Channel 4 poll Captain Mainwaring was ranked 21st on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. Mainwaring was born in 1885 to Edmund Mainwaring and is a...
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Dad's Army (redirect from Barry Mainwaring)
magazine listed Captain Mainwaring's "You stupid boy!" among the 25 greatest put-downs on TV. A 2001 Channel 4 poll ranked Captain Mainwaring 21st on its...
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starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring in the British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 until 1977, was nominated...
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platoon's information officer by Captain Mainwaring in "The Man and the Hour". He is frequently referred to by Captain Mainwaring as "stupid boy". Pike was born...
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Sam Mainwaring Captain George Mainwaring, commander of the Home Guard platoon in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army Elizabeth Mainwaring, Captain Mainwaring's wife...
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Home Guard platoon. The platoon members are played by Toby Jones (Captain Mainwaring, based on Arthur Lowe), Bill Nighy (Sergeant Wilson, based on John...
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warm and he can portray both of those things at once." He played Captain Mainwaring in the film Dad's Army, released in February 2016. In July, of the...
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1 of Amazon's mystery series Maigret. In 2019, McNally portrayed Captain Mainwaring in a series of re-enactments of otherwise lost episodes of the sitcom...
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Dad's Army episode Mum's Army as Fiona Gray, the love-interest for Captain Mainwaring, a role especially written for her by David Croft. She also had roles...
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show. Fowler's relationship with Grim is very similar to that of Captain Mainwaring to Warden Hodges, in that they are both on the same side yet enemies...
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character Len, would be killed off, as Martin had accepted the role of Captain Mainwaring in a stage production of Dad's Army. In 2018, Martin had a role in...
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He is immensely loyal to Captain Mainwaring, who often feels quite guilty whenever he has criticised Godfrey: Mainwaring: "If you're not fit for active...
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George Mainwaring may refer to: Captain Mainwaring, fictional character in the television sitcom Dad's Army Sir George Mainwaring (MP, died 1628) (before...
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when Major Regan asks him his age, Jones replies sixty, but tells Captain Mainwaring later in the same episode his actual age, which is seventy. Jack Jones...
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off is dismissed by the U-boat captain as a violation of the Geneva Convention, thus earning Mainwaring's ire. Mainwaring refers to Adolf Hitler as a tinpot...
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Mesurier, reprising their roles of Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson respectively. The episode followed Mainwaring, who, returning from Switzerland...
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Napoleon, a character in My Uncle Napoleon Napoleon, a nickname given to Captain Mainwaring by Chief ARP Warden Hodges in Dad's Army Napoléon (1927 film), a French...
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Sergeant Wilson (section Relationship with Mainwaring)
Wilson thinks Mainwaring a pompous fool; in "A. Wilson (Manager)?", Wilson reminds Mainwaring that when he first wore his captain's uniform, he saw...
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officious as his chief rival Captain Mainwaring, and delights in antagonising the Home Guard platoon, in particular Mainwaring, whom he frequently refers...
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Rear-Admiral Rowland Mainwaring DL JP (31 December 1783 – 1862) was an English officer in the Royal Navy. Rowland Mainwaring, born on 31 December 1783...
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white horse. Captain Mainwaring is summoned by the major-general and told that due to the platoon's poor showing he will recommend Mainwaring be replaced...
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the play, and is never seen. Dad's Army: Mrs Elizabeth Mainwaring, the wife of Captain Mainwaring, is never seen with the exception of the episode "A Soldier's...
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McNally and Robert Bathurst were the initial casting announcements as Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson, with Bernard Cribbins portraying Private Godfrey...
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Monk's melody. Another parody features in Dad's Army (1971 film). Captain Mainwaring, Sergeant Wilson and Corporal Jones sing orders to the squad while...
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part of a British tradition of "sad little man" characters such as Captain Mainwaring, Basil Fawlty and David Brent. Coogan said Partridge was originally...
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Eddie Izzard's portrayal of Captain Waggett played "with psychotic, obsessive joy and a nod to Dad's Army's Captain Mainwaring". Muir also said that "fans...
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theanine in PG Tips, featured Monkey and Al playing the characters of Captain Mainwaring and Private Pike from the popular sitcom Dad's Army. When PG Tips...
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situated in Sussex and the nearest large town is Eastbourne, where Captain Mainwaring was educated at the local grammar school. The series followed the...
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Mesurier became a star. His interaction with Arthur Lowe's character Captain George Mainwaring was described by The Times as "a memorable part of one of television's...
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cinema". Jimmy Perry, in his autobiography, wrote that the trio of Captain Mainwaring, Corporal Jones and Private Pike in Dad's Army was inspired by watching...
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