Alan Haines (6 June 1924 – 17 April 2011) was a British actor and playwright who spent four years in the Royal Navy during World War II — including at D-Day on his 20th birthday and appeared in many West End shows and touring productions, as well as in the cult TV series Dad's Army and Van der Valk and two notable films: Dad's Army and The Man in the White Suit, and the acclaimed BBC TV Series Perfect Strangers.

He died in Charing Cross Hospital on 17 April 2011.

Alan Haines

Works

The Prince of Portobello Play (1962) Autobiography Haines (2006) The Mad Mad-Century Rag London: MER Publishing (2007),

Alan Haines

Selected filmography

The Man in the White Suit (1951) - Reporter (uncredited) The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964) - Const. Marlowe Dad's Army (1971) - Marine Officer

Alan Haines

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1924 births

2011 deaths

Royal Navy sailors

Royal Navy personnel of World War II

People from Weston-super-Mare

British male stage actors

British male television actors

British male film actors

British male dramatists and playwrights

20th-century British dramatists and playwrights

20th-century British male writers