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Post by nickthegeek on Feb 5, 2024 12:17:23 GMT
Ian Lavender, best known as Private Pike from Dad's Army, has passed away aged 77.
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Post by metro1962 on Feb 5, 2024 12:53:47 GMT
Sad news to hear,am I right in thinking he was the last remaining of the Dad's Army cast?
RIP Ian.😒
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Post by ontheslate on Feb 5, 2024 13:42:54 GMT
Think he was the last of Dads Army left, as private Pike he was a comedy character still well known today, had a role in a later Carry On and was often a guest actor on tv through the seventies to nineties, I think his last tv acting role was on Eastenders.
Rip
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Post by yoyopickles on Feb 5, 2024 15:23:08 GMT
Think he was the last of Dads Army left, as private Pike he was a comedy character still well known today, had a role in a later Carry On and was often a guest actor on tv through the seventies to nineties, I think his last tv acting role was on Eastenders. Rip He had a cameo in the 2016 dads army movie. I know that was not telly though |
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Feb 5, 2024 15:58:34 GMT
The last of the platoon gives a final salute.
RIP Sir
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Post by spacecadet on Feb 5, 2024 16:52:22 GMT
More sad news. He'll be remembered for many years to come along with the rest of the Dad's Army cast.
RIP Ian.
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Post by kelotoph on Feb 5, 2024 21:25:06 GMT
St Peter: "Your name will be required to enter here. What is it?"
Captain Mainwaring (from beyond the Pearly Gates): "Don't tell him , Pike!"
RIP Ian Lavender
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Post by AlanH on Feb 5, 2024 22:09:59 GMT
Very sad to hear. Was pleased to discover recently that like me he was a big Buster Keaton fan, and he recorded a short documentary for Keaton's 'Three Ages' UK Blu-ray release recently. Will be long remembered for his Dad's Army role, though I do feel it overshadowed his later career somewhat.
Also, well done to BBC4 who slotted in a Dad's Army episode at 7.30pm this evening in tribute to Ian. (The Deadly Attachment - could honestly have done with a less obvious choice but good on them for the gesture.)
RIP.
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Post by simon316 on Feb 6, 2024 12:28:39 GMT
RIP Mr Lavender - played a great part great in Dad's Army
Sadly missed...
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Post by barrythebook on Feb 6, 2024 20:44:50 GMT
Appeared in plenty of other things but Dads Army was IL's heyday for me.
In a documentary about the making of Dads Army, Lavender said how Arthur Lowe took a bit of a shine to him and gave hm the advice,
'Find something eyecatching to wear and stay close to me' - hence the scarf which Pike adorned and the 'stupid boy' references.
Lowe referred to Ian offset as 'Lavender Blue'.
The last of a great cast, RIP.
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Post by geoffc on Feb 6, 2024 20:56:13 GMT
I read that Pike's blue and purple scarf was actually a nod to Claret and Blue - Ian Lavender being a Brummie and a lifelong Aston Villa fan.
Up the Villa !
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Post by metro1962 on Feb 6, 2024 23:18:59 GMT
I read that Pike's blue and purple scarf was actually nod to Claret and Blue - Ian Lavender being a Brummie and a lifelong Aston Villa fan. Up the Villa ! I have always thought it was West Ham United.😮 I stand corrected. |
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Post by daz on Feb 10, 2024 8:00:46 GMT
Not many actors hit the jackpot at 22 years old with such an iconic role.
Even on TV in his later years, you still think of him as young Pike.
RIP
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Post by gustav on Feb 11, 2024 20:51:09 GMT
He was always Pike wasn't he? It must be a double edged sword to get such a prominent role in such a successful comedy when you are so young. You could never see him in anything in years to come without thinking 'There's Private Pike'. But he was an essential part of Dad's Army. Sad loss.
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Post by jjmolloy on Feb 12, 2024 16:21:51 GMT
Remember seeing him in The Glums, does anyone else remember this? From 1979. It was big on radio long before that I think. It was shown here in Ireland, I was a pre teen at the time. Patricia Brake also starred (Fletch's daughter in Porridge) as Eth and Jimmy Edwards as Dad also. Written by Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. RIP Ian. The Glums - Wikipedia |
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Feb 13, 2024 15:34:29 GMT
Remember seeing him in The Glums, does anyone else remember this? From 1979. It was big on radio long before that I think. It was shown here in Ireland, I was a pre teen at the time. Patricia Brake also starred (Fletch's daughter in Porridge) as Eth and Jimmy Edwards as Dad also. Written by Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. RIP Ian. The Glums - WikipediaLoved that show - the episode where Ron Glum won a competition and the prize was a tattoo had me in stiches as a kid 😂 |
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Post by metro1962 on Feb 14, 2024 1:46:13 GMT
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This is your Life from 7th March 2002
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Post by Portland Road on Feb 15, 2024 9:02:57 GMT
Unlike most young actors in the late-60s/early-70s he couldn't follow the fashion for long hair, due to his 'Dads Army' role.
RIP Ian Lavender.
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Post by 615 on Mar 1, 2024 20:33:22 GMT
Remember seeing him in The Glums, does anyone else remember this? From 1979. It was big on radio long before that I think. It was shown here in Ireland, I was a pre teen at the time. Patricia Brake also starred (Fletch's daughter in Porridge) as Eth and Jimmy Edwards as Dad also. Written by Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. RIP Ian. The Glums - WikipediaLoved that show - the episode where Ron Glum won a competition and the prize was a tattoo had me in stiches as a kid 😂 It started as part of Bruce Forsythe's Big Night, the song and dance series that ITV promised Brucie to lure him away from The Generation Game. It became pretty much the best thing in the show. |
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Mar 3, 2024 17:08:28 GMT
Loved that show - the episode where Ron Glum won a competition and the prize was a tattoo had me in stiches as a kid 😂 It started as part of Bruce Forsythe's Big Night, the song and dance series that ITV promised Brucie to lure him away from The Generation Game. It became pretty much the best thing in the show. Brucie's Big Night also launched Cannon & Ball's tv career - they had a segment in the show and began their own show after the critical failure of Bruce's |
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Post by 615 on Mar 7, 2024 10:19:38 GMT
Think he was the last of Dads Army left, as private Pike he was a comedy character still well known today, had a role in a later Carry On and was often a guest actor on tv through the seventies to nineties, I think his last tv acting role was on Eastenders. Rip He was the last regular member of the cast. The two next most regular, who are still with us are Michael Knowles, best known as Captain Ashworth (the silly ass officer) in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the adaptor of the show (with Harold Snoad) for the radio series. The other one is Caroline Dowdeswell who played the bank clerk Janet King in the first series, but the character was dropped after that. They both did 5 episodes. |
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