi1m 72, as Mr. Humphries — [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)

## Also known for

- *The Tall Guy* (1989), Himself
- *Are You Being Served? The Movie* (1977), Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries

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