# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-lavender
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:47:46.086Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-lavender"
name: "Ian Lavender"
slug: "ian-lavender"
description: "Arthur Ian Lavender was an English stage, film and television actor. He played the role of Private Pike in Dad's Army between 1968 and 1977, a BBC sitcom set during World War II, of which he was the last surviving main cast member. He also portrayed Derek Harkinson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2001 to 2005, and again from 2016 to 2017."
tagline: "English actor (1946–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Lavender.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-02-16"
deathDate: "2024-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.31
  momentum:             3.791295228106974
  historical:           9.344592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491874/"
    handle:    "nm0491874"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ايان لاڤيندير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender"
    title: "Ian Lavender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender"
    title: "Ian Lavender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "ایان لوندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender"
    title: "Ian Lavender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender"
    title: "Ian Lavender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender"
    title: "Ian Lavender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%99%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Лавендер, Йен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender"
    title: "Ian Lavender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692673"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85534"
    title: "Ian Lavender"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump