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I think the point is, Loft, Clive Dunn was actually a lot younger than most of the others, apart from Ian Lavender, who's only 66 now. Clive Dunn was only in his late 40s when he started playing that character, believe it or not.
Clive Dunn was born in 1920 and 48 when the series began. The Vicar and the Warden along with Ian Lavendar are I think the only remaining people still alive now.
I'm sure he played a similar character to Jones in Michael Bentine's 'It's a square world' which pre-dated Dad's Army. Surely Mr. Godfrey is still alive?
Arnold Ridley(Pte Godfrey)died in 1984.Was the author of The Ghost Train - play made into a film starring Arthur"hello playmates"Askey.And people actually queued up to see that bollocks at the time.
RIP Clive, I remember seeing him in Richmond open air swimming pool, he must have been in his 50's and was with his kids, who were quite young. He was very friendly and talked to anyone, seemed like a nice man.
Mrs Hants acted in a production of Ghost Train, many years ago (she's still a bit spooky)..and I saw it on stage as well; didn't seem that bad at the time?
Anyway, Clive Dunn, genuinely well-loved I would say...apart from that Grandad song!
always remember poor old walker dying that was a shock and they all admitted it was never the same after that
also fraser (john laurie) stared in henry v with laurence olivier way back he was a proper actor and is said to have hated dads army as it was below himself
also the sarge wilson use to be married to hattie jacques
RIP to a great character and part of a brilliant comedy series.
I think Ian is the lone survivor of the regular crew. The vicar is still alive and I think Bill Pertwee who played the air raid warden is still around too.
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