Mr. Humphries is never elaborated upon. Though Mr. Humphries exhibits many of the behaviors typical of a gay stereotype, his true sexual orientation is never explicitly confirmed in the series. The reticence was a necessity given prevailing attitudes at the time the series was produced: after the first five episodes of "Are You Being Served?", a senior BBC executive ordered David Croft to "Get rid of the poof" from the show – Croft declined, saying: "If the poof goes, I go." Many jokes throw Mr Humphries into heterosexual clinches. At one point he is asked to fill in for Mrs. Slocombe at
Mr. Lucky (TV series) Mr. Lucky (TV series) Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from 1959 to 1960 with repeats until September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willie Dante character from "Four Star Playhouse", in which the role was played by studio boss Dick Powell. In the 1960–1961 television season, Howard Duff assumed the role of Willie Dante in the NBC adventure/drama series "Dante". John Vivyan played "Lucky", not "Dante". Mr. Edwards directed and co-wrote the first episode of "Mr. Lucky", and the credits of the first eighteen episodes included the text, "Entire production