Private Walker Private Walker Private Joe Walker is a fictional black market spiv (or Wholesales Supplier, as he politely puts it) and Home Guard platoon member, portrayed by actor James Beck in the BBC television sitcom "Dad's Army". Beck died suddenly in 1973. The character of Walker was possibly one of the most prominent and popular in the show. Following his character's departure (Walker was last mentioned in the episode "The Recruit", although he does not appear in this episode) the series attempted to replace him with a war reporter called Private Cheeseman (played by Talfryn Thomas), who had made a previous
Joe Scott (walker) Joe Scott (walker) Dunedin race walker Joseph "Joe" Scott (1860 – 9 February 1908) was a household name in his time, becoming New Zealand's first world champion athlete and world record-holder in 1888. Pedestrianism (running and walking races) was a massive spectator sport and the big guns at that time were able to attract thousands of spectators to big indoor tracks in Britain and the United States. Scott, who was born in Ireland in 1859, came to Dunedin at a young age with his family and worked as a boot-maker. He came under the influence of Alfred Austin, who is