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
Samuel S. Walker the University of Michigan from 1857 to 1861, graduating with a bachelor of science degree. He married Mary M. Chapin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, on January 14, 1864. Walker engaged in various business concerns, and organized the Michigan Mortgage Company in 1888. He served as a Republican representative from Clinton County in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877, and served on the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1876 until 1884. Walker died at his home in Old Mission, Michigan, on December 9, 1909. Samuel S. Walker Samuel Snow Walker (June 11, 1841 –