History Characters / DadsArmy

* TeamDad: Closer to team Grandfather, although Jones is officially the oldest, he never the less has a kindly grandfather feel with all the members of the platoon.

* CloudCuckoolander: Godfrey himself can be somewhat absent minded, but his two sisters seem quite batty.

** Also in the episode where Hodges ups Mrs. Pike's rent but then tells her that she needn't pay it if she'd be "nice to him." Wilson belts him to the approval of the onlooking cast.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesBeck (original series), Daniel Mays (2016 movie), Creator/MathewHorne (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

* PutOnABus: After the death of his actor, Creator/JamesBeck, Walker was mentioned to have gone "up the smoke" in "The Recruit" and never came back.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JanetDavies (original series), Creator/LizFraser (1971 movie), Sarah Lancashire (2016 movie), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/FrankWilliams (original series and 2016 movie)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/PamelaCundell (original series), Alison Steadman (2016 movie)

->'''Played by:''' Robert Raglan (original series), Creator/IanLavender (2016 movie)

->'''Played by:''' Catherine Dowdeswell (original series), Harriet Rhys (1971 movie)

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Series 1, she vanished, barring a quick mention by Pike in "A. Wilson (Manager)?" revealling she still works at Swallow Bank. Her disappearance was probably since her inclusion in the series was purely due to ExecutiveMeddling.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/HaroldBennett

->'''Cissy played by:''' Nan Braunton (Series 2-3), Kathleen Saintsbury (Series 8), Creator/AnnetteCrosbie (2016 movie)

* AdaptionalNiceGuy: In the TV series, she is a profoundly unpleasant person who makes Mainwaring's life a misery. In the 2016 film, she's still gruff, but is ultimately a good-hearted character who does actually care about her husband.

* FatBitch: Although she never appeared onscreen, she was implied to be one as whenever she was in the top bunk of her and Mainwaring's bunk bed, the top mattress sagged down considerably.

* PhraseCatcher: Whenever Mainwaring answered her phone calls, he would start their conversations with a meek "Hello... Elizabeth".
* SexlessMarriage: Implied in "A Soldier's Farewell"; Mainwaring rings her up to let her know that he's got a little surprise for her tonight, but before she can find out what the surprise is (a block of rationed cheese), she hangs up in disgust.

->'''Cissy played by:''' Amy Dalby (Series 2), Joan Cooper (Series 8-9), Creator/AnnetteCrosbie (2016 movie)
->'''Dolly played by:''' Nan Braunton (Series 2-3), Kathleen Saintsbury (Series 8), Julia Foster (2016 movie)

* SuddenNameChange: She was first credited as "Mrs. Casson" when introduced in "The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones", then she was established as the Verger's wife and given the name "Anthea" in "War Dance", then she became Beryl for most of the series, and finally she was called "Tracy" in "Knights of Madness", her final appearance.

* SuddenNameChange: His name was "Norman" at first, but later became "Sidney".

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The two are a little scatty at times, for example, while a runaway barrage balloon is causing chaos in "The Day the Balloon Went Up", Dolly asks the Vicar if it's an act of God.

!!Mrs. Fox

An elderly gent who occasionally gets roped into the ZanySchemes of the platoon and the ARP.

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* ButtMonkey: He tends to be subject to a lot of physical humiliation, although it's mainly his own fault. Often justified in a meta-sense by the fact that, although the oldest character in the show, he was portrayed by one of the youngest actors, and so could withstand a lot more physical duress than the older members of the cast.

* {{Irony}}: A meta-example; the oldest member of the platoon was played by one of the youngest members of the cast.

The second-youngest of the Home Guard, Walker is a spiv from London who often makes deals and offers to other characters to make money. Most of his goods can be used for the war effort. The character was dropped from the show after the death of his actor (although other actors played him in a radio SpinOff).

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: His actor sadly passed away, leading the character to disappear, apparently gone to London to cut a deal.

* PutOnABus: After the death of his actor.

* ButtMonkey: He gets soaked, shoved into mud, hit by oncoming obstacles, forced to strip naked and run around a field with two small bags covering his crotch and behind or face charges, and generally has the mick taken out of him on a day to day basis. This was partly justified by his age; as one of the youngest characters played by one of the younger actors, he was capable of withstanding a lot more physical comedy that the older members of the cast were no longer able to do.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Played with; he was introduced to replace Private Walker following the actor's death, but he's not very similar to him. He ''is'' surprisingly similar to Frazer (exotically-accented eccentric from a non-England part of the United Kingdom) and Jones (tends to suck up to Captain Mainwaring), however. This is one of the reasons the writers ultimately decided that he didn't really work, since ''they'' were still around.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: The bullying, loutish and almost entirely charmless Hodges was disliked by all the characters, but the actor who played him, Bill Pertwee, was by all accounts very friendly, personable and well-liked by his fellow cast-mates, to the extent that he acted as the warm-up man for the studio audiences because he was very good at charming them.

!!Reverend Timothy Farthing (Frank Williams)

* AmbiguouslyGay: He's seen leaning forward for a kiss from a man at least once or twice. His actor admitted that he played him as gay.

->'''Played by:''' Edward Sinclair (original series), John Biggins (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

->'''Played by:''' Talfryn Thomas

->'''Played by:''' Colin Bean

->'''Played by:''' Pamela Cundell (original series), Alison Steadman (2016 movie)

->'''Played by:''' Janet Davies (original series), Creator/LizFraser (1971 movie), Sarah Lancashire (2016 movie), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

->'''Played by:''' Arnold Ridley (original series), Creator/MichaelGambon (2016 movie), Timothy West (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

* TheSoCalledCoward: [[spoiler: Godfrey is revealed to have been a conscientious objector in World War I. He was shunned briefly by the other troops until he rescues Captain Mainwaring from a smoke-filled building. At home, the troops are shocked to discover he had enlisted as a stretcher bearer regardless of his views, and rescued soldiers in No Man's Land, winning the Military Medal.]] ActorAllusion, as Ridley was in the Battle of the Somme and [=WW2=].[[note]]Ridley was actually quite severely injured at the Somme, and felt the effects for the rest of his life. Godfrey's role as medic was created in part to spare him the need to carry a heavy rifle.[[/note]]

->'''Played by:''' James Beck (original series), Daniel Mays (2016 movie), Creator/MathewHorne (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

* BusCrash: After James Beck fell into a coma due to pancreatitis his character was hastily PutOnABus. This absence was made permanent after Beck passed away and it was decided not to recast the character.

* AscendedExtra: Started off as a background character, but became a more prominent character (especially following James Beck's premature death; while he didn't exactly replace Walker's role, he did gradually take on some of the parts in the stories that would previously have gone to the main characters). He was often used for the leads to talk to, and cracked the occasional joke.

->'''Played by:''' Clive Dunn (original series), Tom Courtenay (2016 movie), Creator/KevinEldon (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

->'''Played by:''' John Le Mesurier (original series), Creator/BillNighy (2016 movie), Robert Bathurst (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

* TheCharmer: When it comes to women, Wilson is especially debonair, effortlessly flirting and attracting the attention of women, often to the exasperation of Mainwaring, who detests Wilson's flirtatious manner (such as when he is flirting with Mainwaring's nurse, some of the ladies signing up to join the Home Guard, or even the young woman serving drinks at a social event). In the episode "Man Hunt", Wilson asks an attractive young woman to let him come in and look at her knickers, when it is suspected they may have been made of material from a German pilot's parachute (as a result of one of Walker's many black market schemes); in response to this request, the young woman eagerly agrees and invites Wilson inside. This prompts Walker (who was forced to remain outside with Mainwaring after the young woman invited Wilson inside) to remark to Mainwaring about the "extraordinary influence" Wilson has over women. This was apparently inspired by the actor himself; on one apparent occasion while in make-up, Creator/BillPertwee watched incredulously as Le Mesurier sweet-talked a make-up girl into taking his watch off, winding it up, and putting it back on to save Le Mesurier from having to do it himself while it was on ''his own wrist''.

->'''Played by:''' Frank Williams (original series and 2016 movie)

* HeroesWantRedheads: Jones does.

* CastingGag: Played by Creator/IanLavender (Pike) in the 2016 film, changing the soldier with the least authority in the platoon into the soldier with the most.