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Larry Martyn

2022-02-04T11:07:40Z

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{{Short description|British film and television actor (1934-1994)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Larry Martyn
| image = Larry Martyn AYBS.jpg
| caption = Martyn as Mr. Mash in ''Are You Being Served?''
| birth_name = Lawrence Martyn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|3|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| death_date= {{death date and age|1994|8|7|1934|3|22|df=y}}
| death_place= [[St Mary's Bay, Kent]], England
| spouse= [[Hilary Martyn]]
| years_active= 1950-1992
}}
'''Lawrence Martyn''' (22 March 1934 – 7 August 1994) was a British film and television actor known for his comedy performances.

Martyn was born in London and was a member of the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]]. He was famous as store maintenance man "Mr. Mash" in the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', appearing in the first three series before being replaced by [[Arthur English]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/579093/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Are You Being Served? (1973-85) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> He was unable to continue in this role because he was committed to the television series ''Spring and Autumn'' with [[Jimmy Jewel]].<ref name=bfi/> Other TV appearances included ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[On the Buses]]'', ''[[Mike Yarwood|Look - Mike Yarwood!]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[The Detectives (1993 TV series)|The Detectives]]'' and ''[[Grange Hill]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=25671|title=Larry Martyn|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> He also played alongside [[Frankie Howerd]] in two of his BBC shows, ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' and ''[[Whoops Baghdad]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

==Career ==
Martyn played the role of the [[spiv]] [[Private Walker]] in the radio version of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' after the death of [[James Beck]] in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jpkw|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dad's Army, Series 3, A Man of Action|website=BBC}}</ref> His [[film]] roles included ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]],'' where he had a small part as the promenade rifle-range owner, and ''[[Carry On Behind]]'', where he played an inept electrician who helps wire up the [[public address]] system at the caravan site the film was set in.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fce98e5|title=Larry Martyn|website=BFI}}</ref>

==Death ==
Martyn died on 7 August 1994 at home in [[St Mary's Bay, Kent]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://areyoubeingservedfansite.wetpaint.com/page/Larry+Martyn |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510130930/http://areyoubeingservedfansite.wetpaint.com/page/Larry+Martyn |archive-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=December 2021}} at age 60.

==Filmography==
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* ''[[Idol on Parade]]'' (1959) - Teenager
* ''[[Too Young to Love (film)|Too Young to Love]]'' (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Never Let Go]]'' (1960) - Len
* ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' (1961, TV Series) - Billy Brewster
* ''[[Flame in the Streets]]'' (1961) - Second Corner Boy (uncredited)
* ''[[Partners in Crime (1961 film)|Partners in Crime]]'' (1961) - Pete Lake
* ''[[Never Back Losers]]'' (1961) - Clive Parker
* ''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]'' (1961) - Man at Water Station (uncredited)
* ''[[The Damned (1963 film)|The Damned]]'' (1962) - Teddy Boy (uncredited)
* ''[[On the Beat (1962 film)|On the Beat]]'' (1962) - Yob in Cafe (uncredited)
* ''Breath of Life'' (1963) - Tony
* ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'' (1966) - Chips
* ''[[Up the Junction (film)|Up the Junction]]'' (1968) - Barrow Boy
* ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1970, TV Series) - Verminus / Spurius / Gaoler
* ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971) - Rifle Range Owner
* ''[[For the Love of Ada (film)|For the Love of Ada]]'' (1971, TV Series) - Brian
* ''[[Kindly Leave the Kerb]]'' (1971, TV Series)
* ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' (1972, TV Series) - The Electrician
* ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (1972-1975, TV Series) - Mr. Mash
* ''Spring and Autumn'' (1972-1976, TV Series) - Brian Reid / Joe Dickinson
* ''[[Elementary, My Dear Watson]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Whoops Baghdad]]'' (1973, TV Series) - Derti Dhoti
* ''[[On the Buses]]'' (1973, TV Series) - Fred
* ''[[Mike Yarwood|Look - Mike Yarwood!]]'' (1974-1976, TV Series)
* ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975) - Electrician
* ''[[Don Alfonso]]'' (1975, Music film by [[Mike Oldfield]]) - Don Alfonso
* ''[[A Sharp Intake of Breath]]'' (1980, TV Series) - Barry Penders
* ''[[Omen III: The Final Conflict]]'' (1981) - Orator
* ''[[Grange Hill]]'' (1981, TV Series) - Bus Conductor
* ''West End Tales'' (1981, TV Series) - Checkie
* ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1982, TV Series) - Smith
* ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' (1983, TV Series) - Garage mechanic
* ''[[Slinger's Day]]'' (1986, TV Series) - 1st Man Customer
* ''[[High & Dry (1987 TV series)|High & Dry]]'' (1987, TV Series) - Electricity Board Inspector
* ''[[The Bill]]'' (1989-1993, TV Series) - Pub Landlord / Landlord / Greengrocer / Norman Harris (final appearance)
* ''[[The Detectives (1993 TV series)|The Detectives]]'' (1993, TV Series) - Stable Hand
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/m/martyn_larry.shtml BBC Comedy Guide entry]
*{{IMDb name|0554419}}

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[[Category:British male comedy actors]]

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The Enemy Within the Gates

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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Dad's Army]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 1
| episode = 4
| director = [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]<ref name="Complete A-Z"/>
| story = [[Jimmy Perry]] and David Croft<ref name="Complete A-Z">{{cite book|title=The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army|last1=Croft|first1=David|last2=Perry|first2=Jimmy|last3=Webber|first3=Richard|year=2000|publisher=Orion|isbn=0-7528-4637-X|pages=63,168}}</ref>
| producer = David Croft<ref name="Complete A-Z"/>
| airdate = {{Start date|1968|08|28|df=y}}<ref name="Complete A-Z"/>
| length = 30 minutes
| guests =
| prev = [[Command Decision (Dad's Army)|Command Decision]]
| next = [[The Showing Up of Corporal Jones]]
}}

"'''The Enemy Within the Gates'''" is the fourth episode of the first series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Wednesday 28 August 1968, one week later than planned, due to the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia.

==Synopsis==
A stranger with a suspicious foreign accent convinces Mainwairing's men that he is a Polish officer serving with GHQ who has come to inform them of a £10 reward for every Nazi arrested. While on night patrol, Jones' section capture two German airmen, but Private Godfrey complicates matters by allowing them to escape while they visit the lavatory.

==Plot==
Captain Winogrodzki of the Polish Forces informs the platoon that there will be a £10 reward for every live parachutist captured. Jones, Walker and Pike catch two, who escape and are caught by Winogrodzki, who announces his intention to claim the bounty for himself. But when the prisoners are collected by MPs to be taken to GHQ, Walker convinces the soldiers to take Winogrodzki too, on account of his accent. The platoon spend £5, of their £30 reward, on a celebration dinner.

==Cast==
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*[[Arthur Lowe]] as [[Captain Mainwaring]]
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as [[Sergeant Wilson]]
*[[Clive Dunn]] as [[Lance Corporal Jones]]
*[[John Laurie]] as [[Private Frazer]]
*[[James Beck]] as [[Private Walker]]
*[[Arnold Ridley]] as [[Private Godfrey]]
*[[Ian Lavender]] as [[Private Pike]]
*[[Caroline Dowdeswell]] as [[Janet King (Dad's Army)|Janet King]]
*[[Carl Jaffe]] as Captain Winogrodzki
*Denys Peeks as German pilot
*Nigel Rideout as German pilot
*[[Bill Pertwee]] as [[Chief ARP Warden Hodges|ARP Warden Hodges]]
*David Davenport as Military Police Sergeant
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==Radio episode==
In the radio version of the episode, only one German airman is captured and only £20 bounty is due after Walker persuades the MPs to additionally take Winogrodzki.

==Notes==
#Nigel Rideout was given an extra £10 for writing the German dialogue in the script.<ref name="Complete A-Z"/>
#The episode was scheduled originally to be broadcast on 21 August 1968. However, the BBC cancelled that evening's schedule to cover the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19680822/096/0014|title=A Love Affair in a Night of Crisis|access-date=3 March 2020|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|quote=Out went 'Dad's Army' for a documentary on the Hungarian uprising|page=14|date=22 August 1968}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb episode|0552286}}

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[[Category:1968 British television episodes]]

The Making of Private Pike

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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Dad's Army]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 9
| episode = 2
| director = [[Bob Spiers]]
| story = [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| producer = David Croft
| airdate = 9 October 1977
| length = 30 minutes
| guests =
| prev = [[Wake Up Walmington]]
| next = [[Knights of Madness]]
}}

"'''The Making of Private Pike'''" is the second episode of the ninth and final series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 9 October 1977.

==Synopsis==
Mainwaring now has his own [[staff car]]. Pike, still heady from his raspberryade binge, borrows it to drive his new girlfriend to the cinema in Eastgate. Pike's naive and immature nature ruins the date. On the way back, however, and nine miles from Walmington, it runs out of petrol. It takes Pike all night to push it back. It becomes appropriate for Wilson to have a serious word with the boy.

==Cast==
[[File:Mainwarings Car Bressingham.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Austin 8]] used during filming is now at [[Bressingham Steam and Gardens]]]]
*[[Arthur Lowe]] as [[Captain Mainwaring]]
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as [[Sergeant Wilson]]
*[[Clive Dunn]] as [[Lance Corporal Jones]]
*[[John Laurie]] as [[Private Frazer]]
*[[Arnold Ridley]] as [[Private Godfrey]]
*[[Ian Lavender]] as [[Private Pike]]
*[[Janet Davies (actress)|Janet Davies]] as [[Mavis Pike|Mrs Pike]]
*[[Bill Pertwee]] as [[Chief ARP Warden Hodges|ARP Warden Hodges]]
*[[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]] as [[List of Dad's Army characters#The Reverend Timothy Farthing MA .28Oxon.29|Reverend Timothy Farthing]]
*[[Edward Sinclair]] as [[Maurice Yeatman|The Verger]]
*[[Jean Gilpin]] as Sylvia

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[[Category:1977 British television episodes]]

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