David Lodge (actor) programmes (a running gag being that in each episode he or Spike would mention his role in "The Cockleshell Heroes"). He was very prolific during the 1950s, and in 1958 alone, he appeared in ten films. He appeared in a 1969 episode of "Randall and Hopkirk Deceased" ("Who Killed Cock Robin?"), and continuing with his military-type roles, appeared alongside Windsor Davies as Company Sergeant-Major Sharp in an episode of "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" in 1976. He also appeared with Windsor Davies (although they are not in the same scene) in Carry On England. Lodge played the role of drunk
Carry On England Connor played a leading role, but the only other long-time regulars present, Joan Sims and Peter Butterworth, had only small roles. Windsor Davies, who had joined the series with a main role in the preceding film "Carry On Behind", again plays a major role, reprising (in all but name) his Sergeant-Major character from the BBC sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum", along with Melvyn Hayes as his effeminate foil. Other main roles are played by established and recognisable actors Judy Geeson and Patrick Mower, both newcomers to the "Carry On" films. The film was originally certified AA by the then