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Overview

Contact:
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Trivia:
Father of Penny Croft. His other daughter, Rebecca Croft, was married... more
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Awards:
2 wins & 13 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
British Actress Sugden Dies
 (From WENN. 1 July 2009, 3:01 PM, PDT)

London's Lunch Club Honors Scriptwriter Jimmy Perry
 (From CinemaRetro. 30 April 2009, 5:44 PM, PDT)

Alternate Names:
David Croft O.B.E. | David Croft OBE
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Filmography

Writer:
  1. The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (2007) (TV) (characters)

  2. "Oh, Doctor Beeching!" (11 episodes, 1996-1997)
        - Ton Up (1997) TV episode (writer)
        - Love Is a Very Splendid Thing (1997) TV episode (writer)
        - The Van (1997) TV episode (writer)
        - Father's Day (1997) TV episode (writer)
        - No Milk for the Minister (1997) TV episode (writer)
          (6 more)
  3. "Selection Box" (1 episode, 1997)
        - Dad's Army (1997) TV episode (Dad's Army created and written by)
  4. Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms (1995) (TV) (writer)
  5. Which Way to the War (1994) (TV) (written by)
  6. The Best of 'Allo 'Allo! (1994) (TV) (characters)
  7. "You Rang, M'Lord?" (26 episodes, 1988-1993)
        - Well, There You Are Then...! (1993) TV episode (written by)
        - Fall of the House of Meldrum (1993) TV episode (written by)
        - The Truth Revealed (1993) TV episode (written by)
        - Come to the Ball (1993) TV episode (written by)
        - Requiem for a Parrot (1993) TV episode (written by)
          (21 more)
  8. "Grace & Favour" (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
    ... aka "Are You Being Served? Again!" (USA)
        - Episode #2.6 (1993) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode #2.5 (1993) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode #2.4 (1993) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode #2.3 (1993) TV episode (writer)
        - Episode #2.2 (1993) TV episode (writer)
          (7 more)
  9. "'Allo 'Allo!" (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
        - A Winkle in Time (1992) TV episode (creator)
        - A Fishy Sendoff (1992) TV episode (creator)
        - The Fishmonger Float (1992) TV episode (creator)
        - René Artois Is Still Dead (1992) TV episode (creator)
        - Missing and Presumed Dead (1992) TV episode (creator)
          (80 more)
  10. The Best of 'Are You Being Served?' (1992) (TV) (writer)

  11. A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989) (TV) (uncredited)
  12. "Hi-De-Hi!" (58 episodes, 1980-1988)
        - The Wind of Change (1988) TV episode (written by)
        - Wedding Bells (1988) TV episode (written by)
        - Let Them Eat Cake (1988) TV episode (written by)
        - The Perils of Peggy (1988) TV episode (written by)
        - Marry-Go-Round (1988) TV episode (written by)
          (53 more)
  13. "Are You Being Served?" (68 episodes, 1972-1985)
    ... aka "Grace Brothers"
        - The Pop Star (1985) TV episode (creator)
        - Friends and Neighbours (1985) TV episode (creator)
        - The Night Club (1985) TV episode (creator)
        - Gambling Fever (1985) TV episode (creator)
        - The Hold-Up (1985) TV episode (creator)
          (63 more)
  14. "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" (56 episodes, 1974-1981)
        - The Last Roll Call (1981) TV episode (written by)
        - The Long Road Home (1981) TV episode (written by)
        - Never the Twain Shall Meet (1981) TV episode (written by)
        - The Last Warrior (1981) TV episode (written by)
        - Aquastars (1981) TV episode (written by)
          (51 more)
  15. "Are You Being Served?" (16 episodes, 1980-1981)
    ... aka "Are You Being Served in Australia?" (USA)
        - Camping In (1981) TV episode (co-creator)
        - Dear Sexy Knickers (1981) TV episode (co-creator)
        - Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend (1981) TV episode (co-creator)
        - Front Page Story (1981) TV episode (co-creator)
        - Heir Apparent (1981) TV episode (co-creator)
          (11 more)
  16. "Oh Happy Band" (1980) TV series (unknown episodes)

  17. Beanes of Boston (1979) (TV) (writer)
  18. "Come Back Mrs. Noah" (6 episodes, 1977-1978)
        - The Last Chance (1978) TV episode (writer)
        - The Housing Problem (1978) TV episode (writer)
        - Who Goes Home? (1978) TV episode (writer)
        - To the Rescue (1978) TV episode (writer)
        - In Orbit (1978) TV episode (writer)
          (1 more)
  19. "Dad's Army" (80 episodes, 1968-1977)
        - Never Too Old (1977) TV episode (written by)
        - Number Engaged (1977) TV episode (written by)
        - The Miser's Hoard (1977) TV episode (written by)
        - Knights of Madness (1977) TV episode (written by)
        - The Making of Private Pike (1977) TV episode (written by)
          (75 more)
  20. Are You Being Served? (1977) (BBC television series)
    ... aka 'Are You Being Served?': The Movie
  21. The Rear Guard (1976) (TV) (writer)
  22. "Birds in the Bush" (1972) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka "The Virgin Fellas" (UK: new title)
  23. Dad's Army (1971) (screenplay)

  24. "The Eggheads" (1961) TV series (unknown episodes)
Producer:
  1. "Selection Box" (producer: Dad's Army) (1 episode, 1997)
        - Dad's Army (1997) TV episode (producer: Dad's Army)
  2. "Oh, Doctor Beeching!" (1995) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  3. Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms (1995) (TV) (producer) (archive)
  4. Which Way to the War (1994) (TV) (producer)
  5. "You Rang, M'Lord?" (producer) (26 episodes, 1988-1993)
        - Well, There You Are Then...! (1993) TV episode (producer)
        - Fall of the House of Meldrum (1993) TV episode (producer)
        - The Truth Revealed (1993) TV episode (producer)
        - Come to the Ball (1993) TV episode (producer)
        - Requiem for a Parrot (1993) TV episode (producer)
          (21 more)
  6. "Grace & Favour" (1992) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
    ... aka "Are You Being Served? Again!" (USA)
  7. The Best of 'Are You Being Served?' (1992) (TV) (producer)

  8. "'Allo 'Allo!" (producer) (61 episodes, 1982-1989)
        - The Flying Bed (1989) TV episode (producer)
        - Fanny's Wedding (1989) TV episode (producer)
        - The Fence (1989) TV episode (producer)
        - Intelligence Officers (1989) TV episode (producer)
        - Rescuing the Airmen (1989) TV episode (producer)
          (56 more)
  9. "Hi-De-Hi!" (producer) (20 episodes, 1984-1987) (executive producer) (12 episodes, 1983-1988)
        - The Wind of Change (1988) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Wedding Bells (1988) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Let Them Eat Cake (1988) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Perils of Peggy (1988) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Marry-Go-Round (1988) TV episode (executive producer)
          (27 more)
  10. 'Allo 'Allo! at the London Palladium (1988) (producer)
  11. "Are You Being Served?" (producer) (13 episodes, 1972-1981) (executive producer) (6 episodes, 1974-1983)
    ... aka "Grace Brothers"
        - Monkey Business (1983) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Front Page Story (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - A Personal Problem (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - Forward Mr. Grainger (1976) TV episode (producer)
        - Wedding Bells (1975) TV episode (producer)
          (14 more)
  12. "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" (producer) (50 episodes, 1974-1981)
        - The Last Roll Call (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - The Long Road Home (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - Never the Twain Shall Meet (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - The Last Warrior (1981) TV episode (producer)
        - Aquastars (1981) TV episode (producer)
          (45 more)
  13. "Oh Happy Band" (1980) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)

  14. "Come Back Mrs. Noah" (producer) (6 episodes, 1977-1978)
        - The Last Chance (1978) TV episode (producer)
        - The Housing Problem (1978) TV episode (producer)
        - Who Goes Home? (1978) TV episode (producer)
        - To the Rescue (1978) TV episode (producer)
        - In Orbit (1978) TV episode (producer)
          (1 more)
  15. "Dad's Army" (producer) (49 episodes, 1968-1977)
        - Never Too Old (1977) TV episode (producer)
        - Number Engaged (1977) TV episode (producer)
        - The Miser's Hoard (1977) TV episode (producer)
        - Knights of Madness (1977) TV episode (producer)
        - The Making of Private Pike (1977) TV episode (producer)
          (44 more)
  16. Are You Being Served? (1977) (executive producer)
    ... aka 'Are You Being Served?': The Movie
  17. Further Up Pompeii! (1975) (TV) (producer)
  18. "Steptoe and Son" (producer) (1 episode, 1972)
        - Divided We Stand (1972) TV episode (producer)
  19. "Comedy Playhouse" (producer) (1 episode, 1972)
        - Born Every Minute (1972) TV episode (producer)
  20. "Up Pompeii" (producer) (7 episodes, 1970)
        - The Love Potion (1970) TV episode (producer)
        - Spartacus (1970) TV episode (producer)
        - The Actors (1970) TV episode (producer)
        - Britannicus (1970) TV episode (producer)
        - The Senator and the Asp (1970) TV episode (producer)
          (2 more)

  21. "Hugh and I Spy" (1968) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  22. "Beggar My Neighbour" (1966) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  23. "A Slight Case of..." (producer) (6 episodes, 1965)
        - Exposure (1965) TV episode (producer)
        - Identity (1965) TV episode (producer)
        - Class (1965) TV episode (producer)
        - The Enemy Within (1965) TV episode (producer)
        - Opium (1965) TV episode (producer)
          (1 more)
  24. "Hugh and I" (producer) (18 episodes, 1962-1965)
        - A Brace of Pheasants (1965) TV episode (producer)
        - Escort Duty (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - Coal Comfort (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - Pen Friends (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - New Year Resolution (1964) TV episode (producer)
          (13 more)
  25. "World of His Own" (1964) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  26. "Impromptu" (1964) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  27. "The Benny Hill Show" (1955) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes, 1961)
  28. "The Eggheads" (1961) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)

  29. "This Is Your Life" (1955) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
Director:
  1. Which Way to the War (1994) (TV)
  2. "You Rang, M'Lord?" (13 episodes, 1988-1990)
        - Royal Flush (1990) TV episode
        - Stranger in the Night (1990) TV episode
        - The Wounds of War (1990) TV episode
        - The Meldrum Vases (1990) TV episode
        - Money Talks (1990) TV episode
          (8 more)

  3. "'Allo 'Allo!" (30 episodes, 1982-1989)
        - It's Raining Italians (1989) TV episode
        - Rene's Ghost (1989) TV episode
        - Desperate Doings in the Dungeon (1988) TV episode
        - The Jet-Propelled Mother-In-Law (1987) TV episode
        - The Sausage in the Trousers (1987) TV episode
          (25 more)
  4. "Hi-De-Hi!" (18 episodes, 1984-1987)
        - Tell It to the Marines (1987) TV episode
        - September Song (1986) TV episode
        - Only the Brave (1986) TV episode
        - God Bless Our Family (1986) TV episode
        - Pigs Might Fly (1986) TV episode
          (13 more)
  5. A Portrait Special (1986) (V)

  6. "Are You Being Served?" (4 episodes, 1975-1979)
    ... aka "Grace Brothers"
        - The Apartment (1979) TV episode
        - Cold Store (1975) TV episode
        - Coffee Morning (1975) TV episode (uncredited)
        - The Hand of Fate (1975) TV episode
  7. "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" (20 episodes, 1974-1977)
        - The Eternal Quadrangle (1977) TV episode
        - Front Line Entertainers (1977) TV episode
        - Twenty-One Today (1976) TV episode
        - Ticket to Blighty (1976) TV episode
        - The Night of the Thugs (1975) TV episode
          (15 more)
  8. "Dad's Army" (27 episodes, 1968-1977)
        - Never Too Old (1977) TV episode (uncredited)
        - Knights of Madness (1977) TV episode (uncredited)
        - The Deadly Attachment (1973) TV episode
        - Sons of the Sea (1969) TV episode (uncredited)
        - No Spring for Frazer (1969) TV episode (uncredited)
          (22 more)
  9. Further Up Pompeii! (1975) (TV)
  10. Not Now Darling (1973)
  11. "Birds in the Bush" (1972) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka "The Virgin Fellas" (UK: new title)
  12. "Steptoe and Son" (1 episode, 1972)
        - Divided We Stand (1972) TV episode (uncredited)
  13. "Up Pompeii" (3 episodes, 1970)
        - Britannicus (1970) TV episode
        - The Senator and the Asp (1970) TV episode
        - Vestal Virgins (1970) TV episode

  14. "One O'Clock Show" (1959) TV series
Composer:
  1. The Best of 'Allo 'Allo! (1994) (TV)
  2. "Grace & Favour" (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
    ... aka "Are You Being Served? Again!" (USA)
        - Episode #2.6 (1993) TV episode
        - Episode #2.5 (1993) TV episode
        - Episode #2.4 (1993) TV episode
        - Episode #2.3 (1993) TV episode
        - Episode #2.2 (1993) TV episode
          (7 more)
  3. "'Allo 'Allo!" (7 episodes, 1988-1992)
        - A Winkle in Time (1992) TV episode
        - A Fishy Sendoff (1992) TV episode
        - The Fishmonger Float (1992) TV episode
        - René Artois Is Still Dead (1992) TV episode
        - Missing and Presumed Dead (1992) TV episode
          (2 more)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "Comedy Connections" (archivist) (1 episode, 2007)
        - It Ain't Half Hot, Mum (2007) TV episode (archivist)
  2. "Nature" (consultant) (1 episode, 2002)
        - Big Red Roos (2002) TV episode (consultant)
Actor:
  1. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) (uncredited) .... Perkins - Greengrocer's boy
    ... aka Goodbye Mr. Chips! (USA)
Self:
  1. The Man Who Made Eric & Ernie (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  2. "Comedy Connections" .... Himself (5 episodes, 2003-2008)
        - Dad's Army (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - It Ain't Half Hot, Mum (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - 'Allo 'Allo! (2006) TV episode .... Himself
        - Hi-De-Hi! (2004) TV episode .... Himself
        - Are You Being Served? (2003) TV episode .... Himself
  3. Jonathan Ross Salutes 'Dad's Army' (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  4. 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  5. The Passing Years (2007) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  6. 'We Are the Boys...': Ian Lavender (2007) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  7. Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV) .... Himself
  8. The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (2007) (TV) (as David Croft OBE) .... Himself
  9. A Tribute to John Inman (2007) (TV) (as David Croft OBE) .... Himself
  10. 'We Are the Boys...': Clive Dunn (2007) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  11. 'We Are the Boys...': Arthur Lowe (2006) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  12. 'We Are the Boys...': John Le Mesurier (2006) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  13. 'We Are the Boys...': John Laurie (2006) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  14. The Ultimate Sitcom (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  15. Who Killed the Sitcom? (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  16. 'We Are the Boys...': James Beck (2005) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  17. 'We Are the Boys...': Arnold Ridley (2005) (V) (as David Croft O.B.E.) .... Himself
  18. "Breakfast" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Episode dated 5 May 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  19. "Britain's Best Sitcom" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
        - Dad's Army (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  20. The British Comedy Awards 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Himself
  21. 'Dad's Army': Missing Presumed Wiped (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  22. Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  23. Don't Panic! The 'Dad's Army' Story (2000) (TV) .... Himself

  24. "Funny Turns" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
        - John Inman (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  25. "Funny Women" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
        - Mollie Sugden (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  26. "Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom" (1999) TV mini-series .... Himself
  27. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1995)
        - David Croft (1995) TV episode .... Himself
  28. Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms (1995) (TV) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
Wrote an introduction for "Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes" (1998), a book of the scripts for the second series which was presumed lost at the time. more
Genres:
Comedy | War | Documentary | Short more

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