Rentaghost with limited success, to involve the ghosts in his latest business enterprise. When actor Michael Darbyshire (who played the role of Davenport) died in 1979, Anthony Jackson (Mumford) declined to appear in the next series, leaving Michael Staniforth's Claypole the sole original ghost; Davenport and Mumford's absences were explained at the start of the series by the pair having gone on an extended tour of stately home hauntings. After Mumford's departure, the business was taken over by Harold Meaker and his wife Ethel, who suffered from the various problems the ghosts brought to their lives. The long-suffering neighbours of Rentaghost
T.C. Jester T.C. Jester Dr. Thomas C. Jester was a Baptist pastor and civic leader who impacted the formative years of Houston, TX through his leadership on the Houston City Planning Commission and the board of the Baptist Hospital. His name is bestowed on T.C. Jester Boulevard and T.C. Jester Park in Houston. Born in Camp Hill, Alabama on November 5, 1884 to John and Nancy Talbot Jester, T.C. Jester attended Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas after graduating from Howard College (now Samford University) near Birmingham, AL. He was called to lead the Baptist Temple in the Houston Heights