  trevor gordon bannister (14 august 193414 april 2011) was an english actor best known for having played the womanising junior salesman mr. lucas in the sitcom are you being served? from 1972 to 1979, and for his role as toby mulberry smith in the long-running sitcom last of the summer wine, from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010. ==career== in 1960 bannister appeared on stage at the cambridge theatre in london in billy liar, which starred albert finney. he starred as darkie pilbeam, a wartime spiv, in the 1968 television series the war of darkie pilbeam, and from 1969 to 1970 he appeared as "heavy breathing" in jack rosenthal's sitcom, the dustbinmen. shortly afterwards, he was asked to play mr. lucas in a comedy playhouse pilot called are you being served? and took the part in the series. it was originally intended as a vehicle for him as the average man caught up in the store full of odd characters and baroque customs but, as it developed into more of an ensemble piece, he found his role being greatly reduced as other characters came to the top. in 1972 he appeared as the weak bladdered producer of a local theatre company in "steptoe and son", episode 2 series 7 â "a star is born". he played peter pitt in the 1988 bbc sitcom wyatt's watchdogs. other tv appearances include keeping up appearances, call earnshaw, gideon's way, the saint, the tomorrow people, only on sun
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