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
Curley Walker Cotton in a British featherweight title eliminator but didn't go on to challenge for the title. From 1917 onwards his career went into decline. He won a few fights against less experienced opponents but in an 18-month period between 1917 and 1919 he won only one of eight fights. Between December 1920 and January 1922 he lost eleven straight fights. He continued until April 1923, never repeating his earlier success. Walker served as a private in the British Army during World War I. Curley Walker Curley Walker (4 February 1894 – 1973) was a British boxer who was British bantamweight