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William Desmond Anthony "Bill" Pertwee, (21 July 1926〔("Dad's Army star Bill Pertwee dies aged 86" ), BBC News, 27 May 2013〕 – 27 May 2013) was an English comedy actor best known for playing the part of antagonist ARP Warden Hodges in the popular sitcom ''Dad's Army''. ==Early and personal life== Pertwee was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. His mother was Brazilian and his English father, James Francis Carter Pertwee, travelled the country as a salesman until he became ill and died in 1938, when Bill Pertwee was 12. The family moved home many times during Pertwee's childhood and he lived in Hereford, Glasbury, Colnbrook, Newbury, Erith, Belvedere, Blackheath, Storrington, Westcliff-on-Sea, Wilmington and Worthing. His education was disrupted by the moves and he attended many schools including an independent convent school, a small independent school, followed by Frensham Heights School in Surrey, Dartford Technical College and Southend College. Pertwee's brother James Raymond "Jiggy" Pertwee was an RAF Whitley Bomber pilot who was killed in a crash on a hillside close to a disused quarry above Bank Foot, Ingleby Greenhow, following a leaflet drop over Dortmund, Germany, in June 1941. Bill Pertwee left school during the Second World War and worked for a company that made parts for Spitfire cannons. He was declared unfit for RAF service as he was on medication following a swimming accident, but was a member of the Air Training Corps (UK Air Cadets). He later worked as an accounts clerk at the Stock Exchange and as a salesman for the clothing retailer Burberry in London. Pertwee married Marion Macleod, sister of John and Norman Macleod of the Maple Leaf Four, in 1956.〔(Marion Pertwee in Memoriam 2005 )〕 They had a son, Jonathan James Pertwee (born in 1966), who has appeared in various TV programmes. Following the death of his wife, he lived in Topsham, Devon. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list for his services to charity. He was vice-president of the "Railway Ramblers" and a member of the executive committee of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund ('The Royal Variety Charity'). He was a distant cousin of Michael Pertwee and Jon Pertwee, being a second cousin of their father, screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee.〔("Bill Pertwee: Actor best known for his role as the curmudgeonly Warden Hodges in Dad's Army", ''The Independent'', 28 May 2013 ). Accessed 28 May 2013〕 He was godfather to one of the sons of his ''Dad's Army'' co-star Ian Lavender. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Pertwee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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