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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130315183052/http://www.theoldie.co.uk/clive-dunn Last interview, ''The Oldie'']		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130315183052/http://www.theoldie.co.uk/clive-dunn Last interview, ''The Oldie'']
	* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ncwb Clip of Desert Island Discs appearance – 19 June 1971]		* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ncwb Clip of Desert Island Discs appearance – 19 June 1971]

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	Dunn started his acting career in 1935, but this was briefly interrupted by the [[w:Second World War\|Second World War]], where he served as a [[w:Trooper (rank)\|trooper]] in the [[w:4th Queen's Own Hussars]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1941 the regiment was forced to surrender after it was overrun and Dunn was held as a [[w:POW\|POW]] in [[w:Austria\|Austria]] for the next four years.		Dunn started his acting career in 1935, but this was briefly interrupted by the [[w:Second World War\|Second World War]], where he served as a [[w:Trooper (rank)\|trooper]] in the [[w:4th Queen's Own Hussars]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1941 the regiment was forced to surrender after it was overrun and Dunn was held as a [[w:POW\|POW]] in [[w:Austria\|Austria]] for the next four years.
	~~[[File:Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951) film.png\|thumb\|right\|Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951)]]~~
	After the war, Dunn resumed his acting career in [[w:repertory theatre\|repertory theatre]]. He made his first television appearance in 1951 as the man in the pub in ''[[w:Surprise Attack (film)\|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film commissioned by the [[w:Department of Health and Social Care#History\|Ministry of Health]].<ref name="BFI" /> 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 the war, Dunn resumed his acting career in [[w:repertory theatre\|repertory theatre]]. He made his first television appearance in 1951 as the man in the pub in ''[[w:Surprise Attack (film)\|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film commissioned by the [[w:Department of Health and Social Care#History\|Ministry of Health]].<ref name="BFI" /> 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.

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	==Acting career==		==Acting career==
	Dunn resumed his acting career in [[repertory theatre]]. But he soon made his first television appearance.<ref name="Tel o" /> In 1951 he appeared as the man in the pub in ''[[Surprise Attack (film)\|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film produced by the [[Crown Film Unit]] and commissioned by the [[Department of Health and Social Care#History\|Ministry of Health]].<ref name=BFI>{{Cite web\|title=Surprise Attack (1951)\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6939450c\|access-date=14 November 2020\|website=[[British Film Institute\|BFI]]\|language=en}}</ref>		[[File:Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951) film.png\|thumb\|right\|Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951)]]
			Dunn resumed his acting career in [[w:repertory theatre\|repertory theatre]]. But he soon made his first television appearance.<ref name="Tel o" /> In 1951 he appeared as the man in the pub in ''[[Surprise Attack (film)\|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film produced by the [[w:Crown Film Unit\|Crown Film Unit]] and commissioned by the [[Department of Health and Social Care#History\|Ministry of Health]].<ref name=BFI>{{Cite web\|title=Surprise Attack (1951)\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6939450c\|access-date=14 November 2020\|website=[[British Film Institute\|BFI]]\|language=en}}</ref>

	In 1956 and 1957, Dunn appeared in both series of ''[[The Tony Hancock Show]]'' and the army reunion party episode of ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' in 1960. 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.		In 1956 and 1957, Dunn appeared in both series of ''[[The Tony Hancock Show]]'' and the army reunion party episode of ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' in 1960. 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.

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	\| name = Clive Dunn		\| name = Clive Dunn
	\| honorific suffix = {{postnom\|country=GBR\|size=100\|OBE}}		\| honorific suffix = {{postnom\|country=GBR\|size=100\|OBE}}
	\| image = ~~File:~~Clive Dunn ~~in Surprise Attack (1951) film~~.~~png~~		\| image = Clive Dunn.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Dunn in ''[[Surprise Attack (film)\|Surprise Attack]]'' (1951)~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_name = Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn		\| birth_name = Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1920\|1\|9\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1920\|01\|09\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = {{nowrap\|[[Brixton]],<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn\|title=Clive Dunn obituary\|author=Dennis Barker\|work=The Guardian\|date=7 November 2012\|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> [[London]], England}}		\| birth_place = {{nowrap\|[[w:Brixton\|Brixton]],<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn\|title=Clive Dunn obituary\|author=Dennis Barker\|work=The Guardian\|date=7 November 2012\|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> [[w:London\|London]], England}}
	\| death_date = {{nowrap\|{{Death date and age\|2012\|11\|6\|1920\|1\|9\|df=yes}}}}		\| death_date = {{nowrap\|{{Death date and age\|2012\|11\|06\|1920\|01\|09\|df=yes}}}}
	\| death_place = [[Faro, Algarve\|Faro]], [[Algarve]], Portugal		\| death_place = [[w:Faro, Algarve\|Faro]], [[w:Algarve\|Algarve]], Portugal
	\| nationality = British		\| nationality = British
	\| education = [[Sevenoaks School]]		\| education = [[w:Sevenoaks School\|Sevenoaks School]]
	\| alma_mater = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]		\| alma_mater = [[w:Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts\|Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
	\| occupation = {{Flatlist\|		\| occupation = {{Flatlist\|
	* Actor		* Actor
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	\| notable_works = [[#Filmography\|See below]]		\| notable_works = [[#Filmography\|See below]]
	\| television = ''[[Dad's Army]]''		\| television = ''[[Dad's Army]]''
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Patricia Kenyon\|1951\|1958\|end=~~divorced~~}}~~<br />~~{{marriage\|[[Priscilla Morgan]]\|1959}}		\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|
			*{{marriage\|Patricia Kenyon\|1951\|1958\|end=div}}
			*{{marriage\|[[w:Priscilla Morgan\|Priscilla Morgan]]\|1959}}
			}}
	\| children = 2		\| children = 2
	\| module = {{Infobox military person\|embed=yes		\| module = {{Infobox military person\|embed=yes
	\| allegiance = United Kingdom		\| allegiance = United Kingdom
	\| branch = [[Royal Armoured Corps]], [[British Army]]		\| branch = [[w:Royal Armoured Corps\|Royal Armoured Corps]], [[w:British Army\|British Army]]
	\| unit = [[4th Queen's Own Hussars]]		\| unit = [[w:4th Queen's Own Hussars\|4th Queen's Own Hussars]]
	\| rank = [[Trooper (rank)\|Trooper]]		\| rank = [[w:Trooper (rank)\|Trooper]]
	\| battles = [[Battle of Greece]]		\| battles = [[w:Battle of Greece\|Battle of Greece]]
	}}		}}
	\| awards =		\| awards =
	\| relations = [[Gretchen Franklin]] (cousin)		\| relations = [[w:Gretchen Franklin\|Gretchen Franklin]] (cousin)
	}}		}}
	''' Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn''' {{postnom\|country=GBR\|OBE}} (9 January 1920{{spaced ndash}}6 November 2012) was an English actor, artist, author, comedian and singer. Despite being 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 [[British sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]],'' which ran for 9 series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977.<ref name="Tel o">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9662584/Clive-Dunn.html Clive Dunn]. Telegraph (7 November 2012). Retrieved on 4 February 2013.</ref>		''' Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn''' {{postnom\|country=GBR\|OBE}} (9 January 1920{{spaced ndash}}6 November 2012) was an English actor, artist, author, comedian and singer. Despite being 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 [[w:British sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]],'' which ran for 9 series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977.<ref name="Tel o">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9662584/Clive-Dunn.html Clive Dunn]. Telegraph (7 November 2012). Retrieved on 4 February 2013.</ref>

	Dunn started his acting career in 1935, but this was briefly interrupted by the [[Second World War]], where he served as a [[Trooper (rank)\|trooper]] in the [[4th Queen's Own Hussars]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1941 the regiment was forced to surrender after it was overrun 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 (film)\|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film commissioned by the [[Department of Health and Social Care#History\|Ministry of Health]].<ref name="BFI" /> 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.		Dunn started his acting career in 1935, but this was briefly interrupted by the [[w:Second World War\|Second World War]], where he served as a [[w:Trooper (rank)\|trooper]] in the [[w:4th Queen's Own Hussars]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1941 the regiment was forced to surrender after it was overrun and Dunn was held as a [[w:POW\|POW]] in [[w:Austria\|Austria]] for the next four years.
			[[File:Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951) film.png\|thumb\|right\|Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951)]]
			After the war, Dunn resumed his acting career in [[w:repertory theatre\|repertory theatre]]. He made his first television appearance in 1951 as the man in the pub in ''[[w:Surprise Attack (film)\|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film commissioned by the [[w:Department of Health and Social Care#History\|Ministry of Health]].<ref name="BFI" /> 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 skill in playing elderly character roles by playing the lead character Charlie Quick, in the slapstick children's TV series ''Grandad'', from 1979 to 1984.		After ''Dad's Army'' ended, Dunn capitalised on his skill in playing elderly character roles by playing the lead character Charlie Quick, in the slapstick children's TV series ''Grandad'', from 1979 to 1984.

	Dunn retired in 1984 and died in Portugal, aged 92, in 2012, where he had settled in the region of [[Algarve]], on 6 November 2012 as a result of complications from an operation that had taken place earlier that week.		Dunn retired in 1984 and died in Portugal, aged 92, in 2012, where he had settled in the region of [[w:Algarve\|Algarve]], on 6 November 2012 as a result of complications from an operation that had taken place earlier that week.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Born in [[Brixton]], south London, Dunn was the son of actor parents, and the cousin of actress [[Gretchen Franklin]]. Dunn was educated at [[Sevenoaks School]], an independent school for boys (now co-educational). After leaving school, Dunn studied at the independent [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]], in London.		Born in [[w:Brixton\|Brixton]], south London, Dunn was the son of actor parents, and the cousin of actress [[w:Gretchen Franklin\|Gretchen Franklin]]. Dunn was educated at [[w:Sevenoaks School\|Sevenoaks School]], an independent school for boys (now co-educational). After leaving school, Dunn studied at the independent [[w:Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts\|Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]], in London.

	He had a few small film roles in the 1930s. While still attending school, he appeared with [[Will Hay]] in the films ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)\|Boys Will Be Boys]]'' (1935), and ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' (1937). In 1939, he was the stage manager for a touring production entitled ''The Unseen Menace''. However, the detective play was not a success because the billed star of the show, [[Terence De Marney]], did not appear on stage and his dialogue was supplied by a gramophone recording.<ref name="Tel o" />		He had a few small film roles in the 1930s. While still attending school, he appeared with [[Will Hay]] in the films ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)\|Boys Will Be Boys]]'' (1935), and ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' (1937). In 1939, he was the stage manager for a touring production entitled ''The Unseen Menace''. However, the detective play was not a success because the billed star of the show, [[Terence De Marney]], did not appear on stage and his dialogue was supplied by a gramophone recording.<ref name="Tel o" />

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{{Short description|English actor and singer (1920–2012)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Clive Dunn
| honorific suffix = {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|OBE}}
| image = File:Clive Dunn in Surprise Attack (1951) film.png
| caption = Dunn in ''[[Surprise Attack (film)|Surprise Attack]]'' (1951)
| birth_name = Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|1|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Brixton]],<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn|title=Clive Dunn obituary|author=Dennis Barker|work=The Guardian|date=7 November 2012|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> [[London]], England}}
| death_date = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|2012|11|6|1920|1|9|df=yes}}}}
| death_place = [[Faro, Algarve|Faro]], [[Algarve]], Portugal
| nationality = British
| education = [[Sevenoaks School]]
| alma_mater = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
* Actor
* artist
* author
* comedian
* singer}}
| years_active = 1935–1984
| known_for = [[Lance Corporal Jones]]
| notable_works = [[#Filmography|See below]]
| television = ''[[Dad's Army]]''
| spouse = {{marriage|Patricia Kenyon|1951|1958|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Priscilla Morgan]]|1959}}
| children = 2
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = [[Royal Armoured Corps]], [[British Army]]
| unit = [[4th Queen's Own Hussars]]
| rank = [[Trooper (rank)|Trooper]]
| battles = [[Battle of Greece]]
}}
| awards =
| relations = [[Gretchen Franklin]] (cousin)
}}
''' Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn''' {{postnom|country=GBR|OBE}} (9 January 1920{{spaced ndash}}6 November 2012) was an English actor, artist, author, comedian and singer. Despite being 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 [[British sitcom|sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]],'' which ran for 9 series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977.<ref name="Tel o">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9662584/Clive-Dunn.html Clive Dunn]. Telegraph (7 November 2012). Retrieved on 4 February 2013.</ref>

Dunn started his acting career in 1935, but this was briefly interrupted by the [[Second World War]], where he served as a [[Trooper (rank)|trooper]] in the [[4th Queen's Own Hussars]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1941 the regiment was forced to surrender after it was overrun 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 (film)|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film commissioned by the [[Department of Health and Social Care#History|Ministry of Health]].<ref name="BFI" /> 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 skill in playing elderly character roles by playing the lead character Charlie Quick, in the slapstick children's TV series ''Grandad'', from 1979 to 1984.

Dunn retired in 1984 and died in Portugal, aged 92, in 2012, where he had settled in the region of [[Algarve]], on 6 November 2012 as a result of complications from an operation that had taken place earlier that week.

==Early life==
Born in [[Brixton]], south London, Dunn was the son of actor parents, and the cousin of actress [[Gretchen Franklin]]. Dunn was educated at [[Sevenoaks School]], an independent school for boys (now co-educational). After leaving school, Dunn studied at the independent [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]], in London.

He had a few small film roles in the 1930s. While still attending school, he appeared with [[Will Hay]] in the films ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)|Boys Will Be Boys]]'' (1935), and ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' (1937). In 1939, he was the stage manager for a touring production entitled ''The Unseen Menace''. However, the detective play was not a success because the billed star of the show, [[Terence De Marney]], did not appear on stage and his dialogue was supplied by a gramophone recording.<ref name="Tel o" />

==Military service==
With the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Dunn joined the [[British Army]] in 1940. He served as a [[Trooper (rank)|trooper]] in the [[4th Queen's Own Hussars]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Clive Dunn Obituary|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13411725|work=BBC News|date=8 November 2012}}</ref> The regiment was posted to the Middle East arriving on 31 December 1940<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/WarDiaries/4th_Hussars/4thH1940 |title=War Diary of the 4th Hussars in 1940 |access-date=10 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106063300/http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/WarDiaries/4th_Hussars/4thH1940.htm|archive-date=6 January 2007 }}</ref> and as part of the [[1st Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Armoured Brigade]] in the [[6th Division (Australia)|6th Australian Infantry Division]] which fought in the [[Battle of Greece|Greek Campaign]].<ref name=qrh/> Dunn fought in the rearguard action at the [[Corinth canal]] in April 1941. The regiment was forced to surrender after it was overrun and Dunn was among 400 men (including all the regiment's senior officers) who were taken as [[prisoners of war]].<ref name=qrh>{{cite web|url=http://www.qrh.org.uk/history4a.htm|title=History: 4th Queen's Own Hussars|publisher=Queen's Royal Hussars Association|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065225/http://www.qrh.org.uk/history4a.htm|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dunn was held as a POW in [[Austria]] for the next four years. Towards the end of the war, as Germany was losing, the prisoners were force marched into Germany, and on the journey, Dunn got talking to a New Zealand soldier named Bill Hughes. In the 1970s Dunn toured New Zealand, and went to look for Mr. Hughes, only to find he had died a few years earlier. He remained in the army after the war ended, until finally demobilised in 1947.<ref name="Tel o" />

==Acting career==
Dunn resumed his acting career in [[repertory theatre]]. But he soon made his first television appearance.<ref name="Tel o" /> In 1951 he appeared as the man in the pub in ''[[Surprise Attack (film)|Surprise Attack]]'', a short film produced by the [[Crown Film Unit]] and commissioned by the [[Department of Health and Social Care#History|Ministry of Health]].<ref name=BFI>{{Cite web|title=Surprise Attack (1951)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6939450c|access-date=14 November 2020|website=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|language=en}}</ref>

In 1956 and 1957, Dunn appeared in both series of ''[[The Tony Hancock Show]]'' and the army reunion party episode of ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' in 1960. 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 early in his career, his trademark character was that of a doddering old man. This first made an impression in the show ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'', a spin-off from ''[[The Army Game]]''. Dunn played the old [[dogsbody]] Mr. Johnson at a slightly seedy [[Gentlemen's club (traditional)|gentlemen's club]] where the characters Pte. "Bootsie" Bisley ([[Alfie Bass]]) and Sgt. Claude Snudge ([[Bill Fraser]]) find work after leaving the [[British Army|Army]]. In the early 1960s he made regular appearances on ''[[It's a Square World]]'', including as the first parody of [[Doctor Who]] on New Year's Eve 1963.

In 1967, he made a guest appearance in an episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', playing the proprietor of a toy shop in "Something Nasty in the Nursery".

At 48 Dunn was one of the younger members of the ''Dad's Army'' cast 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]] [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]], as well as one of the most decrepit. [[Jack Haig (actor)|Jack Haig]] and [[David Jason]] had previously been considered for the role.<ref name="youtube2005">{{YouTube|4BT0TiXbGNQ}}{{Dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref> His relative youth, compared with most of the cast, meant that he was handed much of the physical comedy in the show, of which many of the other cast members were no longer capable.

Dunn's staunch [[Socialism|socialist]] beliefs often caused him to fall out with [[Arthur Lowe]], who played Captain Mainwaring and who was an active [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]. When Dunn was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1975, it was reported that Lowe would only accept a higher-rated honour from the Queen.<ref>Graham McCann "Dad's Army, The Story of a Classic Television Show" {{ISBN|1-84115-309-5}}</ref>

After ''Dad's Army'' ended, Dunn capitalised on his skill in playing elderly character roles by playing the lead character Charlie Quick, in the slapstick children's TV series ''Grandad'', from 1979 to 1984 (he played the caretaker at a village hall, and sang the lyrics in the theme).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ECdcra6m64&feature=PlayList&p=77168A35E2C6FEAC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=38 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807161303/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ECdcra6m64&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2012-08-07 |url-status=dead|title=Clive Dunn; ''Grandad'' episode part 1|publisher=Youtube.com|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> He had previously had a [[record chart|number one]] [[hit single]] with the song "[[Grandad (song)|Grandad]]" on his 51st birthday in January 1971, accompanied by a children's choir. The song was written by bassist [[Herbie Flowers]]. He performed the song four times on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. The [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of "Grandad", "I Play The Spoons", also received considerable airplay. After cancellation of ''Grandad'' in 1984, he retired to Portugal.<ref>[http://home.btconnect.com/howejam/dadsarmy/news_archive/1992_permissionspeak.htm Permission to Speak, Sir?] Saga magazine (February 1992) accessed 15 February 2007</ref> Following the success of the "Grandad" record, Dunn released several other [[single (music)|singles]], but never hit the charts again.

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1971, when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]].

In 1979 he went on a tour to New Zealand, and performed with the local singer [[Tina Cross]], and also tried to locate Bill Hughes, the Kiwi soldier he had struck up a friendship with on their forced march near the end of the war from Austria back into Germany, but Mr. Hughes was found to have passed away a few years earlier.

==Personal life==
He married fashion model Patricia Kenyon in London in 1951.<ref>GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1951 5c 2884 KENSINGTON – Robert B. Dunn = Patricia Kenyon</ref> The couple divorced in 1958.<ref name="Tel o"/> He married actress Priscilla Pughe-Morgan (born 14 January 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=8567621&c=uk |title=Researcha |publisher=Web.researcha.com |access-date=3 August 2011}}{{dead link|date=January 2016}}</ref> in June 1959.<ref>GRO Register of Marriages: JUN 1959 9c 1654 STRATFORD – Robert B. Dunn = Priscilla M. Pughe-Morgan.</ref> They had two daughters.

A 2006 article described Dunn as having eye trouble and sometimes being unable to see, but otherwise appearing to be in good health.<ref name="robert">{{cite web|title=Don't panic, Arthur!|work=iccoventry|url=http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=16617987&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=don-t-panic--arthur--name_page.html|access-date=26 January 2006}}</ref> 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 spent the last three decades of his life in the [[Algarve]], Portugal, and occupied himself as an artist, painting portraits, landscapes and seascapes, until his sight failed.<ref name="Haynes">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/dads-army-actor-clive-dunn-dies|title=Dad's Army actor Clive Dunn dies|last=Haynes|first=Jonathan|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=7 November 2012|location=London|date=7 November 2012}}</ref>

Dunn was a supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. He claimed his outspoken [[Socialism|socialist]] beliefs often caused conflict with his ''Dad's Army'' co-star, [[Arthur Lowe]], who was a staunch [[Traditionalist conservatism|conservative]]. As a schoolboy, he and his classmates briefly joined the [[British Union of Fascists]], but Dunn left the party once he learned of its [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] ideology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13411725|title=Obituary: Clive Dunn|date=7 November 2012|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

==Death==
Dunn died in [[Algarve]], [[Portugal]] on 6 November 2012 as a result of complications from an operation that had taken place earlier that week. His agent, Peter Charlesworth, said the star would be "sorely missed" and that his death was "a real loss to the acting profession".<ref name="Haynes"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lifestyleuncut.com/film-tv/the-passing-away-of-clive-dunn.html |title=The Passing Away of Clive Dunn by Lifestyle Uncut |publisher=Lifestyleuncut.com |access-date=8 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224085139/http://www.lifestyleuncut.com/film-tv/the-passing-away-of-clive-dunn.html |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref> His death, and those of [[Bill Pertwee]] in 2013, [[Pamela Cundell]] in 2015, and [[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]] in 2022 leaves [[Ian Lavender]] as the only remaining original cast member of [[Dad's Army]].

Frank Williams, who played the Vicar in ''Dad's Army'', said Dunn was always "great fun" to be around. "Of course he was so much younger than the part he played," he told BBC Radio Four. "It's very difficult to think of him as an old man really, but he was a wonderful person to work with – great sense of humour, always fun, a great joy really."<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20239694 |title=BBC News – Clive Dunn, Dad's Army actor, dies aged 92 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=8 November 2012|access-date=7 November 2012}}</ref>

[[Ian Lavender]], who played Private Pike in the show, said: "Out of all of us he had the most time for the fans. Everyone at one time or another would be tempted to duck into a doorway or bury their head in a paper; but not Clive, he always made time for fans."<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

==Filmography==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#a9a9f5;"| Film
|-
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1935 || ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)|Boys Will Be Boys]]'' || Schoolboy watching rugby || Uncredited
|-
|1937 || ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' || Minor role || Uncredited
|-
|1938 || ''[[A Yank at Oxford]]'' || Minor role || Uncredited
|-
|1939 || ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' || Youth || Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2" |1949 || ''[[The Hasty Heart]]'' || MacDougall || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Boys in Brown]]'' || Holdup Man || Uncredited
|-
|1957 || ''[[Treasure Island]]'' || Ben Gunn ||
|-
|1959 || ''[[The Treasure of San Teresa]]'' || Cemetery keeper ||
|-
|1961 || ''[[What a Whopper]]'' || Mr. Slate ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1962 || ''[[She'll Have to Go]]'' || Chemist ||
|-
| ''[[The Fast Lady]]'' || Old Gentleman in Burning House ||
|-
|1963 || ''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]'' || Bandleader ||
|-
|1965 || ''[[You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)|You Must Be Joking!]]'' || Doorman ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967 || ''[[Just like a Woman (1967 film)|Just like a Woman]]'' || Graff von Fischer ||
|-
| ''[[The Mini-Affair]]'' || Tyson ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1968 || ''[[30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia]]'' || Doctor ||
|-
| ''[[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]]'' || Dr. Zimmerman ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1969 || ''[[Crooks and Coronets]]'' || Basil ||
|-
| ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'' || Sommelier ||
|-
|1971 || ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]'' || L.Cpl. Jack Jones ||
|-
|1980 || ''[[The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu]]'' || Keeper of the Keys – London Tower ||
|}

=== Television roles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#a9a9f5;"| Television
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1960–63 || ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'' || Henry Johnson ||
|-
|1963 || ''[[It's a Square World]]'' || various ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Inside George Webley]]'' || Ticket collector || 1 episode
|-
|1968–77 || ''[[Dad's Army]]'' || [[Lance-Corporal Jack Jones]] ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Here Come the Double Deckers]]!'' || Hodge ||
|-
|1974–75 || ''[[My Old Man (TV series)|My Old Man]]'' || Sam Cobbett ||
|-
|1979–84 || ''[[Grandad (TV series)|Grandad]]'' || Charlie Quick ||
|}

===Singles===
* Such a Beauty / Too Old , Parlophone, 1962
* "Grandad" / "I Play the Spoons", Columbia, 1970 (reached No. 1 in the UK in January 1971)
* "My Lady (Nana)" / "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 (Nana)" (reissue), 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" (with [[John Le Mesurier]]), KA Records, 1982.
* "Grandad" (reissue) / "There's No-One Quite Like Grandma", EMI, 1988.

===Non-fiction===
* ''Permission to Speak: an autobiography'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01007402939&indx=1&recIds=BLL01007402939&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=2&dscnt=0&vl(174399379UI0)=creator&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&frbg=&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1352336062301&srt=rank&mode=Basic&dum=true&tb=t&vl(freeText0)=clive+dunn&vid=BLVU1 |title=Permission to speak: an autobiography / Clive Dunn. |publisher=British Library |access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref>
* ''Permission to Laugh: my favourite funny stories'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?mode=Basic&vid=BLVU1&vl(freeText0)=1854792202&fn=search&tab=local_tab& |title=Permission to laugh: my favourite funny stories / Clive Dunn; illustrations by Jessica Dunn |publisher=British Library |access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0242533|Clive Dunn}}
* {{YouTube|YVGR2Y9Fk8I|Clive Dunn Video}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|people|clive_dunn}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130315183052/http://www.theoldie.co.uk/clive-dunn Last interview, ''The Oldie'']
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ncwb Clip of Desert Island Discs appearance – 19 June 1971]

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