Clive Dunn OBE


Born: 9th of January 1920, as Robert Bertram Dunn, at Brixton Road, London

Died: 6th of November 2012, in the Algarve, Portugal aged 92

Parents: Son of Robert Dunn (Bobby Dunn, comedian/baritone) and Connie Clive (comedienne); Grandson of Frank Lynne (Music Hall comedian, Connie’s father) and cousin of Gretchen Franklin (actress)

Married: Clive has had two wives:
- Patricia Kenyon (model): (Marriage dissolved);
- Priscilla Morgan (actress, known as Cilla): 1959 - present day

Children: Daughters, Polly (Restaurateur) and Jessica (Artist)
Grandchild: Jessica’s daughter Alice, born 1996

Books by Clive Dunn:
Permission To Speak (Century Hutchison, 1986, autobiography)
Permission To Laugh (1996, jokes and funny stories)

Acknowledgements:Acknowledgments: Top Of The Pops No 1 Hit Record (with Grandad, 9 January 1971, for 3 weeks): This Is Your Life tribute in 1971
O.B.E. appointed 1974


 
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Clive Dunn's Film Career
Film   Role Notes Date

Boys Will Be Boys
Good Morning Boys
The Treasure Of San Teresa
What A Whopper
She’ll Have To Go   
The Mouse On The Moon
The First Lady 
You Must Be Joking
Just Like A Woman
The Mini-Affair 
The Bliss Of Mrs Blossom
30 Is A Dangerous Age Cynthia   
The Magic Christian  
Crooks And Coronets   
Dad’s Army
The Fiendish Plot Of Dr. Fu Manchu 

 extra, as boy
extra, as schoolboy
Cemetery Keeper  
Mr Slate
Chemist 
The Bandleader
Old Gentleman
Doorman
Graff Von Fischer
Tyson
Dr Zimmerman   
Doctor
Sommelier (wine waiter)
Basil 
L/Cpl Jack Jones
Beefeater ‘Keeper Of Keys'

Film debut, Will Hay film 
Will Hay film, uncredited
aka Hot Money Girls, drama
comedy
aka Maid For Murder  
comedy, also with John Le Mesurier
farce comedy
army comedy, with Arthur Lowe
comedy, as a German architect
comedy 
comedy  
comedy about a night-club pianist   
comedy     
comedy, aka Sophies Place (US)
comedy, television spin-off   
comedy, also with John Le Mesurier

1935
1937
1959
1961
1962
1963
1965
1965
1966
1968
1968
1968
1969
1969
1971
1980

     

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