David Lodge

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia David William Frederick Lodge 19 August 1921 in Rochester Kent 18 October 2003 in Northwood Middlesex was a British character actor Before turning to acting he worked as a circus clown He also appeared in Gang Shows and variety before making his screen debut in The Cockleshell Heroes and going on to feature in many British films usually portraying military types and often comedic roles He was a close friend of Peter Sellers and appeared as part of Spike Milligans team on his Q programmes Amazingly in 1958 he appeared in ten films possibly a record He appeared in a 1969 episode of Randall and Hopkirk Deceased Who Killed Cock Robin and continuing with his militarytype roles appeared alongside Windsor Davies as Company SergeantMajor Sharp in an episode of It Aint Half Hot Mum in 1976 He appeared as a policeman in the opening episode of the legal drama The Main Chance Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lodge actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia