Granville (Open All Hours) his uncle who is a practical man (and a miser), Granville is a carefree man, yet is treated as if he is still a child. Its never officially revealed how old Granville actually is in the original series, but in series 2, Arkwright does mention a Duke visiting the area in 1949, 9 months before Granville was born, making him around 33 in the 1981 series. By the time of "Still Open All Hours", Arkwright has long died and Granville has inherited the shop as promised by Arkwright, and has a young son, Leroy. Despite their radically different personalities and
Harley Granville-Barker acting. As his career blossomed, he seemed to excel in roles that were a culmination of intelligence and romantic dreaminess. This landed him many roles such as; Tanner in "Man and Superman", Cusins in "Major Barbara", Marchbanks in "Candida", and Dubedat in "The Doctor's Dilemma". To be more specific the Dubedat and Cusins characters were written by George Bernard Shaw with Granville-Barker specifically in mind. However, performing no longer appealed to Granville-Barker so he gave it up in 1911. With an interest for theatre still at heart, he decided to focus on directing. During this time directing was not a