"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"
"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"
"Lance Corporal Jones Lance Corporal Jack Jones is a fictional Home Guard platoon lance corporal, veteran of the British Empire and butcher, portrayed by Clive Dunn in the BBC television sitcom ""Dad's Army"". His catchphrases are ""Don't panic!"", ""Permission to speak, sir?"" and ""They don't like it up 'em!"". Jones also often recounts his past military experiences particularly those in Sudan and India and gives a glimpse to the military traditions and events in the concluding years of the 19th century. The backstory invented for Jones suggests that he was born in 1870 in Walmington-on-Sea, the son of George Jones,"
"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"
"John Beck (actor) John Beck (born January 28, 1943) is an American actor and was reared in Joliet, Illinois. He has been married to Tina Carter since April 24, 1971. They have four children. He became known for his role of Mark Graison in CBS's ""Dallas"" during the middle 1980s. He often portrayed hard-ball businessmen. Beck grew up in Chicago. His childhood ambition was to become a veterinarian. However, following his performance in a school play at the age of sixteen, which he had been asked to take part in as a means of overcoming profound shyness, his tutors encouraged"
"politician Valerie Vaz paid tribute to Perry in the House of Commons and was joined, with references to Perry's best known comedy lines, by a number of other Members of Parliament. BBC Two repeated two episodes from Series 9 of ""Dad's Army"" and also one episode of ""Hi-de-Hi"" in Perry's honour. The series continues to be shown regularly on Saturday nights on BBC2, regularly garnering two million viewers. Jimmy Perry James Perry, OBE (20 September 1923 – 23 October 2016) was an English actor and scriptwriter, best known for devising and co-writing the BBC sitcoms ""Dad's Army"" (1968–77), ""It Ain't"
"volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either owing to age or by being in professions that were exempt from conscription (""Dad's Army"" deals almost exclusively with the former), and as such the series mainly featured older British actors, including Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Arnold Ridley and John Laurie. Among relative youngsters in the regular cast were Ian Lavender, Clive Dunn (who played the elderly Jones), Frank Williams, James Beck (who died suddenly during production of the programme's sixth series in 1973) and Bill Pertwee. In 2004, ""Dad's Army"" was voted into fourth place in a BBC poll to find"
"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"
"Jimmy Perry James Perry, OBE (20 September 1923 – 23 October 2016) was an English actor and scriptwriter, best known for devising and co-writing the BBC sitcoms ""Dad's Army"" (1968–77), ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81), ""Hi-De-Hi"" (1980–88) and ""You Rang M'Lord?"" (1988–93), all with David Croft. Perry received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for ""Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?"". Perry was born in Barnes, Surrey. His father, Arthur, was an antiques dealer and he was educated at two independent schools, Colet Court and St Paul's School, which"
"""Dad's Army"" cast he walked in the 100th Birthday parade for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, whose favourite programme it had been. He is the author of several plays, including ""The Playing Fields"" and ""Murder Weekend"", some of which have been performed in the pro-amateur theatre. His autobiography, ""Vicar to Dad's Army: the Frank Williams story"", was published in 2002. Williams is the patron of Veneratio, a charity established to counter the social isolation of the elderly. Frank Williams (actor) Frank Williams (born 2 July 1931) is an English actor best known for playing Timothy Farthing, the vicar in the"
"Frank Williams (actor) Frank Williams (born 2 July 1931) is an English actor best known for playing Timothy Farthing, the vicar in the BBC comedy ""Dad's Army"". He and Ian Lavender are the last surviving major cast members. He reprised the role of Farthing in the 2016 film adaptation of the series. Born in London, Williams was educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex and Hendon School (then Hendon County School). He appeared regularly in the TV series ""The Army Game"" (1957–1960) as Captain Pocket. His film credits include the Norman Wisdom films ""The Square Peg"" (1958), ""The Bulldog Breed"" (1960)"
"hastily written into the script at the last minute by Jimmy Perry and David Croft when Beck became ill. Following this episode the character was never seen, heard from nor referred to again. The character was however written into the radio episode. The Recruit (Dad's Army) ""The Recruit"" is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British television sitcom ""Dad's Army"" that was originally transmitted on 12 December 1973. Captain Mainwaring is indisposed due to an ingrowing toenail, so Sergeant Wilson takes charge temporarily of the platoon. When, however, he allows the vicar and the verger to join"
"loss to the acting profession"". His death, and those of Bill Pertwee in 2013 and Pamela Cundell in 2015, leaves only two surviving major cast members from ""Dad's Army"": Ian Lavender and Frank Williams, the former of whom is the only surviving cast member to have played a character in the platoon. Frank Williams, who played the Vicar in ""Dad's Army"", said Dunn was always ""great fun"" to be around. ""Of course he was so much younger than the part he played,"" he told BBC Radio Four. ""It's very difficult to think of him as an old man really, but"
"1973. Also a one-time champion roller-skater, he was able to perform many of his own stunts in the film ""Rollerball"" without the need for a stunt double. John Beck (actor) John Beck (born January 28, 1943) is an American actor and was reared in Joliet, Illinois. He has been married to Tina Carter since April 24, 1971. They have four children. He became known for his role of Mark Graison in CBS's ""Dallas"" during the middle 1980s. He often portrayed hard-ball businessmen. Beck grew up in Chicago. His childhood ambition was to become a veterinarian. However, following his performance in"
"involving status and superiority themes: in ""Dad's Army"", the social climbing envy of Captain George Mainwaring, to his right-hand man (Sergeant Arthur Wilson) who is of higher status than him; and in Red Dwarf, the working class everyman Dave Lister to the middle class but socially-awkward Arnold Rimmer. However, the most prominent double act is that of an intelligent person and his inferior sidekick, such as Basil and Manuel of ""Fawlty Towers"", Blackadder and Baldrick of ""Blackadder"", or Ted and Father Dougal of the Irish sitcom ""Father Ted"". In recent years, double acts as sitcoms appear to have gone full"
"Randall Park Randall Park (born March 23, 1974) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for portraying North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un in the 2014 film ""The Interview"", Minnesota governor Danny Chung in ""Veep"", Eddie Huang's father, American restaurateur Louis Huang, in ABC's television show ""Fresh Off the Boat"" and most recently, FBI agent Jimmy Woo and Dr. Stephen Shin in the 2018 films ""Ant-Man and the Wasp"" and ""Aquaman"", respectively. Park was born to Korean immigrant parents in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in West Los Angeles. His mother was an accountant at UCLA, and his"
"James Avery (actor) James LaRue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor and poet. A prolific television actor, he is best remembered for his portrayal of patriarch ""Uncle Phil"" Banks in the sitcom ""The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"". His voice acting work was mostly in animated series. Avery was born on November 27, 1945 in Pughsville, Virginia (now part of Suffolk, Virginia), and was raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He served in the Vietnam War as a member of the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1969, after graduating high school. Later on, he moved"
"nearby river. The statue has since been fixed. The British sitcom ""Goodnight Sweetheart"" paid tribute to ""Dad's Army"" in episode one of its second series in 1995, ""Don't Get Around Much Any More"". Here, lead character Gary Sparrow – a time-traveller from the 1990s – goes into a bank in 1941 and meets a bank manager named Mainwaring and Wilson, his chief clerk, both of whom are in the Home Guard. When he hears the names Mainwaring and Wilson, Gary begins singing the ""Dad's Army"" theme song. A brief visual tribute to ""Dad's Army"" is made at the start of"
"Romany Jones Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally designed as a vehicle for James Beck (Private Walker in ""Dad's Army""), involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following Beck's death in August 1973 when he was only 44, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series, and Jonathan Cecil and Gay Soper took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones."
"was to be based on scripts originally written for ""Hancock's Half Hour"" and to see him performing with Arthur Lowe. By 1973, Beck had already recorded five series of ""Dad's Army"" and was working on the sixth, besides working on the radio series of the show. Location filming for series six was completed when Beck suddenly fell ill whilst opening a school fête in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind. He returned home and within an hour was taken to Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton suffering from pancreatitis. He died there three weeks later, aged 44, and was cremated at"
"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"
"Mehcad Brooks Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks (born October 25, 1980) is an American actor and former fashion model. He is known for his roles as Matthew Applewhite in the second season of ABC's series ""Desperate Housewives"" (2005–2006), Jerome in ""The Game"", his leading role as Terrance ""TK"" King in the USA series ""Necessary Roughness"" from 2011 until 2013, and as James Olsen on ""Supergirl"". Brooks was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he attended L.C. Anderson High School. Brooks is the son of ""Austin American-Statesman"" editorial writer Alberta Phillips and former pro football player Billy Brooks; his stepfather is"
"in the United States Army with the 5th Infantry Division. He is frequently cast in numerous Adam Sandler films including ""The Waterboy"", ""Little Nicky"", ""Mr. Deeds"", ""Eight Crazy Nights"", ""50 First Dates"", ""I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"", ""Bedtime Stories"", ""Grown Ups"", and ""That's My Boy"". He has also appeared in numerous television guest appearances including ""Home Improvement"", ""Boy Meets World"", ""The Jamie Foxx Show"", ""The Drew Carey Show"", and ""Girl Meets World"". He was also Fred the chauffeur in ""Remington Steele"". Clark was also the voice of Slinky Dog in ""Toy Story 3"" in place of Jim Varney,"
"sent the script to Michael Mills, the BBC's Head of Comedy and the series was commissioned. In his book ""Dad's Army"", Graham McCann explains that the show owes much to Michael Mills. It was he who renamed the show ""Dad's Army"". He did not like Brightsea-on-Sea, so the location was changed to Walmington-on-Sea. He was happy with the names for the characters Mainwaring, Godfrey and Pike, but not with other names, and he made suggestions: Private Jim Duck became Frazer, Joe Fish became Joe Walker and Jim Jones became Jack Jones. He also suggested adding a Scot. Jimmy Perry had"
"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)"
"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"
"Mum"", ""Hi-de-Hi!"" and ""You Rang, M'Lord?"" Many of the sitcoms Perry co-wrote with Croft drew heavily on his personal experience: at 16 he joined the Watford Home Guard (""Dad's Army""); two years later he was called up into the full-time forces, and was sent to Burma with the Royal Artillery, where he joined the Royal Artillery Concert Party and reached the rank of sergeant (""It Ain't Half Hot Mum""). Demobbed and back in the UK, he trained as an actor at RADA, spending his holidays working as a Redcoat in Butlin's Holiday Camps (""Hi De Hi!""). The ""Dad's Army"" mummy's"
"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"
"Jackson Beck Jackson Beck (July 23, 1912 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's ""The Adventures of Superman"" and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts. Beck was born July 23, 1912, in New York City. Beck's father, Max Beck, was a silent film actor. Beck's early radio experience included work at WINS and WHN, both in New York City. Beginning in 1931, he worked with ""Myrt and Marge"", among other roles. In 1934, he was the announcer for ""The Adventures of Babe Ruth"" on the radio. In"
"That Could"" from Diplomat Records. In 1994, Beck voiced Darrel the Fifth Fish, Hunter #2, Wickersham Guard #2, the Sneetches and Greedy Ape in ""Storybook Weaver"", and later in 2004, remade as ""Storybook Weaver Deluxe"" (his last voice). Beck died of a stroke on July 28, 2004, five days after his 92nd birthday. He is buried in Brooklyn's Mount Hope Cemetery. Jackson Beck Jackson Beck (July 23, 1912 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's ""The Adventures of Superman"" and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts. Beck"
"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"
"Trent Garrett Trent Garrett (born March 2, 1984 in Hampton, Virginia) is an American actor and model. Garrett's film roles include Austin Banks in ""Boost"", Jason in ""Pocket Listing"", and Larry in ""Martial Science"". His role as Asher Pike in 91 episodes of ""All My Children"" was his first major television role. He had a small role in the ABC Family series, ""Make It or Break It"", playing Brad, who is training to go to the 2012 Olympics for cycling. In 2017, he has a recurring role as Bowie, Andi Mack's father in ""Andi Mack"" the Disney Channel original series"