William Desmond Anthony Pertwee MBE (born 21 July 1926) is an English comedy actor. He is a distant cousin of former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee being second cousin of Jon Pertwee's father, screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee. He was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.In his youth he was a member of the Air Training Corps .He appeared alongside Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden in the radio comedy series Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne .

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  • William Desmond Anthony Pertwee MBE (born 21 July 1926) is an English comedy actor. He is a distant cousin of former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee being second cousin of Jon Pertwee's father, screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee. He was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.In his youth he was a member of the Air Training Corps .He appeared alongside Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden in the radio comedy series Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne . His most prominent role was that of ARP Warden William Hodges in Dad's Army, which he played in both the original television series and the radio remakes, as well as the radio sequel, It Sticks Out Half a Mile, set after the war, in which Hodges takes up a surprising new project. During his lengthy career, he found time to appear in three Carry On films. These were Carry On Loving, Carry On At Your Convenience and Carry On Girls. However, his performance in At Your Convenience was cut from the final film. Other film appearances include the Lust segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins.In 1981 Bill Pertwee played the Demob Centre supervisor in the final episode of It Ain't Half Hot Mum . He later played Police Constable Wilson in another creation of Jimmy Perry and David Croft, You Rang, M'Lord? . Pertwee is president of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society and the author of the book "Dad's Army — The Making of a Television Legend". A friend of most of the cast of the show, he is also the godfather of one of the sons of Ian Lavender . Following the death of his wife, he now lives in Surrey, England. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list for his services to charity. On Thursday 31st July 2008 he appeared on This Morning talking about Dad's Army with co-stars Frank Willams and Ian Lavender. On Sunday 3rd August 2008 he appeared on BBC 1 Jonathan Ross Salutes Dads Army. Bill is also Vice President of the "Railway Ramblers". (en)
  • William Desmond Anthony Pertwee (Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Engeland, 21 juli 1926) is een Brits acteur. Pertwee debuteerde in 1968 in de tv-serie The World of Beachcomber. Bekende rollen van hem zijn die van ARP Warden Hodges in Dad's Army en die van politieman Wilson in You Rang, M'Lord?. (nl)
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  • William Desmond Anthony Pertwee MBE (born 21 July 1926) is an English comedy actor. He is a distant cousin of former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee being second cousin of Jon Pertwee's father, screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee. He was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.In his youth he was a member of the Air Training Corps .He appeared alongside Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden in the radio comedy series Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne . (en)
  • William Desmond Anthony Pertwee (Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Engeland, 21 juli 1926) is een Brits acteur. (nl)
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