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
Don Estelle of "Paper Doll" which reached number 41, and a top ten LP, "Sing Lofty" (1976), all three were recorded with "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" co-star Windsor Davies. Estelle also acted in the films "Not Now, Comrade" (1976) and "A Private Function" (1984) as well as "" (1984) alongside Melvyn Hayes, who also appeared in 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum". In the first series of "The League of Gentlemen", he made brief appearances in two episodes as Little Don, the keeper of the Roundabout Zoo (a zoo on the island of a roundabout). In 2001, he appeared in an episode