Dad's Army - Clive Dunn Stage

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 __ _	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 _ _ various parts small role __ 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 _ 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 _ Unknown Concert Party Various _	singer _ _ _ various _	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 _ 1947 May – Sep 1947 1947 onwards _
Simple Simon Aladdin On Ice Puss In Boots on Ice Jack and the Beanstalk Cinderella Dazzle Concert Party Billy Milton’s Party _ Conjuring Act	Simple Simon and Girl Guide Widow Twankey Empress Hall Muggles Broker’s Man, then Ugly Sister himself (comedian) himself (comedian) _ 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? _ 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 _ To See Such Fun Clive Dunn _ Clive Dunn Cinderella Dad’s Army _ Dad’s Army _ Dad’s Army Dad’s Army _ Dad’s Army _ Dad’s Army _ Dad’s Army _ Dad’s Army _ Dad’s Army _ The Chiltern Hundreds Cinderella Die Fledermaus	Emperor of China and L/Cpl Jones himself? himself _ himself Buttons (?) L/Cpl Jack Jones _ L/Cpl Jack Jones _ L/Cpl Jack Jones L/Cpl Jack Jones _ L/Cpl Jack Jones _ L/Cpl Jack Jones _ L/Cpl Jack Jones _ L/Cpl Jack Jones _ L/Cpl Jack Jones _ The Earl Buttons Frosch the gaoler	Theatre Royal, Brighton (pantomime) _ 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 _ The Shaftesbury Theatre, London _ The London Palladium The Opera House, Manchester _ Theatre Royal, Nottingham _ Bradford Alhambra, Bradford _ The Hippodrome, Birmingham _ The Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth _ The Winter Gardens, Blackpool _ Theatre Royal, Lincoln Kings Theatre, Southsea (Christmas pantomime) Tour with The English National Opera	1970 _ 1971 1970’s _ 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 _ _ Venizet	Bournemouth (Christmas Pantomime) Kings Theatre, Edinburgh _ Shaftesbury Theatre, London	1981 - 82 1986 _ Dec 1986
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