Bill Pertwee

William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, MBE (21 July 1926 – 27 May 2013) was an English comedy actor. He played the role of the antagonist Chief ARP Warden Hodges in the sitcom Dad's Army.

Pertwee died aged 86 on 27 May 2013. He had been ill since 2012 and died peacefully at his home in Cornwall.