Actor Trevor Bannister, best known for his work in the sitcoms Are You Being Served? and Last Of The Summer Wine, has died aged 76. According to the BBC News website the star suffered a heart attack while working on his allotment in Thames Ditton, Surrey. His brother John Bannister said that Trevor had been doing some repair work on a shed when he was taken ill. "He was a good lad, we were all very fond of him," he told the BBC. Trevor, who trained at the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Arts, appeared in a string of TV shows during his five-decade career. However his most famous role was that of ladies' man Mr Lucas in the hit sitcom Are You Being Served. The hugely popular show ran from 1972-1985 and also made a star of Wendy Richard, who played his colleague Miss Brahms. Trevor led the tributes to Wendy when she died in 2009, and also gave a reading at her funeral. His other screen appearances included The Avengers, The Saint, and Keeping Up Appearances, as well as playing three different characters in Coronation Street. He first appeared in 1967 as decorator Harry Lester, played Ritchie Levitt in 1972, and was the solicitor to Mike and Danny Baldwin in 2006. More recently he had a recurring role in Last Of The Summer Wine as Toby Mulbery-Smith (pictured, left) He is survived by his second wife Pam and sons Simon, Timothy and Jeremy.
