Talfryn Thomas - wikipedia Talfryn Thomas This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2013 ) Talfryn Thomas Thomas as Mr Cheeseman in Dad 's Army ( 1922 - 10 - 31 ) 31 October 1922 Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom 4 November 1982 ( 1982 - 11 - 04 ) ( aged 60 ) Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Cause of death Heart attack Occupation actor John Talfryn Thomas ( 31 October 1922 -- 4 November 1982 ) was a British character actor, best known for supporting roles on television in the 1970s, including those of Private Cheeseman in Dad 's Army ( 1973 - 1974 ) and Tom Price in Survivors ( 1975 ), while Thomas also appeared with Jon Pertwee in two Doctor Who serials. Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected television roles 3 Films 4 References 5 External links Biography John Talfryn Thomas was born in Swansea on 31 October 1922. He trained as an instrument mechanic but joined the local amateur dramatic society. During World War II, he joined the Royal Air Force ( RAF ), and was a rear gunner on a Lancaster bomber, flying on multiple raids into Germany. After surviving a crash in which all the other crew members were killed, he took up acting partly as therapy for the trauma, before training as an actor in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( LAMDA ). For some time Thomas acted in provincial theatres. In the late 1950s, he began making television appearances, and in the 1960s appeared in two episodes of The Avengers - A Surfeit of H2O ( 1965 ) and Look Stop Me ( 1968 ) - as well as with Roger Moore in The Saint ( 1968 ) and in The Persuaders ! ( as `` The Poacher '' in the episode ' A Home Of One 's Own ', 1971 ). In 1973, Thomas appeared in the Seven of One episode `` I 'll Fly You for a Quid '', appearing alongside Ronnie Barker in a community of Welsh gamblers. Thomas also appeared with Jon Pertwee in the Doctor Who serials, Spearhead from Space ( 1970 ) and The Green Death ( 1973 ), and in the Worzel Gummidge episode The Scarecrow Wedding ( 1980 ). Thomas excelled at playing quirky and sometimes seedy Welshmen. His distinctive appearance was enhanced by his protruding front teeth, which earned him the nickname ' Talf The Teef '. Thomas is perhaps best remembered for his role as Mr. Cheeseman in the television series, Dad 's Army ( 1973 - 1974 ). In 1975, Thomas appeared as Tom Price in seven episodes of the first series of the BBC TV series, Survivors, acting alongside main stars Carolyn Seymour, Ian McCulloch and Lucy Fleming, before the character of Tom was killed off in the tenth episode of the first series. In 1979, Thomas appeared on The Ken Dodd Laughter Show with Rita Webb and Pat Ashton ( and he was a regular on Ken Dodd 's BBC radio comedy show ). Talfryn Thomas ' few films included Sky West and Crooked ( 1965 ) starring Hayley Mills, and Andrew Sinclair 's adaptation of Dylan Thomas 's Under Milk Wood ( 1972 ), with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O'Toole. Like Burton, Talfryn Thomas had been in the original radio play. He was also seen in Come Play with Me ( 1977 ) and the cult film, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End ( 1980 ) from Vivian Stanshall. Talfryn Thomas died of a sudden heart attack on 4 November 1982, just four days after his 60th birthday. He was survived by his wife, Barbara. Selected television roles Year Title Role Notes 1960 The Citadel Chenkin 's Henchman / Miner 1964 to 1974 Z Cars McCall / Greenough / Jake Morris 1965 The Avengers Eli Barker / ' A Surfeit of H2O ' 1967 St. Ives Clausel 1968 The Saint Owen Thomas 1971 The Persuaders ! The Poacher 1971 Edna, the Inebriate Woman Tramp 1971 to 1972 Coronation Street Dirty Dick 1970 Doctor Who -- Spearhead from Space Mullins 1973 Doctor Who -- The Green Death Dave 1973 Seven of One -- I 'll Fly You for a Quid Mr Pugh 1973 to 1974 Dad 's Army Private Cheeseman Survivors -- 7 episodes The Fourth Horseman Genesis Gone Away Starvation Spoil of War Law and Order The Future Hour Tom Price 1977 Treasure Island Tom Morgan 1977 King of the Castle Vine / Vein 1979 The Ken Dodd Laughter Show Various 1980 Worzel Gummidge -- The Scarecrow Wedding Soggy Boggart 1981 The Incredible Mr Tanner Cledwyn 1982 Hi - de-Hi ! Gareth Davies Films Sky West and Crooked ( 1966 ) - Brand Under Milk Wood ( 1972 ) - Mr. Pugh The Battle of Billy 's Pond ( 1976 ) - Mr. Pugh Come Play with Me ( 1977 ) - Nosegay Sir Henry at Rawlinson End ( 1980 ) - Teddy Tidy References ^ Jump up to : `` Other Characters ''. The Dad 's Army Appreciation Society. Retrieved 10 October 2012. External links Talfryn Thomas on IMDb Article about Talfryn Thomas VIAF : 16917829 LCCN : no2003082204 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talfryn_Thomas&oldid=824977621 '' Categories : 1922 births 1982 deaths British male television actors People from Swansea 20th - century British male actors Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from January 2013 All articles needing additional references Pages to import images to Wikidata Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Cymraeg Edit links This page was last edited on 10 February 2018, at 19 : 08. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who played mr cheeseman in dad's army
Answer: John Talfryn Thomas