David Lodge

David William Frederick Lodge (19 August 1921 – 18 October 2003) was an English actor.

Career

During the Second World War, Lodge served in the RAF. 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.

Lodge was a close friend of Peter Sellers and appeared as part of Spike Milligan's team on his Q programmes (a running gag being that in each episode he or Spike would mention his role in The Cockleshell Heroes).

Lodge was very prolific during the 1950s and in 1958 alone he appeared in ten films. Lodge appeared in Carry On England. He played the role of drunk Captain Bull who is replaced as Captain of the Battery by Captain S. Melly (Kenneth Connor).

Lodge appeared in five Carry On films and several of the TV series episodes. and again in a later episode. He also appeared in two of the On the Buses films playing smaller roles.

Lodge was also a regular in the Q5 series from Spike Milligan appearing in 22 episodes as various characters.

Lodge appeared as 'Pop Garret' in episode 1 series 2 Chalk and Cheese of The Sweeney, and as 'Soldier Atkins' in the Minder episode Rocky Eight and a Half (both characters being boxing trainers).

Selected filmography

Orders Are Orders (1954) as Bit Role (uncredited) The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) as Marine Ruddock Private's Progress (1956) as Lance Corporal Parsons (uncredited) Women Without Men (A.K.A. Blonde Bait) (1956) as Patrick The Intimate Stranger (1956) as Police Sgt. Brown The Long Arm (1956) as Detective Car Lot. (uncredited) The Counterfeit Plan (1957) as Sam Watson These Dangerous Years (1957) as Sgt. Lockwood Strangers' Meeting (1957) as Fred The Naked Truth (1957) as Constable Johnson The Silent Enemy (1958) as Sergeant Scotland Yard (film series) ('The Crossroad Gallows') (1958) as Inspector Travers The Safecracker (1958) as Parachute Instructor No Time to Die (1958) as Maj. Fred Patterson, Australian POW Up the Creek (1958) as Scouse Ice Cold in Alex (1958) as C.M.P. Captain (Tank Trap) Girls at Sea (1958) as Cpl. Duckett I Was Monty's Double (1958) as Sergeant R.A.P.C. Further Up the Creek (1958) as Scouse I Only Arsked! (1958) as Sergeant Potty Chambers Idol on Parade (1959) as Shorty Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) as Mr. Phillips Yesterday's Enemy (1959) as Perkins Bobbikins (1959) as Hargreave – Investigator from Scotland Yard The Ugly Duckling (1959) as Peewee I'm All Right Jack (1959) as Card Player The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959) (uncredited) Two-Way Stretch (1960) as Jelly Knight Jazz Boat (1960) as Holy Mike The League of Gentlemen (1960) as C.S.M. Never Let Go (1960) as Cliff Watch Your Stern (1960) as Security sergeant The Bulldog Breed (1960) as CPO Knowles The Hellfire Club (1961) as Timothy Carry On Regardless (1961) as Wine Connoisseur No My Darling Daughter (1961) as Flanigan Raising the Wind (1961) as Taxi Driver Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962) as Frank Gibbons Go to Blazes (1962) as Sergeant The Pirates of Blood River (1962) as Smith Captain Clegg (1962) as Navy Bosun The Boys (1962) as Mr. Herne Kill or Cure (1962) as Richards – Male Nurse The Dock Brief (1962) as Frank Bateson the Lodger On the Beat (1962) as Inspector Cecil Hobson Two Left Feet (1963) as Bill The Long Ships (1964) as Olla Saturday Night Out (1964) as Arthur A Shot in the Dark (1964) as Georges Duval, the Ballon gardener Guns at Batasi (1964) as Sgt. 'Muscles' Dunn The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) as Ship's captain Catch Us If You Can (1965) as Louis The Intelligence Men (1965) as Stage Manager San Ferry Ann (1965) as Dad Cup Fever (1965) as Mr. Bates The Alphabet Murders (1965) as Sergeant The Early Bird (1965) as Angry Husband (uncredited) The Wrong Box (1966) as Corpse Remover (uncredited) The Sandwich Man (1966) as Charlie After the Fox as Corpse Remover (uncredited) Press for Time (1966) as Mr. Ross (editor, 'Tinmouth Times') Casino Royale (1967) (uncredited) Smashing Time (1967) as The Caretaker Seven Times Seven (1968) as Police Sergeant Only When I Larf (1968) Corruption (1968) as Groper Headline Hunters (1968) as Harry The Fixer (1968) as Zhitnyak What's Good for the Goose (1969) as Porter Crooks and Coronets (1969) as Policeman Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969) as Richard Johnson The Magic Christian (1969) as Ship's Guide Incense for the Damned (1970) as Colonel Scream and Scream Again (1970) as Detective Inspector Phil Strickland (credit only) Eyewitness (1970) as Local Policeman Hoffman (1970) as Foreman Toomorrow (1970) as 1st Policeman (uncredited) Scramble (1970) (uncredited) The Railway Children (1970) as Bandmaster On the Buses (1971) as Busman The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) as Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth") The Fiend (1972) as C.I.D. Inspector Nobody Ordered Love (1972) as Sergeant Mutiny on the Buses (1972) as Safari Guard Raising the Roof (1972) as Manager Hide and Seek (1972) as Baker The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) as Mr. Wickens Go for a Take (1972) as Graham Carry On Girls (1973) as Police Inspector Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973) as Zante QB VII (1974) as Sgt. Flory Carry On Dick (1974) as Bullock The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) as Mac, the Litton valet Carry On Behind (1975) as Landlord Carry On England (1976) as Captain Bull Sahara (1983) as Ewing Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) as Inspector Goule Edge of Sanity (1989) as Underwood