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
USS Warrington (DD-383) was apparent that "Warrington"s crewmen could not win the struggle to save their ship, and the order went out to prepare to abandon ship. By 12:50, her crew had left "Warrington"; and she went down almost immediately. A prolonged search by "Hyades", , , , , , , , "ATR-9", and "ATR-62" rescued only five officers and 68 men of the destroyer's 20 officers and 301 men. "Warrington"s name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 23 September 1944. "Warrington" earned two battle stars during World War II. USS Warrington (DD-383) USS "Warrington" (DD-383) — a — was the