Bill Pertwee
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William Desmond Anthony Pertwee (born July 21, 1926) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, is an English comedy actor. He is the cousin of former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee and nephew of the screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee.
He appeared alongside Kenneth Horne, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Kenneth Williams in the radio comedy series Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne in the 1960s.
His most prominent role was that of ARP Warden Bert 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.
He later played the police constable in another creation of Jimmy Perry and David Croft, You Rang, M'Lord?.
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.
Pertwee is president of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society.
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