Died 2012-11-06.
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Clive Dunn
Clive Robert Bertram Dunn was an English actor. Although he was only 48 and one of the youngest cast members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran for nine series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977. As a recording artist, he achieved a number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1971 with "Grandad".
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culture · English actor (1920–2012) · singer · writer · film actor · television actor · painter · actor · also Clive Dunn, Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn, Robert Bertram Dunn, Robert Dunn, Dunn
Born 9 January 1920 · Died 6 November 2012 · Q46053
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2006· 1 entry
A 2006 article described Dunn as having eye trouble and sometimes being unable to see, but otherwise appearing to be in good health.
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1986· 1 entry
“s Army catchphrases. He spent his last 30 or so years in Portugal, where he occupied himself as an artist, painting portraits, landscapes and seascapes until his sight failed. Following are some classic clips of Dunn in action on Dad”
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1975· 1 entry
It was reported that Lowe would only accept a higher-rated honour from the Queen
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1967· 1 entry
Made a guest appearance in an episode of The Avengers, playing the proprietor of a toy shop in "Something Nasty in the Nursery"
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1956· 1 entry
And 1957, Dunn appeared in both series of The Tony Hancock Show and the army reunion party episode of Hancock's Half Hour in 1960
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1951· 2 entries
Appeared as the man in the pub in Surprise Attack, a short film produced by the Crown Film Unit and commissioned by the Ministry of Health
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As the man in the pub in Surprise Attack, a short film commissioned by the Ministry of Health
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1941· 1 entry
The regiment was forced to surrender after it was overrun during the Greek campaign, and Dunn was held as a POW in Austria for the next four years
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1939· 1 entry
Was the stage manager for a touring production entitled The Unseen Menace
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1935· 1 entry
But this was interrupted by the Second World War, in which he served as a trooper in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-01-09.
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