Actor. British character actor primarily known as Verger Maurice Yeatman on the long-running television programme "Dad's Army" and it's subsequent feature film in 1971. Edward "Teddy" Sinclair was born in Oldham, Manchester. His love of acting came mainly from his parents; his father was a stage actor and his mother was singer and dancer. Due to the death of his father, drama school was too expensive for him, so he decided to join the St. Luke's Players amateur company. In 1937, eight years after joining St. Luke's Players, Teddy went on to be in the Teddington Theatre Club. He acted and produced many productions for the club and he loved every minute of it. He even wrote some scripts for the company. During World War II, he was in the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry of the army. However due to his suffering with severe bronchitis since he was born, he had to stay based in England during hostilities. He resisted the temptations of going professional as an actor while he and his wife had a young family to support. Once his two sons got closer to ending their education, he decided to go into professional acting. Other than "Dad's Army" his other British television credits include, but not limited to, "Compact" (1962), "Danger Man" (1964), "Beggar My Neighbour" (1967), "Z Cars" (1968), "On Trial" (1970), "Whodunnit?" (1975), the Mini-Series "David Copperfield" (1974), along with film roles in the Peter Sellers comedy "The Magic Christian" (1969) and "No Sex Please - We're British" (1973). Approximately a month after the cast of Dad's Army finished filming the last episode, Edward Sinclair died of a heart attack in Cheddar, Somerset where his eldest son lived. He and his wife had been on holiday in Bournemouth at time and decided to visit their son on the way home. On the final morning of their visit, Teddy went indoors to start packing for the journey home and collapsed on the kitchen floor with the heart attack. At the funeral, Arthur Lowe who played Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army stated: "With the loss of Teddy, it is now quite clear that there will be no more Dad's Army."