| p:abstract
| - Clive Robert Dunn OBE (born 9 January 1920) is a retired English actor, singer and entertainer best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, and Sam Cobbett in the Yorkshire Television sitcom My Old Man. Born in London, he is the cousin of actress Gretchen Franklin. Dunn played small film roles from the 1930s onwards. After a break for service in the army in World War II, in the course of which he spent four years in prisoner-of-war camps and labour camps in Austria, he worked for many years in music halls and theatres. In 1956 and 1957, Dunn appeared in The Tony Hancock Show. In the 1960s he 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. From an early time his trademark character was that of a doddering old man. This first made an impression in the show Bootsie and Snudge, a spinoff from The Army Game. Dunn played the old dogsbody at a slightly seedy gentlemen's club where the characters Pvt. "Bootsie" Bisley and Sgt. Claude Snudge found work after leaving the Army. In 1967 he made a guest appearance in an episode of The Avengers, playing the proprietor of a toy shop in "Something Nasty in the Nursery". Dunn was actually one of the younger members of the cast, at 48, when he took on the role of the elderly butcher whose military service in earlier wars made him the most experienced member of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard, as well as being one of the most decrepit. Dunn's strong Socialist beliefs often caused him to fall out with Arthur Lowe, who was a committed Conservative and played Captain George Mainwaring. In fact, when the series ended and Dunn finally accepted an OBE, after many offers, it was reported that Lowe would only accept a higher-rated honour from the Queen. After Dad's Army ended, Dunn capitalised on the role by playing the title character in the children's TV series Grandad, from 1979 to 1984. He had previously had a number one hit single with the song "Grandad" in November 1970, accompanied by a children's choir. He performed the song four times on Top of the Pops. The B-side of "Grandad", "I Play The Spoons", also received considerable airplay. After the cancellation of Grandad in 1984, he effectively disappeared from the screen, retiring to Portugal. Following the success of the song "Grandad", Dunn released several other singles. "My Lady " / "Tissue Paper & Comb", Columbia, 1971 "Wonderful Lilly" / "Pretty Little Song", Columbia, 1972 "Let's Take A Walk" / "Tell Us", Columbia, 1972 "Our Song" / "She's Gone", EMI, 1973 "Grandad" / "My Lady ", EMI, 1973 "My Old Man" / "My Own Special Girl", EMI, 1974 "Holding On" / "My Beautiful England", Reprise, 1976 "Goodnight Ruby" / "Thank You and Goodnight", Decca, 1977 "Thinking of You This Christmas" / "'Arry 'Arry 'Arry", Sky Records, 1978 "There Ain't Much Change From A Pound These Days" / "After All These Years", KA Records, 1982. "Grandad" / "There's No-One Quite Like Grandma", EMI, 1988.A 2006 article described Dunn as having eye trouble and sometimes being unable to see, but otherwise he appears to be in good health. In August 2008, he recorded a message for the programme Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army, which was shown to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Dad's Army.He is, along with Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee, Frank Williams, Pamela Cundell and Colin Bean, who played Private Sponge, one of the few surviving members of the Dad's Army cast. He married actress Priscilla Morgan in 1959 and they have two daughters. Dunn and his family all now live in Portugal. (en)
- Clive Dunn (Londen, Engeland, 9 januari 1920) is een Brits acteur, zanger en entertainer die vooral bekend is geworden door zijn rol als Lance-Corporal Jones in de BBC-serie Dad's Army . Dunn werd geboren in Londen in een familie van music hall-artiesten, en is een neef van actrice Gretchen Franklin. Franklin speelde onder meer in Eastenders en was in de serie George & Mildred te zien als de demente moeder van Mildred. Vanaf de jaren dertig speelde Dunn kleine filmrollen. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog was hij zeven jaar militair bij de Britse gemechaniseerde cavalerie. Hij werd in 1941 in Griekenland gevangengenomen en zat vier jaar in een krijgsgevangenenkamp in Oostenrijk. Vanaf de jaren vijftig was hij weer als acteur actief. In de jaren zestig brak hij door als televisieacteur in comedies met Tony Hancock, Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan en Dick Emery en anderen. In 1967 speelde hij een gastrol in aflevering Something Nasty in the Nursery van The Avengers (nl)
- Clive Dunn, född 9 januari 1920 i London, England; brittisk skådespelare. Sedan början på 1960-talet har han spelat gamla gubbar i olika brittiska TV-serier. Han är mest känd för sin roll som korpral Jones i TV-serien Krutgubbar (Dad's Army) 1968-1977, som även var mycket populär i Sverige. 1970 sjöng han in en låt, Grandad, som låg högt på de brittiska hitlistorna. (sv)
- Clive Dunn OBE (s. 9. tammikuuta 1920, Lontoo) on englantilainen näyttelijä, laulaja ja viihdetaiteilija, joka muistetaan parhaiten Jack Jonesin roolistaan tilannekomediassa Ruutiukot . Näyttelijä Gretchen Franklin oli hänen serkkunsa. Popkappaleista Dunnin tunnetuimpiin kuuluu aikoinaan listaykköshitiksi noussut "Grandad" . Hän julkaisi myös useita muita singlejä muun muassa Columbia Recordsilla ja EMI:llä. Dunn vetäytyi vuonna 1984 Portugaliin. Vanhoilla päivillään hänen terveydellinen tilansa on ollut näköongelmia lukuun ottamatta hyvä. Hän asuu yhä Portugalissa aviopuolisonsa Priscilla Morganin kanssa. (fi)
- Clive Dunn (* 9. Januar 1920 in London) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Seine bekannteste Rolle ist die des Lance-Corporal Jones in der BBC-Sitcom Dad's Army. Dunn ist ein Cousin der Schauspielerin Gretchen Franklin. Seine berufliche Karriere begann er in den 1930ern in kleineren Filmrollen. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde er in die Armee einberufen und geriet in vierjährige Kriegsgefangenschaft. Seinen Durchbruch schaffte er erst zu Beginn der 1960er mit Fernsehkomödien. Dunn spielte an der Seite von Tony Hancock, Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan und Dick Emery. Schließlich wurde er 1968 für die Rolle des Jones in Dad's Army verpflichtet, einer Komödie, die die Geschehnisse in der fiktionalen Kleinstadt Warmington-on-Sea an der britischen Südküste während des Zweiten Weltkriegs erzählte. Dunns Rolle war die eines älteren Metzgers, der bereits unter Kitchener im Sudan gedient hatte. Die Erfahrungen, die er damals sammeln konnte, machten ihn zum erfahrensten Mitglied der Home Guard des Ortes, aber auch zum wirrköpfigsten. Nach neun erfolgreichen Jahren lief die Serie 1977 aus. Zwei Jahre später tauchte Dunn in der Fernsehserie Grandad in einer ähnlichen Rolle auf. Mit dem Grandad hatte Dunn bereits 1971 begleitet von einem Kinderchor die Spitze der britischen Singlecharts erreicht. Während der 1980er zog sich Dunn nahezu vollständig vom Bildschirm zurück. (de)
|
![[RDF Data]](http://dbpedia.org/statics/sw-cube.png)
