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
It Ain't Half Hot Mum file to that of Williams so that the Sergeant Major will have 'proof' that Parkins is his son. Consequently, Williams becomes very selective about Parkins' achievement – praising him when he does something right and ignoring when Parkins makes huge blunders. For instance Parkins is appointed as Battery Clerk – since he has no exploitable talent for the concert party – and, having misunderstood an order from the Sergeant-Major, proceeds to have the Officer's Mess demolished. (Sergeant-Major Williams had told him to "remove the mess by the Officers' lines", referring to a pile of old beds that were to be