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Dad's Army star Ian Lavender revealed he would take his cast-members' secrets to the grave just months before his death aged 77
Dad's Army star Ian Lavender revealed he would take his cast-members' secrets to the grave just months before death aged 77.
As Pike, Lavender was a comedic stooge in the series, frequently berated as a 'stupid boy' by the troupe's Captain Mainwairing, played by Arthur Lowe, although the other members of the reserve army behaved more warmly to him. Commissioned for an eight-week stint, Dad's Army proved such a runaway success that it lasted from 1968 to 1977 (Pictured: Clive Dunn, Ian Lavender and Arthur Lowe in 1974 episode 'The Godiva Affair') After Dad's Army, Lavender found renewed success in BBC One's EastEnders, starring as Derek Harkinson - a friend of Pauline Fowler's - from 2001 to 2005, and again from 2016 to 2017
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