Dad's Army - James Beck Credits

James Beck

Born: 21st of February 1929, in Islington, London, England as Stanley James Carroll Beck, but always known to family and friends as Jimmy

Died: 6th of August 1973, from burst pancreas during an operation for suspected ulcer at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, London, England

Parents: Son of John Henry Beck (meat-porter and tram conductor) and Mary Elizabeth Beck (made artificial flowers)

Married:Kay Bullus, (married on 10 December 1959)

Children: Step Children from Kay’s previous marriage, Christopher, Diana and David Bullus

Acting Debut: The Hasty Heart, aged about 19, while in the Army at Folkestone

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Jimmy Beck's Television Career
Television Show	Role	Notes		Date
_1950's______1960's______1970's__
Fabian Of The Yard	unknown	episode unknown, crime drama - unconfirmed	BBC	1954-56?
The Fifth Form At St Dominic’s Emergency Ward 10 Flower of Evil Jacks and Knaves Jacks and Knaves Jacks and Knaves Dixon of Dock Green Outbreak Of Murder Outbreak Of Murder Outbreak Of Murder Doctor Finlay’s Casebook Dixon Of Dock Green Citizen James Z Cars Television Club The Chars Dixon Of Dock Green Taxi! Dixon Of Dock Green Here’s Harry Coronation Street Coronation Street Jackanory Dixon Of Dock Green Hit And Run Our Man at St. Marks The Troubleshooters Mild And Bitter _ The Bishop Rides Again Gideon's Way Quick Before They Catch US Blackmail Sword of Honour The Bishop Rides Again Beggar My Neighbour The Troubleshooters Harry Worth The Secret Agent Champion House The Gamblers Trapped City ’68 Dixon of Dock Green Softly Softly Hugh and I Spy Beggar My Neighbour Not in Front of the Children Champion House Detective Dad’s Army _ The Dustbinmen Never A Cross Word Harry Worth Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s __ Sherlock Holmes Christmas Night With The Stars Two in Clover Beggar My Neighbour Counterstrike Christmas Night With The Stars Never A Cross Word	Pembury Policeman Policeman Detective Const. Syd Detective Const. Syd Detective Const. Syd Geoff Bastin Det. Sgt. David Det. Sgt. David Det. Sgt. David Charlie Bell Bert Mason ?? Constable ?? Sydney (conductor) Don Len Gladwin Jim Carter ?? Sergeant Bowden Sergeant Bowden himself Tommy Preston Detective Sgt. Reece P.C. Bailey Alan Boyd various characters _ Policeman Inspector Smith Policeman Eamonn Donovan Graves Policeman Policeman Dave Sandy Smithers The Carter Frank Knight Stewart deputy Dave Cook Gordon Chief Supt. Colson ?? Reg Varney part House Agent Frank Knight Bathwick Private Joe Walker _ Police Sergeant ?? Flight Lieut Conner James Ryder _ Private Joe Walker Dr. Molineux ?? Gold Private Joe Walker ??	4 part serial, update of ‘Tom Brown’s School Days’ hospital soap drama, no episode title episode 4: ‘Death Warrants for Six’ episode 'The Master Mind', crime drama episode 'The Great Art Robbery', crime drama episode 'It Was Doing Nothing', crime drama episode 'New Man in the Manor' episode 1 ‘The White Cockerel-Bird’ episode 6 ‘Thumb Print’ episode 7 ‘The End Of The Hunt’ episode 'Conduct Unbecoming', medical drama episode ‘Outside the Gates’ episode ‘The Old People’s Outing’ episode “The Five Whistles” episode ‘Monday Morning’, kid’s drama One-off Comedy Playhouse episode ‘The Switch’ episode ‘Will You Marry Face?’ episode ‘Facing the Music’ episode ‘The Worker’ comedy, with Frank Williams soap, alongside Eric Longworth as his Constable as above reading children’s story episode 'Other People's Lives' episode 1 ‘Accident’, four part mystery serial episode 'The Yo-Yo Again", comedy episode 'Wild Cat' Sketch comedy series, in all six episodes _ Comedy Playhouse, pilot to All Gas And Gaiters episode 'A Perfect Crime', uncredited episode 'Mark of Distinction Part 1', adventure series episode 'The Tax Man Cometh' ‘Officers and Gentlemen’, part 2, Theatre 625 serial Comedy Playhouse repeat untitled episode, with Arnold Ridley episode: ‘Some Days You Just Can’t Win’ episode ‘It’s In the Bag’ episode 2 ‘The Explosion’, classic serial episode 'Sontata for a Solo Fiddle' episode 'When The Chips Are Down' episode 'You're A Brave Man Jack' episode ‘The Shooting War’ episode 'The Step-brother' episode “Who’s Mr Smith?”, police drama series episode ‘The Yellow Peril’ internal BBC colour TV test, not broadcast episode: ‘Home Chat’ episode: ‘Go West, Young Man’ episode ‘The Case Of The Late Pig’, crime drama first 59 episodes of the Home Guard sitcom _ episode 'There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah' episode ‘The Baldocks At Bay’, comedy episode ‘Private Pimpernel’, with John Le Mesurier episode ‘The Blue Carbuncle’, classic crime series (series 1, episode 7) Dad’s Army sketch episode 1.7 episode ‘Have Car, Won’t Travel’, with Arnold Ridley. episode ‘Backlash’ Dad’s Army sketch ‘Resisting The Aggressor’ episode 8 ‘Old Flame’, a domestic sitcom	BBC ATV BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC Granada Granada BBC BBC BBC AR BBC BBC _ BBC1 ITC BBC AR BBC2 BBC1 BBC1 BBC1 BBC1 BBC2 BBC1 AR ATV Granada BBC BBC BBC1 BBC BBC1 BBC1 BBC BBC _ Granada LWT BBC BBC _ BBC Thames BBC1 BBC BBC LWT	21 Feb 1961 19 May 1961 1 Nov 1961 16 Nov 1961 30 Nov 1961 7 Dec 1961 9 Dec 1961 21 July 1962 25 Aug 1962 1 Sep 1962 6 Sep 1962 29 Sep 1962 19 Oct 1962 19 Dec 1962 19 Mar 1963 23 Nov 1963 23 Nov 1963 6 Jun 1964 19 Sep 1964 27 Oct 1964 9 Nov 1964 11 Nov 64 1964? 2 Jan 1965 18 Jan 1965 26 July 1965 28 Jul 1965 19 Mar 66 - 23 Apr 66 17 May 1966 3 June 1966 4 Jun4 1966 21 Nov 1966 9 Jan 1967 24 Jan 1967 13 Mar 1967 20 Mar 1967 20 May 1967 15 July 1967 3 Sep 1967 17 Oct 1967 21 Oct 1967 8 Dec 1967 9 Dec 1967 20 Dec 1967 22 Jan 1968 1968 5 Apr 1968 4 Jul 1968 28 July 1968 31 July 1968 - 5 Dec 73 20 Sep 1968 4 Oct 1968 21 Oct 1968 23 Dec 1968 _ 25 Dec 1968 3 Apr 1969 16 Aug 1969 27 Oct 1969 25 Dec 1969 27 Dec 1969
Doctor In The House Royal Television Gala Perfomance A Family At War The Troubleshooters Jackanory _ Christmas Night With The Stars Activity Sampling British Screen Awards _ The Dick Emery Show The Morecambe And Wise Show Fenn Street Gang Born Every Minute My Wife Next Door Scoop Scoop Scoop Romany Jones Real Time Romany Jones _ Bunclarke With An E	?? Private Joe Walker Bob O’Connell Jack Robbins himself _ Private Joe Walker Cast Member himself _ guest Walker/ Sailor Auctioneer Johnny Mr Fielding Corker Corker Corker Bert Jones ?? Bert Jones _ Flatmate	episode ‘What Seems To Be The Trouble?’, sitcom Dad’s Army sketch ‘Guarding Buckingham Palace’ episode 7 ‘The War Office Regrets’ episode 'The Price of a Bride' reading kid’s stories ‘Humbert, Mr Firkin and the Lord Mayor Of London’ and ‘The Golden Horse’ Dad’s Army sketch ‘The Choir Practise’ entitled ‘An Introduction’, unknown what this is about supporting Jimmy Perry and David Croft who won an award for best television script for Dad’s Army episode 5 (no titles), role unknown cameo, Arthur Lowe was main guest episode ‘Horse Of The Year Comedy Playhouse, produced by David Croft episode 8 ‘Undesirable Residence’, comedy episode ‘The Complete Traveller’ episode ‘Stones £20' episode‘The Scoop’ Comedy Playhouse (pilot) sitcom, starring role unconfirmed if this was filmed, but was contracted two series, sitcom, starring role _ pilot (not transmitted). Jimmy died, ending the project	LWT BBC Granada BBC BBC _ BBC ?? BBC _ BBC BBC LWT BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC LWT BBC LWT _ BBC	17 Apr 1970 13 May 1970 26 May 1970 15 Jun 1970 7 Sep 1970 _ 25 Dec 1970 1971 4 Mar 1971 _ 2 Apr 1971 22 Apr 1971 18 Jan 1972 28 Jan 1972 7 Nov 1972 15 Oct 72 29 Oct 72 5 Nov 72 15 Feb 1972 1973 25 May 1973 - 21 Oct 73 1973
James Beck's Radio Career
Radio Show	Role	Notes	Station	Date
A Kind of Loving Talkabout There’s No Point Arguing the Toss _ Saturday-Night-Theatre Afternoon Theatre Afternoon Theatre Harry Worth Afternoon Theatre Big Soft Nellie Three From the North Three From the North The Events of Black Tor The Events of Black Tor The Events of Black Tor The Events of Black Tor _ The Events of Black Tor Afternoon Theatre The Government Inspector _ _ Hush, Hush, Here Comes the _ Bolshie Man The Motorway Men _ Dad’s Army Dad’s Army Dad’s Army Dad’s Army Dad’s Army Dad’s Army Dad’s Army	Conroy Glyn unspecified role _ John Parker Stan Mr. Heap unknown Spilsbury Police Sergeant Johnny & Big Jim Inspector Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant _ Sergeant Stanley Malt John Alexander St _ John Lestoeq-_ ___Granville James Beck _ Steve _ Private Joe Walker Private Joe Walker Private Joe Walker Private Joe Walker Private Joe Walker Private Joe Walker Private Joe Walker	one-off 90 minute play -repeated 5/3/67 A second hearing of ‘Lena, Oh My Lena’ 40 minute play, this date was repeat, original date unknown 90 minute play: How Tall Can a Man Get 60 minute play ‘Ted’s Cathedral’ episode ‘Continental Size Six’ comedy/variety, repeated 18 Jul 1967 episode ‘The What on the Landing’ one-off 90 minute play [rpt 27 Feb 1968] episode 2: ‘Come to the Fair’ episode 3: ‘The Petition’ episode 1: ‘Such as Sit in Darkness’ episode 2: ‘The Unquiet Dead’ episode 4: ‘The Hounds of Hell’ episode 5: ‘The Things That Emerge with the Dark' episode 6: ‘The Deepest Dark’ ‘The World of Miss Edwina Finch’s Cat’ one-off 90 minute play with Arthur Lowe _ _ Comedy Parade pilot with Roy Kinnear _ comedy, 8 episodes, about a motorway construction crew, with Bill Pertwee - See Here comedy, episode 'The Man and The Hour' comedy, episode 'Museum Piece' comedy, episode 'Command Decision' episode 'The Enemy Within The Gates' episode 'The Armoured Might of L/Cpl Jones' comedy, episode 'Sgt Wilson's Little Secret' comedy, episode 'A Stripe For Frazer'	BBC HM BBC HM BBC TD _ BBC HM BBC HM BBC HM BBC LT BBC HM BBC R3 BBC R4 BBC R4 BBC R2 BBC R2 BBC R2 BBC R2 _ BBC R2 BBC R4 BBC R4 _ _ BBC R4 _ BBC _ BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC	3 Mar 1964 11 Oct 1964 27 Apr 1967 _ 14 Jan 1967 1 Feb 1967 12 Apr 1967 28 May 1967 9 Aug 1967 9 Feb 1968 9 Apr 1968 10 Apr 1968 18 Apr 1968 22 Apr 1968 29 Apr 1968 2 May 1968 _ 6 May 1968 7 Sep 1968 29 Dec 1969 _ _ 14 Mar 1971 _ 21 Mar 1971 - 22 Mar 1972 28 Jan 1974 4 Feb 1974 11 Feb 1974 18 Feb 1974 4 Mar 1974 11 Mar 1974 18 Mar 1974
James Beck's Film Career
Film	Role	Notes		Date
Carry on Loving I Am A Groupie Dad’s Army A Couple Of Beauties Love Thy Neighbour	Mr Roxby Brian Private Joe Walker Cast Member Cyril	Scene deleted from film aka ‘Groupie Girl’ spin-off of BBC TV series more details unknown the brother-in-law, spin-off of TV series		1970 1970 1971 1972 1973
James Beck's Stage Career 1950's______1960's______1970's
Play	Role	Theatre		Opening Date
Various Various Traveller’s Joy Painted Sparrows Various Various Various Various Double Image _ Summer Season The Bride And The Bachelor _ Variation In A Theme A Ticklish Business Blind Alley _ French Without Tears Something To Hide Three Way South The Orchard Walls Keeping Up With The Joneses Goldilocks And The Three Bears _ Family On Trial You Too Can Have A Body Any Other Business Man For The Job The Far Off Hills _ Jane Eyre The Fifth Season A View From The Bridge _ Hot And Cold In All Rooms Touch It Light High Temperature Speaking Of Murder The Happy Home The Play’s The Thing _ The Eleventh Hour The Family Honour The Diary Of Anne Frank _ The Tunnel Of Love Pride And Prejudice Anna Christie Charlie’s Aunt _ Not In The Book The Ghost Train The Long And the Short And ___ The Tall Jane The Pay Off Separate Rooms _ The Flowering Cherry Friends And Neighbours Verdict The Entertainer The First Repertory Review Gilt And Gingerbread Too Young To Marry _ A Christmas Carol The Sleeping Beauty _	Various Various ?? ?? Various Various Various Various Julian and David _ Fanshawe Various Sir William Benedict _Barlow Kurt “Blowlamp” Bates Mike Farrell _ Hon. Alan Howard Will Purdie Det Insp Halliday Nicholas Stubbs Victor Smith Cynthia _ Bainshaw Lucky Wilson Malcolm Turnbull Walter Lomax Oliver __ O’Shaughnessy Richard Mason Johnny Goodwin Eddie _ Albert Freeman L/Bomb Tomlinson Jimmie Galen Police Sgt Mitchell Jim Drew Johann __Dwornitschek Burfield’s Larry Mr Van Daan _ Dick Pepper Mr D’arcy Mat Burke Colonel Francis __ Chesney Colonel Barstow Teddy Deakin Corporal Johnstone _ Lord Frobisher Fred Webber Jim Stackhouse _ Gilbert Grass Albert Grimshaw Sir William Rollander Archie Rice various Charles Yeder Rev. Doctor Grieg _ The Nephew Eunice _	Ramsgate Repertory Theatre (as Assistant Stage Manager) Paington Repertory Theatre Town Hall, Bridgwater Town Hall, Bridgwater Tonevale Mental Hospital Hornchurch Repertory Nottingham Repertory Ipswich Repertory Unicorn Players _ Theatre Royal, Scarborough Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York - Pantomime _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _		1952 1954 10 May 1954 24 May 1954 June 1954 195? 195? 195? 1957 _ Summer 1957 6 - 11 Oct 1958 _ 13 - 18 Oct 58 20 - 25 Oct 58 27 Oct 1958 -1 Nov 1958 3 - 8 Nov 1958 10 - 15 Nov 58 17 - 22 Nov 58 24 - 29 Nov 58 8 - 13 Dec 1958 24 Dec 1958 - 10 Jan 1959 9 - 14 Feb 1959 16 - 21 Feb 59 23 - 28 Feb 59 2 - 7 Mar 1959 23 - 28 Mar 59 _ 6 - 11 Apr 1959 13 - 18 Apr 59 27 Apr 1959 - 2 May 1959 4 - 9 May 1959 11 - 16 May 59 18 - 23 May 59 25 - 30 May 59 1 - 6 Jun 1959 8 - 13 Jun 1959 _ 15 - 20 Jun 59 22 - 27 Jun 59 29 Jun 1959 - 4 Jul 1959 6 - 11 Jul 1959 13 - 18 Jul 1959 20 - 25 Jul 1959 3 - 8 Aug 1959 _ 10 - 15 Aug 59 17 - 22 Aug 59 7 - 12 Sep 1959 14 - 19 Sep 59 21 - 26 Sep 59 28 Sep 1959 - 3 Oct 1959 5 - 10 Oct 1959 12 - 17 Oct 59 19 - 24 Oct 59 26 - 31 Oct 59 9 - 14 Nov 1959 28 - 28 Nov 59 30 Nov 1959 - 5 Dec 1959 14 -19 Dec 59 24 Dec 1959 - 9 Jan 1960
All In The Family The Man Who Came To Dinner Wuthering Heights _ The French Mistress Tea And Sympathy King Henry IV Part I King Henry IV Pert II The Unexpected Guest Caught Napping _ Pygmalion The Ring Of Truth Fresh Fields Horthanger Abbey _ Roar Like A Dove The Plough And The Stars Tartuffe _ Alibi Suddenly It’s Spring Present Laughter The Girl Who Couldn’t Quite Love’s Luxury The Pleasure Of His Company Bed, Board and Romance The Vaity Case Five Finger Exercise _ The Second Repertory Review Goodbye Mr Chips! _ A Clean Kill Meet The Wife Vanity Fair The Grass Is Greener Great Expectations Cinderella _ All For Mary The Reluctant Debutant Semi-Detached The Hunchback Of Notre Dame The Merchant Of Venice Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf _ Gala Night At The Theatre Royal	Frank Marescaud Sheridan Wiltside Hindley Earnshaw _ Colonel Edmunds Bill Reynolds Owen Glendower Shallow Sergeant Cadwaller Maj.-Gen Sir Francis- Francis Cartmichael Prof. Henry Higgins Sergeant Borall Tom Larcomb John Thorpe _ Lord Dungavel Fluther Good Tartuffe _ Doctor Sheppard Harry Markham Fred Tim Dick Pentwick Biddeford Poole Daniel Entwhistle Spinks Stanley Harrington _ various roles Tibbits and Mr Cartwright Mr Schofield Harvey Lennox Marquis Of Steyne Victor Man In Graveyard Demon Dandruff _ Clive Jimmy Broadbent Fred Midway Claude Frollo Shylock George _ “Vespers”	Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York _ Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York Theatre Royal, York - pantomime _ Bromley New Theatre Theatre Royal, York - guest role Theatre Royal, York - guest role Theatre Royal, York - guest role Theatre Royal, York - guest role Theatre Royal, York - guest role _ Theatre Royal, York - guest role		15 - 20 Feb 60 22 - 27 Feb 60 29 Feb 1960 - 5 Mar 1960 7 - 12 Mar 1960 14 - 19 Mar 60 4 - 9 Apr 1960 11 - 16 Apr 60 18 - 23 Apr 60 25 - 30 Apr 60 _ 2 - 7 May 1960 9 - 14 May 1960 23 - 28 May 60 30 May 1960 - 4 Jun 1960 6 - 11 Jun 60 13 - 18 Jun 60 27 Jun 1960 - 2 Jul 1960 4 - 9 Jul 1960 11 - 16 Jul 1960 18 - 23 Jul 1960 25 - 30 Jul 1960 1 - 6 Aug 1960 8 - 13 Aug 1960 15 - 20 Aug 60 22 - 27 Aug 60 26 Sep 1960 - 1 Oct 1960 3 - 15 Oct 1960 17 - 22 Oct 60 _ 24 - 29 Oct 60 7 - 12 Nov 1960 14 - 19 Nov 60 5 - 10 Dec 1960 12 - 17 Dec 60 24 Dec 1960 - 7 Jan 1961 1961 5 - 10 Aug 1963 19 - 24 Aug 63 4 - 15 Feb 1964 18 - 29 Feb 64 26 Apr 1966 - 7 May 1966 28 May 1967
The Mating Game Staircase	Bill Charlie	Pier Theatre, Bournemouth Palace Theatre, Watford		May 1971 9 – 20 Sept 71
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