What is James Beck?
{{Infobox person | name = James Beck | birthname = Stanley James Carroll Beck | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|2|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Islington]], [[London]], [[England]] <ref>GRO Register of Births: MAR 1929 1b 407 ISLINGTON - Stanley J. C. Beck, mmn = Beck</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|08|06|1929|2|21|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Roehampton]], [[Wandsworth]], London, England <ref>GRO Register of Deaths: SEP 1973 5E 1087 WANDSWORTH - Stanley James C. Beck, DoB = 21 Feb 1929</ref> | occupation = Actor | years active = 1961–73 | spouse = Kay Beck <small>(?–1973) (his death)</small> }} '''Stanley James Carroll Beck''' (21 February 1929 &ndash; 6 August 1973) was an [[England|English]] [[actor]]. He is best remembered for his role as [[Private Joe Walker]], the [[cockney]] [[spiv]] in the popular [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]''. Beck was born on 21 February 1929 in [[Islington]], [[London]], [[England]]. He was married to Kay Beck until his death in 1973. Beck died on 6 August 1973 from [[pancreatitis]] in [[Roehampton]], [[Wandsworth]], London, England, aged 44. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |title=Dad's Army: The Making of a Television Legend |first=Bill |last=Pertwee |author-link=Bill Pertwee |publisher=Anova Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84486-105-7 |pages=56–59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HoqHel5bnfMC}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0065161}} *{{Find a Grave|8528932}} * [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba03c8648 James Beck] at the [[British Film Institute]] {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beck, James}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:1973 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatitis]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from London]]