What is David Croft?
[[File:David Croft, May 2011.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Croft in May 2011]] '''David John Croft''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|OBE}} (born '''David John Andrew Sharland'''; 7 September 1922&nbsp;– 27 September 2011) was an [[English people|English]] writer, producer, and director. He created the [[BBC]] television sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]''. Croft was born on 7 September 1922 in [[Sandbanks]], [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], [[England]]. He studied at the [[Rugby School]] and at [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. Croft was married to Ann Callender from 1952 until his death in 2011. They had seven children. Croft died on 27 September 2011 in his home in [[Tavira]], [[Algarve]], [[Portugal]] from natural causes, aged 89.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|author=BBC News|title=Comedy creator David Croft dies aged 89|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15072847|access-date=27 September 2011|newspaper=BBC Online|date=27 September 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.davidcroft.co.uk Official homepage] *{{imdb name|0188462|David Croft}} *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/c/croft_david.shtml List of works at the BBC Guide to Comedy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213222810/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/c/croft_david.shtml |date=2006-02-13 }} *[http://www.bigredbook.info/david_croft.html David Croft's appearance on This Is Your Life] *[http://www.uktv.co.uk/?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=529576 Biography at UKTV] *[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8792492/David-Croft.html Obituary of David Croft, The Daily Telegraph, 27 September 2011] *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/27/david-croft Obituary of David Croft, The Guardian, 27 September 2011] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Croft, David}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:English television directors]] [[Category:English television producers]] [[Category:English television writers]] [[Category:Peo