Edward Sinclair

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Edward Sinclair
Born	1914 Oldham, England [1]
Died	August 29, 1977 (aged 63) Cheddar, Somerset, England
Cause of death	Heart attack
Occupation	Salesman, Comedy actor

Edward Sinclair (1914–29 August 1977) was an English actor most famous for his role as the verger Maurice Yeatman in Dad's Army. He also made appearances in Z Cars and Danger Man.

Edward's father was the son of a stage actor who died when he was 14. Drama school was too expensive so he worked for amateur theatre companies. He served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in WWII and was a salesman before deciding to become a professional actor in his late forties.

He died in 1977 after suffering a massive heart attack, within weeks of the filming of the final Dad's Army episode. Upon his death, it was mutually decided by the Dad's Army cast, partly due to Sinclair's death and his familiarity in Dad's Army, that there would not be any more Dad's Army episodes made.

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• Edward Sinclair at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Major Cast Members of Dad's Army Arthur Lowe • John Le Mesurier • Clive Dunn • John Laurie • James Beck • Arnold Ridley • Ian Lavender • Bill Pertwee • Frank Williams  • Edward Sinclair • Janet Davies • Pamela Cundell

Persondata
NAME	Sinclair, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oldham, England
DATE OF DEATH	1977-08-27
PLACE OF DEATH	Cheddar, Somerset