William Desmond Anthony Pertwee (born July 21, 1926) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, is a British comedy actor. He is the cousin of former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee and nephew of the screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee. July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... List of Doctor Who serials Doctor Who audio releases Doctor Who spin-offs - includes a discussion of the many novelisations and original novels based on the series History of Doctor Who The Doctor (Doctor Who) List of supporting characters in Doctor Who, including villains and aliens List of robots in... John Devon Roland Pertwee (July 7, 1919–May 20, 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was a British actor. ...

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 1960's. Kenneth Horne (February 27, 1907 - February 14, 1969) was a British comedian and businessman. ... Hugh Paddick (August 22, 1915, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire – November 11, 2000, London), was a British actor, who appeared in the 1960s BBC radio show Round the Horne in sketches such as Charles and Fiona (as Charles) and Julian and Sandy (as Julian). ... Betty Marsden (1919–1998) was a British comedy actress. ... Kenneth Charles Williams (February 22, 1926 - April 15, 1988) was a British comic actor, star of over twenty films and notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as a witty raconteur on a wide range of subjects. ... Beyond Our Ken was a radio programme, the predecessor to Round the Horne, also starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Bill Pertwee and Betty Marsden. ... Round the Horne was one of the most influential BBC Radio comedy programmes, comparable to The Goon Show in its influence on other comedy programmes. ...

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. Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was an organization in the United Kingdom dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air-raids. ... The cast of Dads Army (left to right): Pike, Frazer, Warden Hodges (front), Godfrey, Mainwaring (front), Walker, Jones and Wilson Dads Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in World War II, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968... It Sticks Out Half a Mile was a BBC Radio sitcom created by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles as a sequel to the television war sitcom Dads Army, for which Snoad and Knowles had written radio adaptations. ...

He later played the police constable in another creation of Jimmy Perry and David Croft, You Rang M'Lord. David Croft (born September 7, 1922 in Sandbanks, United Kingdom) is a writer, producer and actor. ...