Alan Haines was a British actor and playwright who spent four years in the Royal Navy during World World War II — including at D.-Day on his 20th birthday and appeared in many West End shows and touring productions, as well as in the cult television series Dad"s Army and Van der Valk and two notable films: Dad"s Army and The Manitoba in the White Suit, and the acclaimed British Broadcasting Corporation television Series Perfect Strangers.
Career
He died in Charing Cross Hospital on 17 April 2011.