page_title: David Croft
hierarchical_section_title: David Croft
caption_attribution_description: English: The English television writer and producer David Croft during a Dad's Army celebration at Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk, May 2011.
context_page_description: Major David John Croft OBE was an English writer, producer, and director. He created the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.
  Croft was born on September 7, 1922 in Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, England. He studied at the Rugby School and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Croft was married to Ann Callender from 1952 until his death in 2011. They had seven children. Croft died on September 27, 2011 in his home in Tavira, Algarve, Portugal from natural causes, aged 89.
context_section_description: Major David John Croft OBE (David John Andrew Sharland, September 7, 1922 – September 27, 2011) was an English writer, producer, and director. He created the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.
  Croft was born on September 7, 1922 in Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, England. He studied at the Rugby School and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Croft was married to Ann Callender from 1952 until his death in 2011. They had seven children. Croft died on September 27, 2011 in his home in Tavira, Algarve, Portugal from natural causes, aged 89.
caption: Croft in May 2011
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