An Evening with
Frank Williams

He’s one of the best-known faces in the most popular classic comedy television series ever made, and yet the ‘vicar’ in real life has a strong Christian faith and a lifelong commitment to the church.

Even after twenty years, the BBC’s Dad’s Army continues regularly to pull in millions of viewers for each repeated episode. Video, audio tapes and books about the series are best-sellers, and the programme successfully bridged the generation gap like no other. Dads Army became a very successful feature film and a popular stage musical enjoying a triumphant run in London’s West-End and on its national tour.

The originators of the series, David Croft and Jimmy Perry, chose Frank Williams to create the role of the wonderfully eccentric vicar, who was always slightly tetchy as he tried to come to terms with the elderly platoon’s invasion of his beloved church hall.

Frank was perfectly cast in Dad’s Army and enjoyed its long run. However, he has spent a lifetime in the world of entertainment and has appeared in many other highly successful productions including Granada Televisions ‘The Army Game’ and as the Bishop in the BBC’s ‘You Rang M’Lord?`. Appearances in plays, pantomimes, and over thirty films have seen him work with some of the world’s leading star names. Several of his own plays have been produced.

Despite his instant recognition in public, he remains a very private man, whose Christian faith is his bedrock. Frank tells the story of his life in his autobiography, Vicar to Dad’s Army, published by Canterbury Press in October 2002.

In An Evening with Frank Williams, Chris Gidney from Christians in Entertainment interviews Frank, who gives his audience a unique view of an actor’s life and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the legendary series, alongside his personal journey of faith.

It’s a light-hearted evening of fun that lasts just over an hour and is ideal for churches to use as a special event.