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By: 7th November 2012 at 19:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-sad news when i read of this,i grew up watching episodes of Dads army with my grandad, and reaffirming myself with the episodes after my grandad passed away, as a sort of memory to him
the world has lost one of the true acting greats with the basing of "Jonesy" i had hoped one day to meet him and thank him :(
RIP Lance Corporal Jones, Blue skies
By: 7th November 2012 at 19:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes, sad indeed. A very warm and generous man, but great actor, no. I don't think he would have accepted that accolade. He created a character which he played for most of his career, with great success.
By: 7th November 2012 at 19:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The fuzzy wuzzys dont like it up em you know!!!
RIP
x
By: 7th November 2012 at 19:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-DON'T PANIC! Great comic actor, RIP.
By: 7th November 2012 at 22:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Career
Yes, sad indeed. A very warm and generous man, but great actor, no. I don't think he would have accepted that accolade. He created a character which he played for most of his career, with great success.
What do you mean "most of his career"? he was in films going back to 1935, he was only in dads army for 9 years it was only a small part of his varied life.
By: 8th November 2012 at 07:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Great actor and very fondly remembered by me as a kid as Corporal Jones in Dads Army.
Think that only leaves two or three of the original cast still around.
Rob
By: 8th November 2012 at 12:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Sad news. There are only three left, Ian Lavender (Pike), Frank Williams (the vicar) and Bill Pertwee (Warden Hodges)
Martin
By: 8th November 2012 at 12:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What do you mean "most of his career"? he was in films going back to 1935, he was only in dads army for 9 years it was only a small part of his varied life.
Exactly that. Soon after he was demobbed in 1948, I think it was, he started to develop his repertoire of "old men", which proceeded to monopolise the rest of career, with rare exceptions. Dad's Army was ineed a small part of his career, but perhaps you did not see him playing his old men in It's a Square World and subsequently both before and after Dad's Army, in three other TV series. I do concede that he did not play old men whillst in his teens before the war.:)
By: 8th November 2012 at 16:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-dunn
Exactly that. Soon after he was demobbed in 1948, I think it was, he started to develop his repertoire of "old men", which proceeded to monopolise the rest of career, with rare exceptions. Dad's Army was ineed a small part of his career, but perhaps you did not see him playing his old men in It's a Square World and subsequently both before and after Dad's Army, in three other TV series. I do concede that he did not play old men whillst in his teens before the war.:)
You said he created a character (Jonesy) that he played for most of his career, or is that not what you meant, I also saw him on top o pops and a lot
of films (12 before dads army) and tv series, so no he did not play old men for most of his career. Jonesy is just the first thing some people think of when they hear his name.
By: 8th November 2012 at 17:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-You said he created a character (Jonesy) that he played for most of his career, or is that not what you meant, I also saw him on top o pops and a lot
of films (12 before dad army) and tv series, so no he did not play old men for most of his career. Jonesy is just the first thing some people think of when they hear his name.
I made no mention of the name Jonesy at any point in my post, if you read it. I said that he developed one character and played it for most of his career. That character was "an old man" and after Jones is probably best known as Grandad from the TV series and the record. As far as I recall he appeared on Top of the Pops singing Grandad. I think of him long before Dad's Army - I met him several times during It's A Square World.
By: 8th November 2012 at 17:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I made no mention of the name Jonesy at any point in my post, if you read it. I said that he developed one character and played it for most of his career. That character was "an old man" and after Jones is probably best known as Grandad from the TV series and the record. As far as I recall he appeared on Top of the Pops singing Grandad. I think of him long before Dad's Army - I met him several times during It's A Square World.
I think your a bit confused by the word character, Dunn played the character
Jones in Dads Army, I think the word your looking for to discribe the parts were he played old men is Genre.
By: 8th November 2012 at 19:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Sorry I think you are. Clive Dunn finessed an old man as a particular character which he played. Corporal Jones fitted that character. You do not speak of actors playing "genres". It doesn't mean anything in that context. I notice you have not referred to the other points I made in my response.
By: 8th November 2012 at 19:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-dunn
Sorry I think you are. Clive Dunn finessed an old man as a particular character which he played. Corporal Jones fitted that character. You do not speak of actors playing "genres". It doesn't mean anything in that context. I notice you have not referred to the other points I made in my response.
Thats because you are just talking b*llocks:D Jones was the character dunn played, not the other way round, sorry have to leave it there as I don't boil cabbages twice:D
By: 8th November 2012 at 21:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RIP Mr. Dunn
Believe it or not I used to watch Dad's Army all the time and I have one set of episodes on DVD. That show makes me laugh so hard!
Jonesy was certainly a wonderful character and I'm just glad we will forever be able to enjoy his performances on Dad's Army and other shows.
By: 9th November 2012 at 07:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thats because you are just talking b*llocks:D Jones was the character dunn played, not the other way round, sorry have to leave it there as I don't boil cabbages twice:D
Sad to see you resorting to verbal abuse because you are incapable of sensible argument because you are not actually reading what I have written, but merely persisting in making the same blinkered point. You clearly do not know what you are talking about and so it is probably best that you contribute nothing further to this topic. Having spent a few years in the business I think I probably do know what I am talking about
By: 9th November 2012 at 12:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-gents, can we drop the debate, this thread im guessing was created as more of an obit as usual with most that appear on here, not for an argument about whos right and whos wrong
the world lost an excellent actor who was loved by millions, worse yet was the fact a family lost their husband/dad/grandad and all you can do is argue over who was right over, from what i can see, missreadings...?
By: 9th November 2012 at 14:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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the world lost an actor who was loved by millions, worse yet was the fact a family lost their husband/dad/grandad and all you can do is argue over who was right over, from what i can see, missreadings...?
I'll happily go along with that.:)
By: 9th November 2012 at 16:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Drop the invective, chaps....this site is getting as bad as Prune.
By: 9th November 2012 at 16:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-They should use the old butchers truck as his herse.
"Stop, one, two, three - Open, one, two, three, - Insert, one, two, three, Fire! - one, two, three" - or something like that!
By: 9th November 2012 at 16:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Good old boy, brought me a lot of joy.
Thanks Clive.
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By: BSG-75 - 7th November 2012 at 18:50
BBC reports that he passed away at the age of 92.
Rest peacefully Sir, what a fine actor he was, and he was a P.O.W for four years during World War Two.