"Zealand in 2004–05, starring Jon English. Several sections of this stage show were filmed and have subsequently been included as extras on the final ""Dad's Army"" DVD. In April 2007, a new stage show was announced with cast members including Leslie Grantham as Private Walker and ""Emmerdale"" actor Peter Martin as Captain Mainwaring. The production contained the episodes ""A Stripe for Frazer"", ""The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker"", ""Room at the Bottom"" and ""The Deadly Attachment"". Many of the TV episodes were remade for BBC Radio 4 with the original cast, although other actors played Walker after James Beck’s"
"mentioned. In the radio adaptations of ""Dad's Army"", Graham Stark stood in until Larry Martyn portrayed Walker for subsequent shows. John Bardon played Walker in the stage production in 1976. James Beck Stanley James Carroll Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English actor who played the role of Private Walker, a cockney spiv, in the BBC sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Stanley James Carroll Beck was born in Islington, North London and attended Popham Road Primary School. His childhood was hard, with his father frequently unemployed and his mother making artificial flowers to provide a small income. After"
"James Beck Stanley James Carroll Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English actor who played the role of Private Walker, a cockney spiv, in the BBC sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Stanley James Carroll Beck was born in Islington, North London and attended Popham Road Primary School. His childhood was hard, with his father frequently unemployed and his mother making artificial flowers to provide a small income. After attending art college and doing his national service as a physical training instructor in the British Army, Beck took up acting. His early roles included Charlie Bell in an episode"
"of Stars. Ian lives in Woolpit, Suffolk. Ian Lavender Arthur Ian Lavender (born 16 February 1946) is an English stage, film and television actor. He is known for his role as Private Pike in the BBC comedy series ""Dad's Army"". He and Frank Williams are the last surviving major cast members. Arthur Ian Lavender was born in Birmingham, England. He attended Bournville Boys Technical School (later Bournville Grammar-Technical School for Boys) where he appeared in many school dramatic productions. From there he went to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with the assistance of a grant from the City of"
"Ian Lavender Arthur Ian Lavender (born 16 February 1946) is an English stage, film and television actor. He is known for his role as Private Pike in the BBC comedy series ""Dad's Army"". He and Frank Williams are the last surviving major cast members. Arthur Ian Lavender was born in Birmingham, England. He attended Bournville Boys Technical School (later Bournville Grammar-Technical School for Boys) where he appeared in many school dramatic productions. From there he went to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with the assistance of a grant from the City of Birmingham. He quickly made his mark as"
"as Sergeant Wilson, Tom Courtenay as Lance Corporal Jones, Michael Gambon as Private Godfrey, Blake Harrison as Private Pike, Daniel Mays as Private Walker and Bill Paterson as Private Frazer. The cast also includes Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sarah Lancashire and Mark Gatiss. The film was mostly made on location in Yorkshire. Filming took place on the beach at North Landing, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and at nearby Bridlington. It opened in February 2016 to negative reviews. In 1975 ""Dad’s Army"" transferred to the stage as a revue, with songs, familiar scenes from the show and individual ""turns"" for cast members. It was"
"second wife was Oonah Veronica Todd-Naylor, with whom he had a daughter. He died aged 83 from emphysema in the Chalfont and Gerrards Cross Hospital, Chalfont St Peter. John Laurie John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor. Throughout a long career, Laurie performed a wide range of theatre and film work. He is perhaps best remembered to modern audiences for his role as Private Frazer in the sitcom ""Dad's Army"" (1968–1977). Laurie appeared in scores of feature films with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell, and Laurence Olivier, generally playing bit-parts rather"
"John Laurie John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor. Throughout a long career, Laurie performed a wide range of theatre and film work. He is perhaps best remembered to modern audiences for his role as Private Frazer in the sitcom ""Dad's Army"" (1968–1977). Laurie appeared in scores of feature films with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell, and Laurence Olivier, generally playing bit-parts rather than leading roles. He was also a stage actor (particularly in Shakespearean roles) and speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. John Paton Laurie was born on 25"
"oddity — amiable enough but also over-reverential and unlikely to leave a lasting impression"". Dad's Army (2016 film) Dad's Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Directed by Oliver Parker, set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. Catherine Zeta-Jones plays an elegant German spy, posing as a journalist, reporting on the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon. The production design was by Simon Bowles, and the cinematography by Christopher Ross. The film was released on 5 February 2016 in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures. DVD and Blu-ray released"
"Dad's Army (2016 film) Dad's Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Directed by Oliver Parker, set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. Catherine Zeta-Jones plays an elegant German spy, posing as a journalist, reporting on the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon. The production design was by Simon Bowles, and the cinematography by Christopher Ross. The film was released on 5 February 2016 in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures. DVD and Blu-ray released in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2016. It received mostly negative reviews from"
"Dad's Army Appreciation Society The Dad's Army Appreciation Society is an organisation dedicated to the British television show ""Dad's Army"". It is run by a small group of individuals and has over 1,700 members. The society was founded in 1993 by Bill Pertwee (who played Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (who played the Vicar) and fans of the show. The society, in association with the Bressingham Steam and Gardens, set up the Dad's Army Collection, which was officially opened on 14 May 2000 by ""Dad's Army"" creators Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Also, Thetford (where much of the show was filmed)"
"a household name. He played the character until 1966, while continuing film work. In 1968 he took up his most famous role, in ""Dad's Army"", written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. His success as this character led to considerable television and theatrical work, which put pressure on his health. Lowe's final years were dominated by alcoholism and illness and he died from a stroke on 15 April 1982, aged 66. Lowe was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire, the only child of Arthur Lowe Sr. (1888–1971) and his wife Mary Annie Ford (1885–1981). His father worked for a railway company and"
"Bill Pertwee William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, (21 July 1926 – 27 May 2013) was an English comedy actor. He played the role of the antagonist Chief ARP Warden Hodges in the sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Pertwee was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire on 21 July 1926. His mother was Brazilian and his English father, James Francis Carter Pertwee, travelled the country as a salesman until he became ill and died in 1938, when Bill Pertwee was 12. The family moved home many times during Pertwee's childhood and he lived in Hereford, Glasbury, Colnbrook, Newbury, Erith, Belvedere, Blackheath, Storrington, Westcliff-on-Sea, Wilmington and Worthing."
"Colin Bean Colin Bean (15 April 1926 – 20 June 2009) was an English actor, best known for his role as Private Sponge in the BBC comedy series ""Dad's Army"". Born in Wigan, Lancashire, Bean's father played football for local side Wigan Borough, and he attended Wigan Grammar School. Bean's first appearance had been as a shepherd in a school play, and much against paternal intentions, he took up acting professionally until being called up for national service. He served for four years in the British Army after World War II, spending some time in Japan, and taking the opportunity"
"by Michael Aspel at the Imperial War Museum. In 2006, he performed in the World Cup song, Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann? Pertwee died aged 86 on 27 May 2013. He had been ill since the previous year and died peacefully at his home in Cornwall. Three days previously he had attended a parade in Thetford (home of the Dad's Army Museum) where spectators and museum volunteers remarked how frail he was looking. His death and that of Pamela Cundell in 2015 leaves only two main surviving ""Dad's Army"" cast members: Ian Lavender, who played Private"
"was offered the role of Private Walker in ""Dad's Army"", originally written by Jimmy Perry for himself. Perry approved of the casting of Beck: ""He had the right mix of cheekiness and charm. He gave the role a bit of oomph."" While popular in the role, Beck yearned for the challenge of other roles. Always in demand, he continued to work on TV programmes including ""A Family at War"" (1970) and ""Romany Jones"" (1972–73), in which he played the lead character of Bert Jones. He also recorded a pilot for an uncommissioned series called ""Bunclarke With an E"" (1973), which"
"Lowe walked in and read for the producers. Lowe, who went on to become most recognised as Captain Mainwaring in sitcom Dad's Army, was already an established actor by the time of his Coronation Street casting, having been in several feature films, but it was his turn as pompous Mr. Swindley that made him a household name in the early 60s. In December 1961, only a year after the show's launch, a strike of the actor's union Equity meant that Lowe, who was not under contract with the show at that point, was forced to leave the series along with"
"Joe Don Baker Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles as a mysterious cowboy drifter in ""Guns of the Magnificent Seven"" (1969), and as a deputy sheriff in the western ""Wild Rovers"" (1971), before receiving worldwide fame for his iconic roles as a mafia hitman in ""Charley Varrick"" (1973), real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the classic action film ""Walking Tall"" (1973), brute force detective Mitchell in ""Mitchell"" (1975), deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in ""Final"
"Janet Davies (actress) Janet Kathleen Davies (14 September 1927 – 22 September 1986) was an English actress best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Pike in the long-running sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Although mainly remembered for her role in ""Dad's Army"", appearing in 30 episodes of the series, she also featured in many other television and film roles including ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", ""All Creatures Great and Small"", ""Last of the Summer Wine"", ""Z-Cars"", ""The Citadel"", ""Pride and Prejudice"", ""Open All Hours"", ""Are You Being Served?"", and in the films ""The Ghost Goes"
"Private Godfrey Private Charles Godfrey MM is a fictional Home Guard platoon member and variously retired assistant in the sports department of the Civil Service Stores (TV) or tailor and assistant in the Army & Navy Stores (radio) portrayed by Arnold Ridley on the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"". and in the 1971 ""Dad's Army"" film. Godfrey was born in 1871, and is a gentle, mild-mannered and kindly old gentleman, though more complex than at first evident. He is the only member of the platoon who has retired. In the episode ""Branded"" it is revealed that he was a conscientious"
"Private Pike Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard private and junior bank clerk; he was appointed as the platoon's information officer by Captain Mainwaring in The Man and the Hour. He is frequently referred to by Captain Mainwaring as ""stupid boy"". In the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"" he was portrayed by Ian Lavender. Pike was born in 1922, and is the youngest of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. Aged 17 when the series begins, he is not old enough to join the army, although presumably he has reached, or is nearing, his 18th birthday when he is about to"
"Captain Mainwaring Captain George Mainwaring () is a fictional character portrayed by Arthur Lowe in the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"". He is the bank manager and Home Guard platoon commander, in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea during the Second World War. He has become widely accepted and regarded as a classic British comic character owing to the popularity of both ""Dad's Army"" and Lowe's portrayal of him. Mainwaring was born in 1885 to Edmund Mainwaring and is a pompous, blustering figure with an overdeveloped sense of his importance, fuelled by his social status in Walmington-on-Sea as the bank"
"the KGB, in six films between 1977 and 1987; and Richard Kiel as Jaws, in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" and ""Moonraker"", assisting 007 in the latter film. Joe Don Baker Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles as a mysterious cowboy drifter in ""Guns of the Magnificent Seven"" (1969), and as a deputy sheriff in the western ""Wild Rovers"" (1971), before receiving worldwide fame for his iconic roles as a mafia hitman in ""Charley Varrick"" (1973),"
"Private Frazer Private James Frazer is a fictional Home Guard platoon member and undertaker portrayed by John Laurie on the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"". He is noted for his catchphrases ""we're doomed!"" and ""Rubbish!"" Frazer was born in 1872 and is a dour, trouble-stirring, exaggerating, wild-eyed Scottish undertaker (formerly the keeper of a philatelist's shop with a hobby of making coffins). He hails from the ""wild and lonely"" Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, an apparently desolate and bleak place that appears to have informed most of his pessimistic, dark tendencies. In several episodes he tells stories of"
"""Guest Appearances"" and ""Letters from Members"". The Society is also publishing an updated version of the 'Dad's Army Companion' to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebrations. The Video and Audio Library features a large selection of video and audio items that can be borrowed by members. Dad's Army Appreciation Society The Dad's Army Appreciation Society is an organisation dedicated to the British television show ""Dad's Army"". It is run by a small group of individuals and has over 1,700 members. The society was founded in 1993 by Bill Pertwee (who played Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (who played the Vicar) and"
"Arthur Lowe Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His career spanned over thirty years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring () in the British sitcom ""Dad's Army"" from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven BAFTAs and became one of the most recognised faces on television. Lowe began his working life shortly before the Second World War (1939–1945) and he featured in many theatrical performances. It was not until he landed the part of Leonard Swindley in the British television soap ""Coronation Street"" that he became"
"(who portrayed the Third Doctor in ""Doctor Who"") and Sean Pertwee, being a second cousin of Michael's and Jon's father, the screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee. He was godfather to one of the sons of his ""Dad's Army"" co-star Ian Lavender. Bill Pertwee William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, (21 July 1926 – 27 May 2013) was an English comedy actor. He played the role of the antagonist Chief ARP Warden Hodges in the sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Pertwee was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire on 21 July 1926. His mother was Brazilian and his English father, James Francis Carter Pertwee, travelled the country"
"Mainwaring refers to Pike as 'stupid boy' as he did in the series.<ref> Private Pike Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard private and junior bank clerk; he was appointed as the platoon's information officer by Captain Mainwaring in The Man and the Hour. He is frequently referred to by Captain Mainwaring as ""stupid boy"". In the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"" he was portrayed by Ian Lavender. Pike was born in 1922, and is the youngest of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. Aged 17 when the series begins, he is not old enough to join the army, although presumably he"
"Talfryn Thomas John Talfryn Thomas (31 October 1922 – 4 November 1982) was a British character actor, best known for supporting roles on television in the 1970s, including those of Private Cheeseman in ""Dad's Army"" (1973-1974) and Tom Price in ""Survivors"" (1975), while Thomas also appeared with Jon Pertwee in two ""Doctor Who"" serials. John Talfryn Thomas was born in Swansea on 31 October 1922. He trained as an instrument mechanic but joined the local amateur dramatic society. During World War II, he joined the Royal Air Force (RAF), and was a rear gunner on a Lancaster bomber, flying on"
"Dad's Army Dad's Army is a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and broadcast on the BBC from 1968 to 1977. The sitcom ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total; there was also a radio version based on the television scripts, a feature film and a stage show. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers, and is still repeated worldwide. The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either because of age (hence the name ""Dad's"
"the Expression"" (1966) and its sequel ""Turn Out the Lights"" (1967). Leonard Swindley was not a role Lowe relished and he longed to move on. During the months he was not playing Swindley, he remained busy on stage or making one-off guest appearances in other TV series such as ""Z-Cars"" (1962) and ""The Avengers"" (1967). In 1968, Lowe was cast in his best remembered role, as Captain Mainwaring in the BBC sitcom ""Dad's Army"" (1968–1977). His colleagues on the show later remarked that the role resembled Lowe, pompous and bumbling; Lowe had a clause written into his contract, specifying that"
"on Joan Le Mesurier's affair with Tony Hancock—with Le Mesurier played by Alex Jennings—and the 2011 ""Hattie"" on Jacques's affair with John Schofield—with Le Mesurier played by Robert Bathurst. In ""We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story"", a 2015 comedy drama about the making of ""Dad's Army"", Le Mesurier was portrayed by Julian Sands. John Le Mesurier John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation comedy ""Dad's Army"" (1968–77). A self-confessed ""jobbing"
"Army"") or by being in professions exempt from conscription. ""Dad's Army"" deals almost exclusively with men over military age, and featured older British actors, including Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Arnold Ridley and John Laurie. Younger members of the cast included Ian Lavender, Clive Dunn (who played the oldest guardsman, Lance Corporal Jones, despite being one of the youngest cast members), and James Beck (who died suddenly during production of the sixth series in 1973). Other regular cast members included Frank Williams as the vicar, and Bill Pertwee as the chief ARP warden. In 2004, ""Dad's Army"" was voted fourth"