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===Jimmy Perry===
[[Jimmy Perry]] (1923–2016) created ''Dad's Army'' with David Croft. The song he wrote for the series, ''Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?'', won him an [[Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically|Ivor Novello Award]]. Croft and Perry wrote together for over 30 years. Along with Frank Muir and [[Denis Norden]], and Galton and Simpson, they were among the dominant writing teams of the period. Perry could send himself up as well as others. His autobiography was to be called ''A Boy's Own Story'', but it came out in 2002 under the title ''A Stupid Boy''.
<ref name="GUARDjp">{{cite web
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/23/jimmy-perry-obituary
|title=Jimmy Perry obituary
|last=Barker
|first=Dennis
|date=23 October 2016
|work=The Guardian
|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited
|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> In ''Dad's Army'', he drew on his experience as a young member of the Home Guard, on his service in India and Burma<ref name="INDYperry"/> during the war for ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'', and his time as a Butlin's holiday camp Redcoat for ''Hi-de-Hi'', for which he wrote the song "Holiday Rock".<ref name="BBCperryobit">{{cite web
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37743674
|title=Dad's Army creator Jimmy Perry dies
|date=23 October 2016
|work=BBC News
|publisher=BBC
|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> When he said he wanted to be a film star or a comedian, his father responded: "You stupid boy!" Perry used the phrase in ''Dad's Army'' and it became a catch phrase.
<ref name="INDYperry">{{cite web
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-perry-obituary-creator-of-muchloved-sitcom-dad-s-army-a7377946.html
|title=Jimmy Perry obituary: Creator of Dad's Army who used his own life experiences in much-loved sitcom
|last=Hayward
|first=Anthony
|date=24 October 2016
|work=The Independent
|publisher=Independent Newspapers
|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> Perry effectively retired after ''You Rang, M'Lord?'' finished.<ref name="INDYperry" /> He was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1978.<ref name="BBCperryobit"/> He won Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Writer's Guild (1995) and at the British Comedy Awards (2003).<ref name="INDYperry"/>