Creator / David Lodge (British Actor)

"This ugly mug of mine gets me the meaty parts."

David William Frederick Lodge, (19 August 1921 — 18 October 2003), was a British character actor.

He made his screen debut in The Cockleshell Heroes and would go on to appear in more films after, often Typecast into military or comedic roles including I Only Arsked! and Two-Way Stretch. He was also close friends with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, working with them in many of their films and TV series.

Lodge also notably appeared in five Carry On films and several episodes of Carry on Laughing!. Other notable TV appearances Lodge made include episodes of The Avengers (1960s), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, and Bless This House.

Lodge was a member of Grand Order of Water Rats and in 1990 became the head of the charity for that year, a position nicknamed the "King Rat".

He passed away at the age of 82.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Film

• Ice Cold in Alex (1958) — C.M.P. Captain
• Two-Way Stretch (1960) — "Jelly" Knight
• The League of Gentlemen (1960) — C.S.M.
• Watch Your Stern (1960) — Security Sergeant
• Carry On Regardless (1961) — Wine Connoisseur
• Raising the Wind (1961) — Cab Driver
• Captain Clegg (1962) — Navy Bosun
• The Long Ships (1964) — Olla
• A Shot in the Dark (1964) — Georges
• Catch Us If You Can (1965) — Louis
• The Wrong Box (1966) — Corpse Remover (Uncredited Role)
• After the Fox (1966) — Police Officer (Uncredited Role)
• The Fixer (1968) — Zhitnyak
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) — Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
• The Magic Christian (1969) — Ship's Guide
• Scream and Scream Again (1970) — Detective Inspector Phil Strickland (Deleted Role)
• Toomorrow (1970) — Policeman (Uncredited Role)
• The Railway Children (1970) — Bandmaster
• On the Buses (1971) — Fred
• Mutiny on the Buses (1972) — Safari Guard
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) — Mr. Wickens
• Carry On Girls (1973) — Police Inspector
• Carry On Dick (1974) — Bullock
• The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) — Mac
• Carry On Behind (1975) — Landlord
• Carry On England (1976) — Captain Bull
• Sahara (1983) — Ewing

Series

• The Saint, episode "The Man Who Liked Toys" (1964) — Harry Duggan
• Dixon of Dock Green, 3 episodes:
  • "Grenade" (1966) — Bill Glover
  • "Nightmare Hours" (1971) — Detective Chief Superintendent Davidson
  • "The Job" (1976) — Stephen Gilles
• The Avengers, 2 episodes:
  • "Epic" (1967) — Film Artiste
  • "Fog" (1969) — Maskell (Deleted Role)
• The Champions, 2 episodes:
  • "The Night People" (1968) — Porth
  • "The Gun-Runners" (1969) — Filmer
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), episode "Who Killed Cock Robin?" (1969) — Beeches
• Z Cars, 2-episode story "Give and Take" (1970) — George Cartwright
• The Persuaders!, episode "The Time and the Place" (1971) — Thompson (Uncredited Role)
• Love Thy Neighbour, episode "The Petition" (1972) — Mr. Baxter
• The Upper Crusts, episode "Putting on the Ritz" (1973) — Gas Inspector
• The Sweeney, episode "Chalk and Cheese" (1975) — Pop Garret
• Carry on Laughing!, 7 episodes:
  • "The Prisoner of Spenda" (1975) — Duke Boris
  • "The Baron Outlook" (1975) — Sir Simon de Montfort
  • "The Sobbing Cavalier" (1975) — Colonel
  • "One in the Eye for Harold" (1975) — William the Conqueror
  • 3 episodes^{show list}"The Case of the Coughing Parrot", "The Case of the Screaming Winkles, "The Nine Old Cobblers" (1975) — Inspector Bungler
• It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, episode "The Grand Illusion" (1976) — Company Sergeant Major Sharp
• Bless This House, episode "A Matter of Principle" (1976) — "Slasher" McGurk
• Whodunnit?, episode "Dead Grass" (1976) — Stan Johnson
• Worzel Gummidge, episode "Dolly Clothes-Peg" (1980) — Strong Man
• Minder, episode "Rocky Eight and a Half" (1984) — Soldier Atkins
• Lovejoy, episode "A Going Concern" (1993) — Crawley

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