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While starring in ''Dad's Army'', he also starred in ''Romany Jones'' as Bert Jones, a layabout living on a caravan site, and filmed a {{Pilot}} with his ''DA'' co-star, Creator/ArthurLowe, called ''Bunclarke With an E'', which was based on scripts from ''Series/HancocksHalfHour''.
He fell into a coma and died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck's three aforementioned series, the final two episodes of ''Dad's Army'''s sixth series had to be quickly rewritten to explain Private Walker's absence, ''Romany Jones'' gained a new lead in the form of Jonathan Cecil's Jeremy Crichton-Jones, and ''Bunclarke With an E'' went unproduced.
He fell into a coma and died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck's three aforementioned series, the final two episodes of ''Dad's Army'''s sixth series had to be quickly rewritten to explain Private Walker's absence, ''Romany Jones'' gained a new lead in the form of Jonathan Cecil's Jeremy Crichton-Jones, and ''Bunclarke With an E'' went unproduced.
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While starring in ''Dad's Army'', he also starred in ''Romany Jones'' as Bert Jones, a layabout living on a caravan site, and site; filmed a {{Pilot}} with his ''DA'' co-star, Creator/ArthurLowe, called ''Bunclarke With an E'', which was based on scripts from ''Series/HancocksHalfHour''.
''Series/HancocksHalfHour''; and starred in the radio sitcom ''The Motorway Men'' with another ''DA'' co-star, Creator/BillPertwee.
He fell into a coma and died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck'sthree four aforementioned series, the final two episodes of ''Dad's Army'''s sixth series had to be quickly rewritten to explain Private Walker's absence, ''Romany Jones'' gained a new lead in the form of Jonathan Cecil's Jeremy Crichton-Jones, and ''Bunclarke With an E'' went unproduced.unproduced, and ''The Motorway Men'' wasn't continued.
He fell into a coma and died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck's
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He died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck's three aforementioned series, the final two episodes of ''Dad's Army'''s sixth series had to be quickly rewritten to explain Private Walker's absence, ''Romany Jones'' gained a new lead in the form of Jonathan Cecil's Jeremy Crichton-Jones, and ''Bunclarke With an E'' went unproduced.
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He fell into a coma and died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck's three aforementioned series, the final two episodes of ''Dad's Army'''s sixth series had to be quickly rewritten to explain Private Walker's absence, ''Romany Jones'' gained a new lead in the form of Jonathan Cecil's Jeremy Crichton-Jones, and ''Bunclarke With an E'' went unproduced.
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[[caption-width-right:617:[[Series/DadsArmy Walmington-on-Sea]]'s FriendInTheBlackMarket.]]
James Beck, born Stanley James Carroll Beck, (21 February 1929 -- 6 August 1973), was a British actor best known for playing Private Walker in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
After doing his national service in the British Army, he started a career in acting, first on stage and then moving to TV. Some of his first TV roles came in episodes of ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' and ''The Merchant of Venice''. From 1964-67 he played Seargent Bowden in ''Series/CoronationStreet'', making from one to three appearances in the soap a year in this time.
When ''Dad's Army'' was being cast in 1968, Jimmy Perry had hoped to play the spiv Private Walker in addition to his writing duties but was talked out of the role by his producer and co-writer, David Croft. Beck was cast due to having, as Perry said he had, "the right mix of cheekiness and charm".
While starring in ''Dad's Army'', he also starred in ''Romany Jones'' as Bert Jones, a layabout living on a caravan site, and filmed a {{Pilot}} with his ''DA'' co-star, Creator/ArthurLowe, called ''Bunclarke With an E'', which was based on scripts from ''Series/HancocksHalfHour''.
He died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck's three aforementioned series, the final two episodes of ''Dad's Army'''s sixth series had to be quickly rewritten to explain Private Walker's absence, ''Romany Jones'' gained a new lead in the form of Jonathan Cecil's Jeremy Crichton-Jones, and ''Bunclarke With an E'' went unproduced.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/CarryOnLoving'' (1970) -- Mr. Roxby (DeletedRole)
* ''[[Film/DadsArmy1971 Dad's Army]]'' (1971) -- Private Joe Walker
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', 6 episodes:
** "New Man in the Manor" (1961) -- Geoff Bastin
** "Outside the Gates" (1962) -- Bert Mason
** "The Switch" (1963) -- Don
** "Facing the Music" (1964) -- Jim Carter
** "Other People's Lives" (1965) -- Tommy Preston
** "The Step-Brother" (1967) -- Gordon
* ''Series/ZCars'', episode "The Five Whistles" (1962) -- Constable
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 8 episodes (1964-67) -- Sergeant Bowden
* ''Series/AllGasAndGaiters'', episode "The Bishop Rides Again" (1966) -- Policeman
* ''{{Series/Foreign Affairs|1966}}'', 2 episodes:
** "Can We Have Our Ball Back?" (1966) -- Waiter
** "The Leak" (1966) -- Burke
* ''Series/DadsArmy'', 59 episodes (1968-73) -- Private Joe Walker
* ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse'', episode "What Seems to Be the Trouble?" (1970) -- Mr. Wale
* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'', episode "Humbert, Mr Firkin, and the Lord Mayor of London/The Golden Horse" (1970) -- Storyteller
* ''Series/TheTroubleWithYouLilian'', episode "The Presence" (1971) -- Man
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[[caption-width-right:617:[[Series/DadsArmy Walmington-on-Sea]]'s FriendInTheBlackMarket.]]
James Beck, born Stanley James Carroll Beck, (21 February 1929 -- 6 August 1973), was a British actor best known for playing Private Walker in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
After doing his national service in the British Army, he started a career in acting, first on stage and then moving to TV. Some of his first TV roles came in episodes of ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' and ''The Merchant of Venice''. From 1964-67 he played Seargent Bowden in ''Series/CoronationStreet'', making from one to three appearances in the soap a year in this time.
When ''Dad's Army'' was being cast in 1968, Jimmy Perry had hoped to play the spiv Private Walker in addition to his writing duties but was talked out of the role by his producer and co-writer, David Croft. Beck was cast due to having, as Perry said he had, "the right mix of cheekiness and charm".
While starring in ''Dad's Army'', he also starred in ''Romany Jones'' as Bert Jones, a layabout living on a caravan site, and filmed a {{Pilot}} with his ''DA'' co-star, Creator/ArthurLowe, called ''Bunclarke With an E'', which was based on scripts from ''Series/HancocksHalfHour''.
He died from a tragic combination of heart failure, renal failure, and pancreatitis at the age of 44. As for what was to happen to Beck's three aforementioned series, the final two episodes of ''Dad's Army'''s sixth series had to be quickly rewritten to explain Private Walker's absence, ''Romany Jones'' gained a new lead in the form of Jonathan Cecil's Jeremy Crichton-Jones, and ''Bunclarke With an E'' went unproduced.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/CarryOnLoving'' (1970) -- Mr. Roxby (DeletedRole)
* ''[[Film/DadsArmy1971 Dad's Army]]'' (1971) -- Private Joe Walker
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', 6 episodes:
** "New Man in the Manor" (1961) -- Geoff Bastin
** "Outside the Gates" (1962) -- Bert Mason
** "The Switch" (1963) -- Don
** "Facing the Music" (1964) -- Jim Carter
** "Other People's Lives" (1965) -- Tommy Preston
** "The Step-Brother" (1967) -- Gordon
* ''Series/ZCars'', episode "The Five Whistles" (1962) -- Constable
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 8 episodes (1964-67) -- Sergeant Bowden
* ''Series/AllGasAndGaiters'', episode "The Bishop Rides Again" (1966) -- Policeman
* ''{{Series/Foreign Affairs|1966}}'', 2 episodes:
** "Can We Have Our Ball Back?" (1966) -- Waiter
** "The Leak" (1966) -- Burke
* ''Series/DadsArmy'', 59 episodes (1968-73) -- Private Joe Walker
* ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse'', episode "What Seems to Be the Trouble?" (1970) -- Mr. Wale
* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'', episode "Humbert, Mr Firkin, and the Lord Mayor of London/The Golden Horse" (1970) -- Storyteller
* ''Series/TheTroubleWithYouLilian'', episode "The Presence" (1971) -- Man
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