Bill Pertwee

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name = Bill Pertwee MBE


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birthname = William Desmond Anthony Pertwee
birthdate = birth date and age|1926|07|21|df=y
birthplace = Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England [GRO Register of Births: SEP 1926 3a 1429 AMERSHAM - William D. Pertwee, mmn = Thompson]
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occupation = Comedy actor
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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 (UK Air Cadets).

He appeared alongside Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden in the radio comedy series "Beyond Our Ken" (1959–64) and "Round the Horne" (1965–67).

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?" (1990–93).

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 (aka Private Frank Pike). 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". [ [http://www.railwayramblers.org.uk/ Railway Ramblers ] ]

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NAME = Pertwee, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Pertwee, William Desmond Anthony
SHORT DESCRIPTION = English comedy actor
DATE OF BIRTH = 1926-07-21
PLACE OF BIRTH = Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
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