The fact that James Beck died after two weeks of being in hospital meant he was in pain for weeks before hand & still working. RIP Mr. Beck.

@kenblair6622

Жыл бұрын

Probably in pain for years. He had pancreatitous brought on by alcoholism.

@garethroberts694

Жыл бұрын

@Fredrik Larsson His face was red in quite a few episodes before series 6 and series 6 turned out to be his last

@martinholmes-ue9ko

Жыл бұрын

He was a very good actor.

@LarryFleetwood8675

8 ай бұрын

50 years on now, I wonder if the modern hospital and today's medicine could've saved him or it'd been fatal and too late in any case. It is after all, half a century later and much has happened in the medical world since then. It's just so sad. R.i.P. James.

@susanford2388

8 ай бұрын

@@LarryFleetwood8675 Pancreatic cancer is still in 2023 a death sentence. Even someone will oodles of money cannot outlive that horribly sad diagnosis. Michael Landon of Little House on the Prairie fame was diagnosed in April 1991 & died 1st July 1991. A recent famous person diagnosed managed to survive for 13 months. I cannot remember his name. Sorry.

James Beck and George Cole were the most iconic spivs ever put on screen.

@catmarrco7863

Жыл бұрын

And dell boy

@philvanderlaan5942

Жыл бұрын

If The characters Private Walker and Lieutenant Junior Grade Nic Holden ( Operation Petticoat ) had ever met , OH boy ! A quote ‘ Our new ‘ Supply officer’ is probably the only man who will be awarded the Navy Cross at his court martial. ‘ Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman U.S.S. Sea tiger ( Cary Grant ) Between Walker and Holden I don’t know who would be the worse influence on the other.

@chrisstrider

Жыл бұрын

Until Boris

@angelacooper2661

3 ай бұрын

Joe Walker and Arthur Daley!

Note for Americans: @23:05, The WW2 Victory "V" sign is with the fingers forward. When showing the "V" sign back of the hand it means "FU". [It was common in days of Yore for the FRENCH to cut off the (displayed) fingers of their foe English Bowmen. The backhanded "salute" was to show the Englishmen still had their fingers.]

What got me about, "Dad's Army," was the fact that - even as you're rolling around on the floor, laughing at their incompetence - you never forgot that if the unthinkable had happened, Mainwaring and his boys would've fought to the last round.

@martinwarner1178

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, right, like those younger men at Dunkirk.

@andrewcomerford9411

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinwarner1178 Dunkirk only happened because the 51st Highland Division didn't withdraw. Afterwards, there was nowhere to run. While the competence of the Home Guard was always in question, their courage never was - the writers never forgot that these men were willing to die for their homes, and hoped to take a few Germans with them.

@martinwarner1178

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewcomerford9411 France had the largest land army, the CharB tank was so good that the Germans were scared of it. The losses of the Germans were more than the Allies, we did the Germans harm by making the invasion of France so easy. Look up the invasion of Germany by French forces as Germany was invading Poland, the Allies didnt have the balls to thrust through. Only my view Sir.

@vespelian5769

3 жыл бұрын

The unwritten dark heart.

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinwarner1178 Those young men fought to survive, France was already lost at that point, it's army was shattered, it's government planning to surrender, Britain fighting on in France would have just wasted a lot of good experienced soldiers for nothing. Better to bring them home and use their experience for the possible defence of the home island or to train new troops.

The Walker character is the only one that knows what's actually going on during the war...

@bronoun8884

Жыл бұрын

If you only knew the half of it

Still remember the day as a young boy when Jimmy Beck died. It was a real shock and perhaps my first shock and time of sadness. Dad’s Army with the family on Saturday’s after tea - what happy memories! The best. A great series which takes me back to a much better time in Britain in the 1970’s - even if materially things were not always so great.

@john07973

Жыл бұрын

Seconded

@michaelcripwell1724

Жыл бұрын

How I long for the 70’s not perfect but better than today, plus I was a teenager happy days.

@angelacooper2661

3 ай бұрын

I was too young to understand or remember that period- just three and Play School age. Walker's premature demise I heard about second hand. Watched the programme when old enough to do so.

Walker was my favourite character, played brilliantly by,James Beck. The episodes made after his death were empty for me and I don’t enjoy watching them as much as the ones with him in .😊

@michelleresistance

3 жыл бұрын

He has always been my favourite. It feels like there’s something missing without him.

@maskutchitamagotchiworld1911

3 жыл бұрын

James Beck who played the spiv Joe Walker in Dad's Army sadly died in August 1973 aged 44. He was born in 1929.

@ghostriderpa31

2 жыл бұрын

He want to do a deal..

@petermcculloch4933

2 жыл бұрын

Sgt. Wilson was my favourite character but I agree, after Joe died, the show lost its personality

@susanford2388

Жыл бұрын

Ah aren't you being a little harsh regarding the other actors. 'Walker was a great character & i was a little kid when he died but I do remember hearing the BBC say James Beck had passed away & thinking how sad. The cast no doubt were shocked & saddened but the rest of cast carried on giving us more laughs. At least they did not replace him that would have been horrible.

Jimmy Perry said there was no way they could have kept the character with a different actor; Ian Lavender remarked that although the show ran for four or five more series there was definitely something missing after James Beck's death.

I did like the episodes without Walker, but I must admit, it didn’t really feel the same after he died IMO.

@highdownmartin

3 жыл бұрын

I always used to spot walker in the final credits after he died. Happened across his memorial stone in the actors memorial garden, in London. ( twenty years ago now?)I really was delighted to to read “ James Beck “. Gave me a nice warm feeling.

@countofdownable

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't quite work as well.

If you watch the first ever episode, Walker was really the only character that came out of the box fully formed. For example, Pike changed considerably (for the better) as the series went on.

RIP Jimmy Beck sadly Missed died way too young x

My favourite episode was Godfrey being a Pacifist , and ends up being a Hero , still luv'd Dads Army an still do they havent the talent to write stuff like this now . Great vid .

@glengraham7080

3 жыл бұрын

All the more poignant when you discover the actor really was a brave man in war in real life.

@larrybarnes3920

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it was a great episode.

@RaferJeffersonIII

3 жыл бұрын

Haven’t the talent and whatever talent they have would never be allowed to do an all white show like this

@RaferJeffersonIII

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was an awesome episode. He was a conscientious objector but signed up to be a medic and got the military medal for bravery under fire. I really liked that episode.

@michelleresistance

3 жыл бұрын

@@RaferJeffersonIII I was going to say the same- it wouldn’t get made now.

He was brilliant, a rogue but he really cared about the lads. Brilliantly wrote and acted.

Actors Arnold Ridley & John Laurie were amazing heroes by participating in both World Wars. They were made of tough stuff.

A great character played by the very talented James Beck. It was very sad to lose him at the relatively young age of 44 in 1973.

James Beck was also a fine stage actor. I saw him as George in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', and was more impressed by him in that arduous role than by Richard Burton in the film. I sent him a fan letter, to which he took the trouble to make a charming and lengthy reply.

@TosaMegasthenes

7 ай бұрын

Hello Rosemary, I would love to hear your recollections on his performance (in York I guess?) as together with a (family)friend we are working on an appreciation (hopefully culminating in a book) on the life and times of Jimmy and his wife Kay. Just let me know if you would like to get in touch with me. Thank you, Mariska

@rosemaryallen2128

7 ай бұрын

@@TosaMegasthenes Not much to add, but will help if possible. I'm technically challenged, but can manage email!

@TosaMegasthenes

7 ай бұрын

@@rosemaryallen2128 did you manage the email? It would be really great if you would contact me as there is a bit to tell you 🙂

@ginamaxwell1822

7 ай бұрын

Hi. Rosemary I now have your actual fan letter in my possession. It was on ebay and as a family friend I was delighted to purchase it

@rosemaryallen2128

7 ай бұрын

@@ginamaxwell1822 How splendid! I took a photocopy before selling it to an autograph dealer many moons ago. Fighting back through my memory bank, I recall going to see the York 'Who's Afraid' for a second time. We students invariably sat in the gods, but I thought it deserved a luxury seat in the stalls. I did a little acting myself later in life - Isn't theatre simply glorious?

'Dad's Army' is on of the very few old TV series that still make me laugh.

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

It uses archetypal characters we can all relate to. Everyone knows someone who is pompous, someone clueless, someone vague, a pessimist, someone principled, etc. And someone cunning. The rest is 'just' a very well written set of stories to examine how those archetypes interact. People still laugh at Laurel and Hardy almost 100 years on. They will still be laughing at Dad's Army in fifty years.

I met Jimmy many years ago when equity were on strike. He took a temporary job with us at Honda. We had many a laugh with him as he was quite a character. Sad that he had to meet his end so tragically. Have fond memories of him.

@user-br3bw7wr2l

2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. What year was this if you don’t mind me asking ?

@mikeham1

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-br3bw7wr2l I would say this was around 1960/61. There was a strike by equity. Jim would sketch us during tea break, I wish I had kept mine. I know that he did have a small part as a policeman in Coronation street, before his break into Dad's Army.

@user-br3bw7wr2l

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeham1 Fantastic. I think that episode is of Coronation Street is on KZread and was about a train crash. Did he talk about his acting ? Did he have his London accent still. He sounded in an interview that he spoke with received pronounciation, though I know he spent time in repertory in York ? Sorry, so many questions.

@mikeham1

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-br3bw7wr2l Hi, Bear in mind I wasn't the only one working at Honda during this time but I know he was talking a lot with the other people there. He was sometimes very droll, and if he did mention any actor friends I can only recall him saying that Jonny Layton was one of his mates, the rest I'm afraid I can no longer recall. I know at that time he lived in Queens Gate, that's about all I can recall. Sorry to be so vague but time has smudged my memory.

The fact the episode he is most present in was lost is such a shame

@samsum3738

3 жыл бұрын

Its out there somehere . Guaranteed .

I was born 20 odd years after dad's army ended but I absolutely love this show. Walker was one of my favourites. I was a little confused when there were episodes with him missing then found out he died before the show ended. I didn't realise he died young and it was pretty crushing and was one of the first deaths that affected me that young (I was 10/11 at the time so I didn't really understand) but I still enjoyed all of the show but felt sad when the episodes where he was absent aired or I watched my boxset continously.

R.I.P. James sadly missed. The show was never the same without you :(

Great old program,still love watching it,what a shame Jim Beck died so young regards from Lincolnshire UK. 👍😂

@mariarusso3790

Жыл бұрын

Hello John how are you. Hope you had a pleasant weekend 😊

Walkers older brother Johnny Walker was a good friend back in WW2.

all the original actors brilliant no other actors would ever replace them,

Walker and Fraser were my favourites. The entire cast was brilliant

Great video! Only became a Dad's Army fan about 7 years ago and now adore it. Croft and Perry's idea was very clever, but their casting of the main 7 actors was brilliant. Lowe and Le Mesurier are absolutely perfect working against each other - then with Dunn rounding out the top tier, there is so much contrast and colour in place. To then bring in the other 4 great individual characters and have them all work together is a phenomenal balancing act that works. I've always felt that then highlighting other characters like the the ARP Warden, and the two clergy characters was too much, and was never happy with their acting (over-acting actually). The best episodes are the earliest ones, when it's just the 7 members of the platoon working through the crisis of the moment together, and their interactions as the story is resolved. James Beck played the spiv Joe Walker brilliantly and I was saddened to learn that he died far too many years before we would expect.

Walker was my first crush. I loved the accent and the dodgy skinny mo. I’m on a dads army binge in lockdown and it joyful to revisit. You’ve made a great guide to this show , thanks muchly mate☮️🍀♥️

I love that! A supplier of essential supplies. 😂🤣

Walker was my favourite of the characters in this magnificent, classic comedy.

I LOVED James Beck. RIP.

Loved Dad Army and all the characters.

Happy would-be 92nd birthday to Jimmy Beck, co-star of my all-time favourite series. Good cheer and a dry wit with every scene. Taken way too soon.

I've no idea why this appeared in my recommendations, but I'm very glad it did. Thank you I remember the original Romany Jones, and the "chinless wonder" type they used for the series after that. But Walker is fondly remembered, and sadly missed.

My favorite character on Dad's Army! Thanks for this video!!

@mariarusso3790

Жыл бұрын

Hello Bonnie how are you. Hope you had a pleasant weekend 😊

The original cast was irreplaceable - or at least they haven’t succeeded yet, imo. RIP Dad’s Army and cast: Thanks for the videos!

@bronoun8884

Жыл бұрын

Sort of . We had a family trip to see dads army at the theatre. My grandfather was with us previously private Walker . Home guard / auxillier When the compère announced that unfortunately private walker can not be with us tonight. One of us perked up and said : what do you mean he’s sitting here 🤣 Grandfather wasn’t amused when they stuck a spot lite on him and everyone looked round

The exchange that sums up Walker best is this one; Mainwaring: You'd sell your own grandmother, wouldn't you? Walker: There's not market for her.

@Victoria-qb3dr

2 жыл бұрын

Another favourite of mine was: Walker: That whisky I get you doesn't just fall off the back of a lorry of it's own accord you know...it has to be pushed.

@kiwitrainguy

Жыл бұрын

Walker - Find out who the beak (Magistrate) is and straighten them. Bribe them with a bottle of Scotch. One of the others - I think one of the magistrates is a woman. Walker - Ah well then, knicker elastic.

The "Leave it with me" bit at the end was brilliant! Keep up the great work!

I've never smoked but that's one of the reasons I gave up alcohol over 3 years ago. Pancreatitis is incredibly painful and if you get cancer of it you're screwed. I've had it 4 times in my life and am fortunate that I've gotten no lasting damage from it.

@michelleresistance

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’re doing well x

@DarkAutumn3D

3 жыл бұрын

I am very well thanks! 😊

I love James Beck so much🤧❤️

@michelleresistance

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Nicely put together Jeffrey. Absolutely my all time favourite series and Walker was one of my favourite actors! Thanks for posting.

If you remember back in episode 1, “The Man and the Hour” we see that the home guard had retire and we see a older Walker. I’m guessing he came back off screen, and celebrated with the Home Guard on screen.

James Beck played Private Walker brilliantly...so sad that he died young. Just imagine Private Walker, Arthur Daley and Del Boy Trotter if they got together...what spiv heaven it would be! RIP James Beck 💖💖🕯️🕯️

All nearly gone now great show .👏👏👏

Classy James beck top actor went too soon from us brilliant actor lovely man too 😭😭😭😭

Feel in love this show from the first time l watched it

" Let us pray ...." :-)

He was my favourite character, he was just great at pointing out how silly some of the situations were. A realist with a sense of humour and his character was also a good team player. I watched as a kid, my gran fancied James Beck, thought he was clever and good looking. My Grandad was a Sgt in the home guard, he thought Dad's Army was accurate and similar to how it actually was.

@mariarusso3790

Жыл бұрын

Hello David how are you. Hope you had a pleasant weekend 😊

Thanks, really good research and a very interesting watch.

Perfect casting.

Thanks for posting. Always loved him,so funny. Dads Army s very own 'Del boy' was Joe Walker 😀

I am a big fan of Private Walker.

As a kid Private Walkers character wasn't in Dads Army it was only as I got older and saw reruns that I was able to appreciate the character.

I liked the use of Ted Glenn song from Postman Pat. This is a fantastic look at one of my favourite characters from Dads Army.

Nice to see Bridlington and Flambrough North landing in the more recent of the films, haven't been there for a couple of years as I'm living with the enemy in Germany. Don't tell capt; Mannering.😂

He made the Dads Army work like clock work. Very said he passed away.

I do wish they had a dedication to him in one of the episodes, maybe a funeral one like they did with Grandad in Only Fools and Horses.

@paulweir5031

3 жыл бұрын

Pte. Walker didn't die, so how could they have a funeral?

@Alex-cw3rz

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulweir5031 yeah but just disappearing and pretending like he didn't exist. I don't think was the best solution, Dad's Army has a couple of poinent serious moments and they are some of the most memorable of the series. This could have made for another. I can understand reasons why they didn't, but I just think having one would have been so much more respectful and dignified.

@Enevan1968

3 жыл бұрын

The never could have a funeral, because in the very first episode (The Man and The Hour) there is a gathering of men, including Walker, that is set after W.W. II.

@Alex-cw3rz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Enevan1968 they did change other things though too, so wouldn't be out of the ordinary. Like frazers proffession changing and even the Island he was born on.

@michelleresistance

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-cw3rz that’s true, but killing someone off whom we know survived makes less sense.

Next to Fraser, Walker is my favourite character of Dad's Army!

Bruce Forsyth as the spiv in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Talk about spot on casting. That was basically Bruce's personality and his whole career.

@mariarusso3790

Жыл бұрын

Hello Tim how are you. Hope you had a pleasant weekend 😊

There’s an air of Sid James to James Beck. Beck is superb.

Watching the scene where Walker's note says he's gone to the Big Smoke you can see the serious faces of the actors in the background, so unlike their actual characters.

Superb presentation. Thankyou !

Nice work. Thank you.

Oh yea.we all felt really safe with this crew.love this show , always have.🤣✌️🇭🇲

Great stuff and the song is well worth waiting for.

Although Dad's Army remained one of the best comedy series we've ever produced it was never quite the same after the death of Jimmy Beck.

Captain Square reminds me of Col Haihi too, I've thought that for years. Good video, Jeffrey!

Very good thanks

Sadly Ian Lavender is the only remaining member of this wonderful team 😢

Cheeseman is a LEGEND.

Spivs were the oil in the war machine that made everything around it run. Tony Curtis's character in Operation Petticoat and Lester Gruber in McHales navy played parts as spivs as well.

Thank you good production..

@mariarusso3790

Жыл бұрын

Hello David how are you. Hope you had a pleasant weekend 😊

The episode where Walker was found to be allergic to corned beef using the original cast was shown on TV, I remember it well.

Excellent

Beck was my favourite. He really looked the part.

So disappointing the way Croft could not make him a hero that died in the Blitz's ,rather than a fiver on parade ground ,and sadly after his death Corporal Jones got lines clearly meant for Walker which don't work , show still funny , but not the same with out such a important and loved member.

@glen7318

3 жыл бұрын

Walker was not a hero... he wasn't likely to make a brave stand of any kind, he left to pursue his calling in London.....

@naly202

3 жыл бұрын

@@glen7318 i don't agree. Walker proved brave on numerous occasions. Still, "going up to the smoke" is a very nice way of putting it. If they announced clearly that he died, they would have saddened the whole episode. I think the sgudio public aren't even aware that Joe died. During the "note" scene they laugh a lot. If they knew, there would have been silence. A very sad and tense moment.

@glen7318

3 жыл бұрын

@@naly202 but Walker doesn't die. The actor died, which is sad and they had to hastily find a way of writing him out... but the character didn't die, heroicially or otherwise...

@michelleresistance

3 жыл бұрын

We know Walker survived the war as he is there at the start of episode one, which takes place after WW2; so having the character die wouldn’t make any sense. Maybe have him called up or transferred? Perhaps become a spy? James Beck was still in a coma at the time the ‘note scene’ was made but died shortly afterwards. It’s a pity Walker was ignored as though he never existed.

@chrissim9982

3 жыл бұрын

@@michelleresistance his note was about a tip he heard happening in london The Smoke is slang for London. He would of been in jail I reckon, he wasnt medically fit for combat so he wouldn't of been called up.

1968-1977 were the gilded years of Brit Telly. We Yanks previously had had our McHale's Navy, Gomer Pyle, and the notoriously tasteless Hogan's Heroes.

@mariarusso3790

Жыл бұрын

Hello William how are you. Hope you had a pleasant weekend 😊

@bazza945

Жыл бұрын

You are obviously unaware that all the German characters in HH were Jewish actors?!

I remember as a very young child asking my parents if Walker could come round for tea. They explained very gently, that sadly he'd passed away. 😭

I’ve just realised where Midge Ure got his early Ultravox look from 😂

He wouldn't have to "steal" them, he would have to pay the producers for access to goods before they went into the rationing bureaucracy. For example going directly to a dairy to obtain cheese which they'd be happy to sell at a mark-up because it avoided the harsh limits on sales by rationing.

Nice videos

I quite like the new Dad's Army film. I thought it was well cast and the plot is brought up more to date which worked quite well

Can you do a private pike one?! This is really good!!

Yeah it was a great TV series.

Still miss him when I watch the show on KZread.

James Beck was just like Richard Beckinsale. A talented actor with a glittering career ahead of him but taken away from us and his family far too early. He would have made a great character in Only Fools.

@michelleresistance

3 жыл бұрын

Too right he would

Missed him so much after his character left. He was my favourite. Still loved the series though.

@brucethomson3512

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly right there 😊

I thought of Walker never as a thief,he was too intelligent to go breaking in. He knew everyone and was a middleman for goods that had 'fallen off the back of a lorry'. Dads Army wasn't the same when he left,it lost a bit of sparkle.

I always felt they could have made a great spin off show with Walker's character. Sad James Beck left us too soon.

Why does the famous scene with "Don't tell him Pike" have a soundtrack replacement with a piece of Fawlty Towers??

One of my favourites was when Capt Mainwarings no good brother turned up to show him up !

Loved my namesakes performance.

the platoon's ammo pouches were actually binocular bags. Walker was a great figure with his trade. The actor Beck died of course way too early.

Walker, survivor, innovator, supplier and rescuer

There's another great "spiv" in the video for "Come Dancing" by The Kinks. "The Spiv" is played by Ray Davies, who also sang the song.

Legend RIP

Loved Joe in this, really sad the actor passed away before the end of the show. Never really enjoyed it without him in the rest of the show

Greetings from Sweden, on regards to the reemake film I liked it and wish they would start to produce a tv show that continues where the original left off.

Ted Glen's theme, nice.

The show was never the same when jimmy died

Enjoyed this, but at 18:57 Basil Fawlty oddly enters the soundtrack instead of the 'Don't tell him Pike' line... or that's what I'm guessing has happened....