Rising Damp Smith (Don Warrington) is a planning student who claims to be the son of an African Chief. As a black man, he brings out the ill-informed fears and knee-jerk suspicions of Rigsby. However, the landlord quickly accepts his new tenant and henceforth regards him with a wary respect... wary because of Philip's intelligence and smooth manners, and especially because Miss Jones finds herself attracted to the handsome sophisticate. Of these four principal actors, only Beckinsale was a new recruit - the others had all played their roles in the original stage play. In the first series, there was another tenant
Andrew Warrington live on the same street as Nikki. Cook was upset to leave the role but agreed with their decision. He also noted that the character never fitted into the show because he was "relatively normal". Andrew Warrington Andrew Warrington is a fictional character from the British soap opera "Family Affairs", played by Simon Cook. He first appeared onscreen in 2000 and departed the following year after producers decided to write the character out of the show. Andrew is characterised as an intelligent and loving family man. Cook told Alison James from "Soaplife" that "basically he's an intelligent, responsible man who