Clive Dunn

Clive Robert Bertram Dunn However, this name appears neither in his entry in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', citing his birth certificate, nor in ''The London Gazette'' at the time of his OBE; both instead say Bertram.}} (born Robert Bertram Dunn; 9 January 19206 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.

After the war, Dunn resumed his acting career in repertory theatre. He made his first television appearance in 1951 as the man in the pub in ''Surprise Attack'', a short film commissioned by the Ministry of Health. Dunn appeared in both series of ''The Tony Hancock Show'' and made many appearances with Tony Hancock, Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan and Dick Emery, among others, before winning the role of Jones in ''Dad's Army'' in 1968.

After ''Dad's Army'' ended, Dunn capitalised on his reputation for playing elderly character roles by playing the lead character Charlie Quick, in the slapstick children's TV series ''Grandad'', from 1979 to 1984. Provided by Wikipedia