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User:PokestarFan/David Croft
{{infobox person
|name= David Croft
|image=David Croft, May 2011.jpg
|caption=Croft in May 2011
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1922|9|7}}
|birth_place=[[Sandbanks]], [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], [[England]]
|nationality=[[Britain]]
|occupation=[[English people|English]] [[writer]], [[producer]], and [[director]]. 
|spouse={{marriage|Ann Callender|1952}}
|alma_matar=[[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
|children=7
|residence=[[Tavira]], [[Algarve]], [[Portugal]]
}}
[[File:David Croft, May 2011.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Croft in May 2011]]⏎
'''Major David John Croft''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ('''David John Andrew Sharland''', September 7, 1922 &ndash; September 27, 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ZAmXyY8jxZIJ:garybasford.tripod.com/david_croft.htm+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title = Google's cache of http://garybasford.tripod.com/david_croft.htm.|first = |last = |date = Feb 7, 2016 19:50:09 GMT|website = David Croft O.B.E.|publisher = Google Inc.|accessdate = ~~~~~}}</ref> was an [[English people|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.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|author=BBC News|title=Comedy creator David Croft dies aged 89|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15072847|accessdate=27 September 2011|newspaper=BBC Online|date=27 September 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==Other websites==
*[http://www.davidcroft.co.uk Official homepage]
*{{imdb name|0188462|David Croft}}
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/c/croft_david.shtml List of works at the BBC Guide to Comedy]
*[http://www.bigredbook.info/david_croft.html David Croft's appearance on This Is Your Life]
*[http://www.uktv.co.uk/?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=529576 Biography at UKTV]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8792492/David-Croft.html Obituary of David Croft, The Daily Telegraph, 27 September 2011]
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/27/david-croft Obituary of David Croft, The Guardian, 27 September 2011]