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
The Dad Who Knew Too Little new episodes of "" and "48 Hours"). It was the third highest-rated broadcast on Fox that week, following a National Football League playoffs game and an episode of "Joe Millionaire". On December 6, 2011, "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of the box set "The Simpsons – The Complete Fourteenth Season". Staff members Jean, Selman, Kirkland, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Matt Warburton, and David Silverman, as well as cast member Yeardley Smith and former "Simpsons" guest star "Weird Al" Yankovic, participated in the audio commentary for the episode. In February 2004, "The