Vale: Clive Dunn
Actor Clive Dunn, best known for his role as Lance Corporal "Jonesy" Jones in Dad's Army, has died aged 92.
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Actor Clive Dunn, best known for his role as Lance Corporal “Jonesy” Jones in Dad’s Army, has died aged 92.
He died in Portugal on Tuesday from complications following an operation.
Born in London in January 1920, Dunn began acting in the 1930s until his career was interrupted by World War II, during which he spent four years as a German prisoner.
He would later say that Dad’s Army, which ran from 1968 to 1977, was his revenge on his former captors.
As well as Dad’s Army, he also appeared in Bootsie and Snudge, My Old Man and Grandad. His last screen credit was in a 1984 TV version of Much Ado About Nothing.
But it was his role as Lance Corporal “Jonesy” Jones that was his most famous.
Frank Williams, who played the Vicar on said he 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.
Dunn’s autobiography, Permission to Speak, was titled after one of Jonesy’s catchphrases.
He spent his last three decades in Portugal, where he occupied himself as an artist painting portraits, landscapes and seascapes until his sight failed.
Source: BBC
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8 Responses
Don’t panic! R.I.P Clive Dunn.
Bill Pertwee who played Warden Hodges is still alive. He’s 86.
How sad, I’m more surprised he was alive than he was is now dead.
He was good on Dad’s Army. Which is still funny!
I was suprised to read this morning that Clive Dunn had still been alive.I thought all but Pte Pike had been dead for years.
Well, clearly Frank Williams who played the Vicar is still alive. Unless of course BBC Four held a seance to reach him and get a quote.
sadly miss. Also he had roles in The Avengers,From a Birdeye’s view, Here comes the Double Deckers.
And had hit song called Granddad.Dad’s Army still the funnies comedy around.
Wow, who’d have thought any of the cast (the older ones anyway) would still have been alive in 2012? A great old comic performer. A good life.
I thought the whole cast had passed a while ago. A classic show and Clive was a stand out.
Is Pike the last survivor from the series?