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Born in London, a cousin of actress Gretchen Franklin, Dunn played small film roles from the 1930s onwards, but it was in television comedy that he made his name during the early 1960s (after a break for service in World War II, in the course of which he spent four years in a prisoner-of-war camp). He appeared with Tony Hancock, Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan and Dick Emery, among others, before winning the role of Jones in Dad's Army in 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the.

Dunn was actually one of the younger members of the cast, at 48, when he took on the role of the elderly butcher whose military service in earlier wars made him the most experienced member of the Walmington-on-Sea Home GuardThe Home Guard originally named the Local Defence Volunteers LDV , was instituted by the British government during World War II to defend the UK in the event of an invasion by Germany. The Home Guard was comprised mainly of men who had seen active service, as well as the most decrepit. After the series ended, he capitalised on the role by playing a similar character, "Grandad", in a children's TV series, and even had a number one hit with the song, "Grandad", accompanied by a children's choir. During the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends, he effectively retired from the screen.