Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn, OBE, (9 January 1920 — 6 November 2012), was a British actor best known for playing Lance Corporal Jones in Dad's Army.
His acting career began in 1935. It was briefly put on hold due to the inconvenience of World War II, but once it was over he was back to performing in repertory theatre. In 1951, he appeared in Surprise Attack, an educational short for the Ministry of Health to warn about Smallpox.
In 1958, he appeared in The Tony Hancock Show as a regular cast member and played a variety of different roles in the sketches. He also starred in The Army Game's Spin-Off, Bootsie and Snudge, as Old Johnson, one of many "doddering old fool" roles Dunn played in his career. When Dad's Army was being cast, Jack Haig and David Jason were the first choices for Lance Corporal Jones, but luckily for Dunn, he got the part that became his most iconic role.
Two years after Dad's Army, Dunn was cast as Charlie Quick, the titular grandad in the children's series Grandad. The series ended in 1984, following which Dunn retired and moved to Portugal where he took up painting.
He died after complications from an operation at the age of 92.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Films- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) — Youth (Uncredited Role)
- The Hasty Heart (1949) — MacDougall (Uncredited Role)
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) — Dr. Zimmerman
- The Magic Christian (1969) — Sommelier
- Dad's Army (1971) — Lance Corporal Jack Jones
- The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) — London Tower Keeper of the Keys
- Hancock's Half Hour, episode "The Reunion Party" (1960) — Ginger Johnson
- The Avengers, episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery" (1967) — Martin
- Dad's Army, 88 episodes (1968-77) — Lance Corporal Jack Jones
- Inside George Webley, episode "Are You Sure or Only Positive" (1968) — Ticket Collector
