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Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard private and junior bank clerk, first portrayed by actor Ian Lavender in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. 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". [3]
He reprised the part of 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. [7] Lavender continued to be associated with Dad's Army, and took part in occasional fan conventions and cast reunions. He made a variety of appearances during 2008 in connection with the 40th ...
Co-writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry during a Dad's Army event at Bressingham Steam Museum, May 2011. Originally intended to be called The Fighting Tigers, Dad's Army was based partly on co-writer and creator Jimmy Perry's experiences in the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV, later known as the Home Guard) [7] [8] and highlighted a somewhat forgotten aspect of defence during the Second World War.
Ian Lavender, who played Private Frank Pike in BBC sitcom Dad’s Army, has died aged 77.. The actor. who died on Friday, was cast in the show in 1969, when he was just 22, and played the role for ...
For the film version of Dad's Army (1971), Liz Fraser was cast as Mrs Pike. [8] This decision was made by the director, Norman Cohen, who wanted a less "homely" actress for the role. [9] The recasting was very controversial and one of the changes imposed by backers Columbia Pictures that added to the unhappiness of the cast.
From getting stuck in a gate to upsetting the Germans, Private Frank Pike often got himself into predicaments. ‘Stupid boy’ – Ian Lavender’s best moments as Private Pike in Dad’s Army ...
Every Dad's Army episode included the following main cast members: Arthur Lowe (Captain George Mainwaring), John Le Mesurier (Sergeant Arthur Wilson), Clive Dunn (Lance Corporal Jack Jones), John Laurie (Private James Frazer), Arnold Ridley (Private Charles Godfrey) and Ian Lavender (Private Frank Pike).
The next morning, Mrs Pike confronts Wilson in Mainwaring's office about Frank's feet and tells him to ask Mainwaring to not let Frank go on any more marches. After his mother storms off, Frank apprises Wilson of a plan to avoid a twenty-mile march on Saturday: swap Mainwaring's boots over for a half a size smaller.