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Clive Dunn

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Clive Dunn

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Also known as Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn, Robert Bertram Dunn, Robert Dunn

British actor (1920–2012)

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Clive Dunn was a British actor who had a long career in film, television, and theatre from the mid-20th century until his death in 2012. He is best known for his role as the elderly Private Godfrey in the popular British sitcom "Dad's Army," which became a cultural icon in the UK.

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Instance of
human
Family name
Dunn
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Brixton
Place of death
Faro
Occupation
television actor
Educated at
Sevenoaks School
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Instrument
voice
Conflict
World War II
Military branch
British Army
Image
Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951) film.png
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birth name
Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn
date of birth
1920-01-09
date of death
2012-11-06
start of work period
1935-00-00
end of work period
1988-00-00
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Clive Dunn
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Clive Robert Bertram Dunn (born Robert Bertram Dunn; 9 January 1920 – 6 November 2012) 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.

Dunn started his acting career in 1935, but this was interrupted by the Second World War, in which he served as a trooper in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. In 1941, 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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