Clive Dunn
Acting
Biography
Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn OBE was an English actor, comedian, artist, author, and singer. He is best known for his role as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran for 9 series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977.
Born: January 9, 1920
Place of Birth: Covent Garden, London, England, UK
Known For
Cilla
A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.
Crooks and Coronets
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
Dad's Army
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
Good Morning, Boys!
Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay’s seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast including Charles Hawtrey and Lilli Palmer.
Idol on Parade
A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
Michael Palin, Clive Dunn and Ian Lavender are among those who contribute to this candid portrait of actor John Le Mesurier.
Bootsie and Snudge
Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman; later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver. The plot follows Former Sergeant Major Claude Snudge meets up with Corporal Bootsie when they both start work at an exclusive Gentlemen's Club. Of the 104 produced episodes, 100 of these survive.
Filmography
as Lcpl. Jack Jones
as Jack Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Verges
as Keeper of the Keys - London Tower
as Sam
as Lance Corporal Jack Jones
as Fred Arnott
as Sommelier
as Basil
as Dr. Zimmerman
as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones
as Doctor
as Self
as Graff von Fischer
as Tyson
as Television studio Doorman
as Self
as Bandleader
as Old Gentleman in Burning House
as Chemist
as Mr. Slate
as Martin
as Henry Beerbohm 'Old' Johnson
as Cemetery Keeper
as Reporter
as Holdup Man
as Man
as MacDougall (uncredited)
as Youth (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Schoolboy watching rugby (uncredited)