Post by The Collector on Jun 23, 2009 10:35:05 GMT
Actor Colin Bean, who made his name playing Private Sponge in Dad's Army, has died aged 82.
A flamboyant character with a fund of showbusiness anecdotes, Colin, who spent his last years at Wickham Hall Care Home in Springfield, died peacefully in Wigan Infirmary on Saturday.
In a lifetime in theatre, he played a myriad of parts – from dame to Winston Churchill.
He was given star treatment at a reunion of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society last year.
It was only after years of hard theatrical slog in rep that Colin was spotted in 1968 by his old friend Jimmy Perry, one of the creators of Dad's Army, and won a part.
Colin's autobiography "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding" went into three editions.
A flamboyant character with a fund of showbusiness anecdotes, Colin, who spent his last years at Wickham Hall Care Home in Springfield, died peacefully in Wigan Infirmary on Saturday.
In a lifetime in theatre, he played a myriad of parts – from dame to Winston Churchill.
He was given star treatment at a reunion of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society last year.
It was only after years of hard theatrical slog in rep that Colin was spotted in 1968 by his old friend Jimmy Perry, one of the creators of Dad's Army, and won a part.
Colin's autobiography "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding" went into three editions.