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The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Walker
"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker" is a missing episode in the British sitcomedy series ''Dad's Army''. It was originally transmitted on 15 March 1969. One of the three missing ''Dad's Army'' episodes, only a few short clips and screenshots survive in the archives. Synopsis To his complete surprise, Walker receives his call-up papers. Mainwaring tries his best to get the authorities to reconsider. Plot When Walker is called up, he applies to the Military Service Hardship Committee, which rejects him on the grounds that he does not keep books for his business. After Jones's attempts to sabotage his medical test fail, Walker is invalided out because he is allergic to corned beef. Cast *Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring *John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson *Clive Dunn as Lance Corporal Jones *John Laurie as Private Frazer *James Beck as Private Walker *Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey *Ian Lavender as Private Pike *Anthony Sharp as Brigadier (War Office) *Diana King as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dad's Army
''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Croft, and originally broadcast on BBC One, BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977. It ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total; a Dad's Army (1971 film), feature film released in 1971, a Dad's Army (stage show), stage show and a Dad's Army#Radio series, radio version based on the television scripts were also produced. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still shown internationally. The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either because of age (hence the title ''Dad's Army''), medical reasons, or by being in Reserved occupation, professions exempt from conscription. Most of the platoon members in ''Dad's Army'' are over military age and the series stars seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Ridley
William Arnold Ridley (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English playwright and actor, known early in his career for writing the 1925 play '' The Ghost Train'' and later in life for the British television sitcom ''Dad's Army'' (1968–77), in which he played the elderly, bumbling Private Godfrey. He also appeared in such ''Dad's Army'' spin-offs as the feature film version and the stage production. Early life William Arnold Ridley was born in Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, the son of Rosa Caroline (née Morrish, 1870–1956) and William Robert Ridley (1871–1931). His father was a gymnastics instructor and ran a boot and shoe shop. He attended the Clarendon School and the Bath City Secondary School where he was a keen sportsman. A graduate of the University of Bristol, he studied in their Education Department, and played Hamlet in a student production. Ridley undertook teaching practice at an Elementary School in Bristol. Military service Ridley was a student t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Characters In Dad's Army
''Dad's Army'' is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and originally broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977. It ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total; a feature film released in 1971, a stage show and a radio version based on the television scripts were also produced. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still shown internationally. The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either because of age (hence the title ''Dad's Army''), medical reasons, or by being in professions exempt from conscription. Most of the platoon members in ''Dad's Army'' are over military age and the series stars several older British actors, including Arnold Ridley, John Laurie, Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier, many of whom had served in World War II in real life. Younger members of the cast included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Bean
Colin Bean (15 April 1926 – 20 June 2009) was an English actor. He was best known for his role as Private Sponge in the BBC comedy series ''Dad's Army''. Early life Born in Wigan, Lancashire, Bean's father played football for local side Wigan Borough, and he attended Wigan Grammar School. Bean's first appearance had been as a shepherd in a school play, and much against his parents' intentions, he took up acting professionally until being called up for National Service. He served for four years in the British Army after World War II, spending some time in Japan, and taking the opportunity to continue his acting by joining the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). After graduating from drama school in 1952, he joined the Sheffield Rep as assistant stage manager; regular theatre work followed. Career His work in ''Dad's Army'' came as a result of working at Watford Rep in 1962 under series co-writer Jimmy Perry as the company's actor-manager, in addition to almost 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lankesheer
Robert Lankesheer (1914–1993) was a British stage, radio and television actor, best known for playing the character Leamington Sparr in the radio soap ''The Dales'' between 1963 and 1966 and Chamberlain in the television series ''Doctor Who'' in 1965. Early life He was born on 28 April 1914 in Southampton, England. Whilst working for the local government in the land registry department he took evening classes and qualified in law. He served in the army during World War II as an officer in the Royal Artillery. After the war he decided to take up acting professionally. Career On stage, in addition to his repertory theatre work, Robert Lankesheer played Sir Henry Burke in ''Templeton'' at the Arts Theatre in 1958 and Mr Quelch between 1960 and 1963 in the Billy Bunter Christmas shows at the Victoria Palace Theatre and Queen's Theatre, London. He had a long association with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, performing roles in ''Carmen'' (1973), ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1974, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Martyn
Lawrence Martyn (22 March 1934 – 7 August 1994) was a British film and television actor known for his comedy performances. Martyn was born in London and was a member of the Parachute Regiment. He worked as a circus performer in his youth before becoming an actor regularly appearing on stage, and in films and TV. He was famous as store maintenance man "Mr. Mash" in the BBC comedy series ''Are You Being Served?'', appearing in the first three series before being replaced by Arthur English. He was unable to continue in this role because he was committed to the television series ''Spring and Autumn'' with Jimmy Jewel. Other TV appearances included ''On the Buses'', '' Look - Mike Yarwood!'', ''Rising Damp'', '' The Detectives'' and ''Grange Hill''. He also played alongside Frankie Howerd in two of his BBC shows, ''Up Pompeii!'' and ''Whoops Baghdad''. Career Martyn replaced Graham Stark in the role of the spiv Private Walker for Series 2 and 3 of the radio version of ''Dad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilda Perry
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Michael Knowles (actor)
Michael Sydney Knowles (born 26 April 1937) is an English actor and scriptwriter who is best known for his roles in BBC sitcoms written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Croft. He often starred alongside Donald Hewlett with whom he first appeared in ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''. They later appeared together in ''Rogue's Rock, Come Back Mrs. Noah'' and ''You Rang, M'Lord?'' In Knowles' writing career, he co-adapted (with Harold Snoad) the radio version of ''Dad's Army'' and writing with Snoad the ''Dad's Army'' spinoff series ''It Sticks Out Half a Mile'' for radio, which became the television series ''High & Dry (1987 TV series), High and Dry''. Early life Knowles attended Bemrose Grammar School for Boys, Derby (now The Bemrose School), where he stayed on into the 6th form and played the lead role in the school's production of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's ''Henry V (play), Henry V.'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Evans (actor)
Albert Edward Walker Evans (4 June 1914 – 20 December 2001) was an English film and television actor. During the Second World War, he served with the British Army in North Africa and Italy, attaining the rank of Captain. Evans featured as Bob Grove in the 1950s soap opera ''The Grove Family'' and played the role of Lionel Petty in ''Coronation Street'' during 1965–66. He also appeared in episodes of ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' The Saint'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Z-Cars'' and ''Dad's Army''. Selected filmography * ''London Belongs to Me'' (1948) – Detective Sergeant Taylor * ''The Small Voice'' (1948) – Police Inspector * '' The Case of Charles Peace'' (1949) – Police Sergeant (uncredited) * '' Mr. Denning Drives North'' (1952) – Second Patrolman * '' Secret People'' (1952) – Plain Clothes Man * '' 13 East Street'' (1952) – Van Driver (uncredited) * '' I Believe in You'' (1952) – Clerk of the Court (uncredited) * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1952) – Chauffeur * ''Cosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Waddington
Patrick William Simpson Waddington (19 August 19014 February 1987) was an English actor, educated at Gresham's School at Holt in Norfolk. He was born and died in York, England. Biography Waddington was the grandson of William Waddington, the piano manufacturer who also took over the management of the Theatre Royal York. After Gresham's School and St John's College, Oxford, he started his career singing, and in the 1930s was in ''That Certain Trio'' with Peggy Cochrane. On stage from 1924, often in upper-class roles, his theatre work included the original West End run of Patrick Hamilton's ''Rope'' in 1929; a lengthy tour of ''My Fair Lady'', as Colonel Pickering, in 1963–1965; and the musical '' Kean'' on Broadway, in 1961. Film and TV included ''The Wooden Horse'' (1950), '' A Night to Remember'' (1958), and two episodes of ''Dad's Army'', as 'The Brigadier'. In 1951 he became General Secretary of TACT (The Actors Charitable Trust) and was headmaster of its children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana King (actress)
Diana King (2 August 1918 – 31 July 1986), also known as Diane King, was an English actress who had a career on British television from 1939 to 1986. Born in Buckinghamshire, in August 1918, she attended the Fay Compton School of Drama, and was a prolific theatre performer during and after World War Two. Television roles King's first television appearance was as a pupil of Tadworth House School in '' Little Ladyship'' in 1939. She continued to appear on television and in films throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In 1961, she appeared in '' The Avengers''. From the 1960s to the early 1980s, she appeared in ''The Benny Hill Show'', ''Crossroads'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''You're Only Young Twice'' and ''Z-Cars''. King was perhaps best known for her many appearances in situation comedies from the 1960s onwards. She had roles in ''Dad's Army'', ''Father, Dear Father'', ''The Liver Birds'', ''Fawlty Towers'' (in the episode " The Wedding Party"), ''George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Sharp
Dennis Anthony John Sharp (16 June 1915 – 23 July 1984) was an English actor, writer and director. Stage career Anthony Sharp was a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( LAMDA) and made his stage debut in February 1938 with HV Neilson's Shakespearean touring company, playing the Sergeant in ''Macbeth'' at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea. Repertory engagements in Wigan, Hastings, Peterborough and Liverpool were followed by war service, after which he resumed his stage career at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate in September 1946, playing Hansell in ''Tangent''. He first appeared in the West End in ''Family Portrait'' at the Strand Theatre in February 1948. Among his many subsequent appearances were '' Cry Liberty'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1950), '' Who Goes There!'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1951), '' For Better, For Worse'' (Comedy Theatre 1952), ''Small Hotel'' (St Martin's Theatre 1955), '' No Time for Sergeants'' (Her Majesty's Theatre 1956), ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
