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
USNS Private Joe E. Mann (T-AK-253) new class, "Longview-class missile range instrumentation ship", the "USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256)" and the "USNS Longview (T-AGM-3)". "Richfield" continued her missile tracking until transferred to the Maritime Administration, 21 November 1968 when she was berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, Benicia, California. "Richfield’s" subsequent fate is not known. USNS Private Joe E. Mann (T-AK-253) USNS "Private Joe E. Mann" (T-AK-253) was a acquired in 1950 from the U.S. Army where it was known as the USAT "Private Joe E. Mann". In 1960, the Navy converted the ship to a and renamed her USNS "Richfield" (T-AGM-4). Richfield