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 Stage Career

Stage Appearance  Role Theatre and Notes Date


1930's______1940's______1950's______1960's______1970's______1980's______1990's


Amateur Prewar Theatre
The Aristocrat    
St Joan
Under The Red Robe      
Red Peppers  
Hands Across The Sea 
Prince
Bastard of Orlean’s page
Innkeeper

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Sevenoaks school play, aged 11
Sevenoaks school play, aged 12
Sevenoaks school play, aged 12, first character role 
Italia Conti school (training play)
Italia Conti school (training play)

1931
1932
1932
1936 
1936

Professional… under original name of Robert Dunn                                  

Where The Rainbow Ends
Peter Pan  
Everybody Cheer  
The Unseen Menace
The Importance Of Being
__ Earnest
The Skin Game
Brief Encounter   
Granite  
Mary Rose  
Ways and Means  
Goodness How Sad

Dancing Frog & Flying Dragon
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various parts
small role  
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small role
ticket collector  
small role
small role  
Lord Chapsworth
small role   
Holborn Empire, London - panto, professional debut
touring revue
Touring Review including Gateshead Empire and Luton
Palace Theatre, Birmingham (also stage manager)
Abergaverny Repertory Theatre, Wales, both stage
managing and acting in this six part weekly play series
Abergaverny Repertory Theatre, Wales
Abergaverny Repertory Theatre, Wales
Abergaverny Repertory Theatre, Wales
Abergaverny Repertory Theatre, Wales
Abergaverny Repertory Theatre, Wales  
Abergaverny Repertory Theatre, Wales
Dec 1936
1937?
1938
Easter 1939
1939 
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1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
 Amateur Again… in POW Camp                           
The Skin Game
Glamorous Nights  
The Auctioneer
Gypsy Princess
Stalag XVIIIA Prison (as POW  
Stalag XVIIIA Prison (as POW, female lead!)
1944
1944
Professional Again…now called Clive Dunn

Goody Two Shoes
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Unknown
Concert Party
Various 
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singer
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various
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Palace Theatre, Birmingham, as second tenor in quartet called  the Normandy Singers
Palace Theatre, Birmingham   a pantomime   
Bognor Regis 
Player’s Theatre, London (became regular performer
here from 1947 onwards for many years on and off)
1947
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1947
May – Sep 1947
1947 onwards
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Simple Simon  
Aladdin On Ice
Puss In Boots on Ice
Jack and the Beanstalk   
Cinderella
Dazzle Concert Party  
Billy Milton’s Party
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Conjuring Act   
Simple Simon and Girl Guide
Widow Twankey  
Empress Hall
Muggles  
Broker’s Man, then Ugly Sister 
himself (comedian)
himself (comedian)
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Conjurer
Empress Hall, Earls Court  (theatre on ice and skates!)
unknown venue, ice pantomime 

Chiswick Empire (pantomime)
Streatham Hill Theatre (pantomime)
Esplanade, Bognor Regis
Boltons Theatre Club, Chelsea, then tour to Finsbury
Park, Theatre Royal, Bath & the Pier Pavilion, Brighton
Windmill Theatre, London 
1950’s
1950’s
1952
195?
195?
195?
195?
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195?
Don’t Shoot, Were English 
Don’t Shoot, We’re English 
Bootsie & Snudge
English Music Hall
The Bed Sitting Room
Ridgeways Late Joys
The Underdog 


Henry Beerbohm Johnson

Lord Fortnum
himself 
Hyrcanus
Cambridge Theatre, London, revue
Tour, six weeks including Hull and Newcastle 
Victoria Palace, staged sketch based on the TV show
Prince Charles Theatre for 16 weeks  
Mermaid Theatre, standing in for Spike Milligan  
Players Theatre, London - music hall, recorded for LP
Saville Theatre, London (lead role)
1960  
1960
1961
196?
1963
17 Dec 1963
9 Sep 1965
Aladdin
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To See Such Fun   
Clive Dunn 
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Clive Dunn  
Cinderella 
Dad’s Army
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Dad’s Army
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Dad’s Army
Dad’s Army
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Dad’s Army
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Dad’s Army
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Dad’s Army
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Dad’s Army
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Dad’s Army

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The Chiltern Hundreds
Cinderella
Die Fledermaus    

Emperor of China and L/Cpl Jones
himself?
himself
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himself 
Buttons (?)
L/Cpl Jack Jones
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L/Cpl Jack Jones
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L/Cpl Jack Jones
L/Cpl Jack Jones
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L/Cpl Jack Jones
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L/Cpl Jack Jones
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L/Cpl Jack Jones
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L/Cpl Jack Jones
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L/Cpl Jack Jones
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The Earl

Buttons
Frosch the gaoler   
Theatre Royal, Brighton (pantomime)
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London Palladium, with Tommy Cooper 
cabaret tour including Liverpool, Oxford, Bristol, and
the London Palladium (included bit as L/Cpl Jones
Palace Theatre, Manchester (part of tour above)
Theatre Royal, Norwich (Pantomime)
The Forum Theatre, Billingham
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The Shaftesbury Theatre, London
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The London Palladium
The Opera House, Manchester
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Theatre Royal, Nottingham
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Bradford Alhambra, Bradford
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The Hippodrome, Birmingham
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The Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
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The Winter Gardens, Blackpool

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Theatre Royal, Lincoln
Kings Theatre, Southsea  (Christmas pantomime)
Tour with The English National Opera  
1970
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1971
1970’s
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8–13 Apr 71
28 Dec 1974
4 Sep 1975
- 18 Sep 1975
2 Oct 75
- 21 Feb 76
10 Nov 1975
23 Mar 1976
- 10 Apr 1976
12 Apr 1976
-1 May 1976
3 May 1976
- 15 May 1976
17 May 1976
- 22 May 1976
24 May 1976
-5 June 1976
7 June 1976
- 19 June 1976

21 Feb 1977
1977 - 78
May 1978 
Cinderella 
The Good Old Days of
__ Music Hall    
An Italian Straw Hat
Baron Hardup 
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Venizet
Bournemouth (Christmas Pantomime)
Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
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Shaftesbury Theatre, London
1981 - 82
1986
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Dec 1986
 

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