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Pages in category "Dad's Army characters" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Private Frazer; G.
The characters of Dad's Army and their catchphrases are well known in the UK due to the popularity of the series when originally shown and the frequency of repeats. Jimmy Perry recalls that before writing the sitcom, the Home Guard was a largely forgotten aspect of Britain's defence in the Second World War, something which the series rectified.
Stanley James Carroll Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English television actor. He appeared in a number of programmes, but is best known for the role of Private Walker, a cockney spiv, in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army from the show's beginning in 1968 until his sudden death in 1973.
To mark Dad's Army ' s fiftieth anniversary, the Royal Mail issued a set of eight stamps in June 2018. These featured the main characters and their catchphrases, including Warden Hodges's "Put that light out!". [26] In addition, several bobbleheads of the Dad's Army characters have been created by Big Chief Studios, including one of Warden ...
John Laurie believed that taking part in the Dad's Army stage show would prove to be too exhaustive for him, [13] so the part of Frazer was played by Hamish Roughead in the 1975–76 stage production. [3] Bill Paterson played Frazer in the 2016 feature film, [14] while David Hayman portrayed Private Frazer in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes in ...
Actors from the television show 'Dad's Army', (L-R) John Le Mesurier, Arthur Lowe and Clive Dunn, holding their pints of being aloft as they celebrate the West End stage production of their show ...
Jack Jones joined the army as a drummer boy in 1884; thereafter, he served in five military campaigns – the Gordon Relief Expedition to the Sudan (1884–1885), the Anglo-Egyptian Reconquest of the Sudan (1896–1899), the Boer War (1899–1901), where after that he was promoted to Lance Corporal, and the First World War (1914–1918 ...
Dad's Army character: First appearance: The Man and the Hour: Last appearance: Never Too Old: Portrayed by: John Le Mesurier Bill Nighy (2016 film) Robert Bathurst (2019) In-universe information; Title: The Honourable: Occupation: Bank Chief Clerk Sergeant, Royal Artillery Captain, Middlesex Regiment: Relatives: Unnamed Ex-Wife Unnamed Daughter ...