"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"
"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"
"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"
"The Making of Private Pike ""The Making of Private Pike"" is the second episode of the ninth series of the British comedy series ""Dad's Army"" that was originally transmitted on 9 October 1977. Finally, Mainwaring has his own staff car. Pike, still heady from his raspberryade binge, borrows it to drive his new girlfriend to the cinema in Eastgate. Pike's naive and immature nature ruins the date. On the way back, however, and nine miles from Walmington, it runs out of petrol. It takes Pike all night to push it back. It's time for Wilson to have a serious word"
"with the boy. The Making of Private Pike ""The Making of Private Pike"" is the second episode of the ninth series of the British comedy series ""Dad's Army"" that was originally transmitted on 9 October 1977. Finally, Mainwaring has his own staff car. Pike, still heady from his raspberryade binge, borrows it to drive his new girlfriend to the cinema in Eastgate. Pike's naive and immature nature ruins the date. On the way back, however, and nine miles from Walmington, it runs out of petrol. It takes Pike all night to push it back. It's time for Wilson to have"
"Private Walker Private Joe Walker is a fictional black market spiv (or Wholesales Supplier, as he politely puts it) and Home Guard platoon member, portrayed by actor James Beck in the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"". Beck died suddenly in 1973. The character of Walker was possibly one of the most prominent and popular in the show. Following his character's departure (Walker was last mentioned in the episode ""The Recruit"", although he does not appear in this episode) the series attempted to replace him with a war reporter called Private Cheeseman (played by Talfryn Thomas), who had made a previous"
"boy character Private Pike was partly based upon the teenaged Jimmy Perry, who said, ""She didn't go so far as making me wear a scarf, but she came pretty near"". In an interview with the journalist Neil Clark, Perry said: ""It amazes me. I think it’s because it's the thing that all British people savour: we were on our own at that time and we didn’t turn away. ""Dad’s Army"" reminds us of our finest hour."" Perry and Croft continued their collaboration with ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81). Inspired by Perry's wartime experience in the Royal Artillery Concert Party,"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"a talented young actor and following his graduation in 1967 appeared on stage in Canterbury. His first television appearance was as the lead in a Rediffusion play entitled ""Half Hour Story: Flowers at my Feet"" in 1968. In 1968, aged 22, Lavender was cast as Private Pike, the youngest member and 'stupid boy' of the platoon in the BBC sitcom ""Dad's Army"". This made him a household name and gave him the great advantage of working alongside a number of experienced actors during his formative years, helping him to hone his acting skills. He appeared in the entire run of"
"episode was previously the only surviving episode of the second series for almost 30 years, until 2001 when two episodes in the same series Operation Kilt and The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage were discovered. Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret is an episode in the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 22 March 1969. When Mrs Pike mentions having a child around the house again, Wilson gets the wrong idea, and is forced to offer to marry Mrs Pike. When Mrs Pike plans to take in an evacuee, Wilson misunderstands and thinks that"
"Pike, and Frank Williams, who played the vicar. In 2011 a portrait of Pertwee, painted by a local artist, was unveiled in the Dad's Army Museum, Thetford where it now resides. Pertwee was patron of the museum and of the DAAS (Dad's Army Appreciation Society) until his death. Pertwee married Marion Macleod, sister of John and Norman Macleod of the Maple Leaf Four, in 1956. They had a son, Jonathan James Pertwee (born in 1966), who has appeared in various TV programmes. Following the death of his wife, he lived in Topsham, Devon. He was awarded an MBE in the"
"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"
"Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret is an episode in the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 22 March 1969. When Mrs Pike mentions having a child around the house again, Wilson gets the wrong idea, and is forced to offer to marry Mrs Pike. When Mrs Pike plans to take in an evacuee, Wilson misunderstands and thinks that she is pregnant. Mainwaring orders him to marry her, and just as the preparations are under way, Mrs Pike leads in a 10-year-old Cockney evacuee also named Arthur. The wedding doesn't take place. This"
"the director, co-writer and producer of ""Dad's Army"". Croft said that Davies ""hastened to suggest herself for the part. After all, being in the office where the script first saw the light of day, she knew the requirements well."" Davies went to see Croft in order to read for the part. Croft recalled that ""She seemed to be just the right age and type to play the role."" Davies played the doting mother of Private Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Mrs Pike, in 30 episodes of the sitcom, with her story lines mainly involving her relationship with Sergeant Wilson (John Le"
"the series, and in the spinoff film released in 1971. He appeared in 1974 in one episode of ""Man About the House"" (While The Cat's Away) as Mark. In 1983, he revived the role of Private Pike in the BBC Radio sitcom ""It Sticks Out Half a Mile"". The sitcom was a radio sequel to ""Dad's Army"", but ran for only one series. Lavender has continued to be associated with ""Dad's Army"", and still takes part in occasional fan conventions and cast reunions. He made a variety of appearances during 2008 in connection with the 40th anniversary of the series."
"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"
"situation seriously. He would rather play at being a Chicago gangster with the platoon's grenades or Tommy gun. He exasperates Mainwaring but he is humoured by other members, particularly Lance Corporal Jones, Private Godfrey and Private Walker. Pike is one of the most timid members of the group, but was the first in the series to fire on a suspected enemy The Enemy Within the Gates even though it turned out to be a swan. Pike appears sickly and unhealthy, though most of his ""illnesses"" stem from his mother's protectiveness. She usually makes him wears a claret and blue scarf"
"Europe. He later achieved the rank of brigadier general in the American Army and served during the War of 1812, until he was killed during the Battle of York, in April 1813, outside the then British colonial capital of Upper Canada (later Ontario). Pike was born during the Revolutionary War, on January 5, 1779, near Lamberton, now called Lamington in Bedminster, New Jersey, in Somerset County, New Jersey. He would follow in the footsteps of his father, also named Zebulon, who had begun his own career in the military service of the United States beginning in 1775, at the outset"
"beach. However, the Engineer Officer has to eat his words, when Jones produces a mine... Sgt – Save My Boy! Sgt – Save My Boy! (i.e. Sergeant - Save My Boy!) is the fourth episode of the fourth series of the British comedy series ""Dad's Army"" that was originally transmitted on Friday 16 October 1970. During a blackout Pike manages to get himself tangled up on barbed wire on the mined beach. As the tide begins to come in, the platoon undertakes a rescue operation. Mainwaring is giving a lecture on the progress of the war. He remarks that the"
"and the men are almost giddy in anticipation. During an interlude at a church and later at a tavern, the senior non-commissioned officer, Platoon Sergeant Pike (Fess Parker), happens upon acquaintance Private John Reese (Steve McQueen) who has been assigned to his platoon. Reese was a former master sergeant, demoted to private after a court martial, who walks about armed with a distinctive M3 submachine gun. Reese is the quintessential troubled loner, managing to alienate almost everyone in the squad right from the beginning. Unlike his jubilant comrades, the prospect of a long break from combat, perhaps the end of"
"2001. In retirement, Pike has written of his family history. Hew Pike Lieutenant General Sir Hew William Royston Pike (born 24 April 1943) is a retired senior British Army officer known for his service in the Falklands War and for his command in Northern Ireland. The son of army officer Lieutenant General Sir William Pike, Pike was educated at Winchester College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and commissioned into The Parachute Regiment as a second lieutenant on 21 December 1962. He served as a platoon commander in Bahrain and saw active service in the Aden Emergency. He was promoted lieutenant"
"Sgt – Save My Boy! Sgt – Save My Boy! (i.e. Sergeant - Save My Boy!) is the fourth episode of the fourth series of the British comedy series ""Dad's Army"" that was originally transmitted on Friday 16 October 1970. During a blackout Pike manages to get himself tangled up on barbed wire on the mined beach. As the tide begins to come in, the platoon undertakes a rescue operation. Mainwaring is giving a lecture on the progress of the war. He remarks that the Dunkirk evacuation meant that the orphans in the Harris Orphans' Holiday Home Hut on the"
"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"
"similarly categorised: ""I must have dropped off!"". Although Private Godfrey rarely wore his ribbons, he was awarded the usual trilogy of First World War campaign medals (commonly known as ""Pip, Squeak and Wilfred""), in addition to his Military Medal for bravery. He is portrayed by Michael Gambon in the 2016 ""Dad's Army"" film and Bernard Cribbins is currently set to portray Private Godfrey in a series of re-enactments of otherwise lost episodes of Dad's Army. 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"
"Geoffry Morgan Pike Geoffrey Morgan Pike (who writes as Geoff Pike and Pai Kit Fai) is an English-born, naturalized Australian writer and cartoonist. Born in Tottenham, Middlesex on 17 October 1929, to parents Mildred and Robert Pike, he has two siblings Anthony J. Pike and Robert Pike.At age 14 he entered training on the Navy ship Indefatigable, and went to sea in 1945 aged 15. In 1949, Pike emigrated to Australia where he worked in the outback breaking horses, felling trees and sailing aboard deep-sea trawlers before he signed on as an artistic director on many popular cartoons such as"
"the series that Wilson was Pike's father. This was also revealed in the Radio Series (and sequel to Dad's Army) - It Sticks Out Half a Mile where Mainwaring meets Wilson in the branch at Frambourne, where Wilson is the Manager. On chatting to Wilson, he says ""And how's your son?"" Wilson laughs in an embarrassed tone and says that he has left the bank and is now Under Manager. Wilson's tone shows that he must be the father and Mainwaring's question shows that he knows the truth.) His mother is supposedly a widow; it is unclear if there ever"
"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"
"locked out of his own office. A Man of Action A Man of Action is the second episode of the seventh British comedy series ""Dad's Army"" that was originally transmitted on Friday 22 November 1974. A parachute mine has ripped up 100 yards of railway track and the gas and water supplies have been cut, the telephone wires are down and Pike has got his head stuck through the bars of a gate. Mainwaring declares martial law. Jones and Pike are out on patrol and whilst recreating a childhood prank, Pike gets his head stuck in the park gates. Mainwaring"
"costing £5,000, at Frambourne. In order to finance this plan Pike has to approach bank manager Wilson (Le Mesurier), who just happens to be his ""uncle"" (publicly a friend of his mother's, but strongly hinted to the audience to be Pike's father), for a loan. Wilson is blackmailed by Pike (who is no longer the young innocent of ""Dad's Army"") over past indiscretions with a woman named Smith and Wilson suspects the only reason Hodges approached Pike was to get to the bank's money through him. Nevertheless, Pike and Wilson put aside their wartime quarrel with Hodges - more or"
"partly on co-writer and creator Jimmy Perry's experiences in the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV, later known as the Home Guard) and highlighted a somewhat forgotten aspect of defence during the Second World War. Perry was only 17 years old when he joined the 10th Hertfordshire Battalion. His mother did not like him being out at night, and feared he might catch cold; he partly resembled the character of Private Pike. An elderly lance corporal in the 10th Hertfordshire often referred to fighting under Kitchener against the ""Fuzzy Wuzzies"" (Hadendoa), and was the model for Corporal Jones. Other influences included the"
"event the revised cast recorded a 13-episode series. This might have led to more episodes and a second series, had it not been for the sudden death of John Le Mesurier in November 1983. The last ever radio recording of ""Dad's Army"" occurred in 1995, when Jimmy Perry wrote a radio sketch entitled ""The Boy Who Saved England"" for the ""Full Steam A-Hudd"" evening broadcast on Radio 2, transmitted on 3 June 1995 on the occasion of the closure of the BBC's Paris studios in Lower Regent Street. It featured Ian Lavender as Pike, Bill Pertwee as Hodges, Frank Williams"