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- Birth nameJohn Walter Laurence Clegg
- John Clegg was born on July 9, 1934 in Murree, Punjab, British India. He was an actor, known for Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974) and Crossroads (1964). He was married to Mavis Pugh. He died on August 2, 2024 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK.
- SpouseMavis Pugh(1959 - December 6, 2006) (her death)
- Educated at a finishing school in Dorset. then did 2 years national service rising to second lieutenant.
- Father was a colonel in the British Army in India.
- Lives in an 18th-century cottage in Sussex.
- He married actress Mavis Pugh in 1959. Due to the twenty year age gap between Clegg and Pugh many were sceptical as to whether the marriage would last, apart from Jimmy Perry and his wife Gillian. After the wedding there was a whip-round at the theatre which collected enough money to buy what Clegg described in an interview as 'lots of practical things, like sponges and cloths - the most practical things you could imagine.'.
- Was considered for the role of Herr Flick in 'Allo 'Allo! (1982) before Richard Gibson was cast in the role.
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