{"id":944,"date":"2013-09-22T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T12:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=944"},"modified":"2013-09-22T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T12:30:23","slug":"ploppy-son-of-ploppy-actor-dies-aged-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=944","title":{"rendered":"Ploppy, son of Ploppy actor dies aged 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is with sadness to write that British actor and comedian Bill Wallis has died at the age of 76. Bill appeared in three series of The Blackadder, in roles as Poppy the Gaoler (Blackadder II), Brigadier Smith (Blackadder Goes Forth), and\u00a0Sir Justin de Boinod (The Black Adder).<\/p>\n<p>Bill is survived\u00a0by his second wife and by four children, two from each marriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackadderhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/22586.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-945\" alt=\"22586\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackadderhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/22586.gif?resize=321%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"321\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BILL WALLIS: 1936 &#8211; 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with sadness to write that British actor and comedian Bill Wallis has died at the age of 76. Bill appeared in three series of The Blackadder, in roles as Poppy the Gaoler (Blackadder II), Brigadier Smith (Blackadder Goes Forth), and\u00a0Sir Justin de Boinod (The Black Adder). Bill is survived\u00a0by his second wife and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54TBn-fe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":976,"url":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=976","url_meta":{"origin":944,"position":0},"title":"Blackadder actress Patsy Byrne (Nursie (aka Bernard)) dies aged 80","author":"admin","date":"21 June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Another day passes and we lose another fantastic Blackadder actor. 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