Clive Dunn

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Clive Dunn OBE (born January 9, 1920 in London , England , † November 6, 2012 in Portugal ) was a British actor . His most famous role is that of Lance-Corporal Jones in the BBC - sitcom Dad's Army .

Life

Dunn was a cousin of actress Gretchen Franklin . He began his professional career in the 1930s in smaller film roles. During the Second World War he was drafted into the army and was imprisoned for four years.

Clive Dunn didn't make his breakthrough until the early 1960s with television comedies . He starred alongside Tony Hancock , Michael Bentine , Dora Bryan and Dick Emery .

Eventually, Dunn was hired to play Jones in Dad's Army in 1968 , a comedy that told the goings-on in the fictional town of Walmington-on-Sea on Britain's south coast during World War II. Dunn's role was that of an elderly butcher who had served under Kitchener in Sudan . The experience he was able to gain at that time made him the most experienced member of the home guard in the area, but also the most confused. After nine successful years, the series ended in 1977.

Two years later, Dunn appeared in a similar role on the television series Grandad . In this series, Dunn had already reached the top of the British singles charts in 1971, accompanied by a children's choir .

During the 1980s, Dunn withdrew almost entirely from the screen. He spent the last three decades of his life in Portugal, where he worked as a landscape painter.

Discography

album

  • 1970: Grandad Requests "Permission to Sing Sir"

Singles

  • 1962: Such a Beauty
  • 1970: Grandad
  • 1971: My Lady (Nana)
  • 1972: Wonderful Lily
  • 1972: Let's Take a Walk (with Polly and Jessica Dunn)
  • 1973: Our Song
  • 1974: My Old Man
  • 1975: Grandad
  • 1976: Holding On
  • 1978: Thinking of You This Christmas
  • 1982: There's Not Much Change (with John Le Mesurier )

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  2. ↑ Clive Dunn, Dad's Army actor, dies aged 92 on BBC News, accessed November 8, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Dunn, Clive
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2012
Place of death Portugal