death_date death_place birth_place imagesize othername name birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title birth_name occupation
11 march 1987 manchester , england ordsall , salford , lancashire , england gladwin wine '' as wally in '' last of the summer joe gladwyn joe gladwin 22 january 1906 lily anne wynne -lrb- 1933-1987 ; his death -rrb- 1957 -- 1987 file : wally6407.jpg joe gladwin
 joseph gladwin actor
joe gladwin

joseph `` joe '' gladwin -lrb- 22 january 1906 -- 11 march 1987 -rrb- was a british actor .
he was best known in his roles as myopic stan hardman in `` nearest and dearest '' from 1968 to 1973 , and wally batty in the world 's longest-running sitcom , `` last of the summer wine '' in 1975 , and again from 1976 to 1987 .
