David Lodge (actor)
David Lodge | |
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Born | David William Frederick Lodge 19 August 1921 Rochester, Kent, England |
Died | 18 October 2003 Northwood, London, England | (aged 82)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1954–1997 |
Spouse |
Marilyn Garcia
(m. 1963; died 1996) |
David William Frederick Lodge (19 August 1921 – 18 October 2003) was an English character actor.[1]
Career
During the
He was a close friend of
Lodge was very prolific during the 1950s and in 1958 alone he appeared in ten films.[7]
In 1967 he was in
He appeared in five Carry On films and several of the TV series episodes.[7] He appeared as a policeman in the opening episode of the legal drama The Main Chance[9] and again in a later episode.[10] He also appeared in two of the On the Buses films playing smaller roles.
Lodge appeared as 'Pop Garret' in episode 1 series 2 Chalk and Cheese of The Sweeney, and as 'Soldier Atkins' in the Minder episode Rocky Eight and a Half (both characters being boxing trainers).[1] He was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats, and served as its "King Rat".[11]
Selected filmography
- Orders Are Orders (1954) as Bit Role (uncredited)
- The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) as Marine Ruddock
- Private's Progress (1956) as Lance Corporal Parsons (uncredited)
- Women Without Men (1956) as Patrick
- The Intimate Stranger (1956) as Police Sgt. Brown
- The Long Arm (1956) as Detective Car Lot. (uncredited)
- The Counterfeit Plan (1957) as Sam Watson
- These Dangerous Years (1957) as Sgt. Lockwood
- Strangers' Meeting (1957) as Fred
- The Naked Truth (1957) as Constable Johnson
- The Silent Enemy (1958) as Sergeant
- Scotland Yard (1958, Episode: "The James Case") as Inspector Travers
- The Safecracker (1958) as Parachute Instructor
- No Time to Die (1958) as Maj. Fred Patterson, Australian POW
- Up the Creek (1958) as Scouse
- Ice Cold in Alex (1958) as C.M.P. Captain (Tank Trap)
- Girls at Sea (1958) as Cpl. Duckett
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) as Sergeant R.A.P.C.
- Further Up the Creek (1958) as Scouse
- I Only Arsked! (1958) as Sergeant Potty Chambers
- Idol on Parade (1959) as Shorty
- Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) as Mr. Phillips
- Yesterday's Enemy (1959) as Perkins
- Bobbikins (1959) as Hargreave – Investigator from Scotland Yard
- The Ugly Duckling (1959) as Peewee
- I'm All Right Jack (1959) as Card Player
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959) (uncredited)
- Two-Way Stretch (1960) as Jelly Knight
- Jazz Boat (1960) as Holy Mike
- The League of Gentlemen (1960) as C.S.M.
- Never Let Go (1960) as Cliff
- Watch Your Stern (1960) as Security sergeant
- The Bulldog Breed (1960) as CPO Knowles
- The Hellfire Club (1961) as Timothy
- Carry On Regardless (1961) as Wine Connoisseur
- No My Darling Daughter (1961) as Flanigan
- Raising the Wind (1961) as Taxi Driver
- Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962) as Frank Gibbons
- Go to Blazes (1962) as Sergeant
- The Pirates of Blood River (1962) as Smith
- Captain Clegg (1962) as Navy Bosun
- The Boys (1962) as Mr. Herne
- Kill or Cure (1962) as Richards – Male Nurse
- The Dock Brief (1962) as Frank Bateson the Lodger
- On the Beat (1962) as Inspector Cecil Hobson
- Two Left Feet (1963) as Bill
- The Long Ships (1964) as Olla
- Saturday Night Out (1964) as Arthur
- A Shot in the Dark (1964) as Georges Duval
- Guns at Batasi (1964) as Sgt. 'Muscles' Dunn
- The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) as Ship's captain
- Catch Us If You Can (1965) as Louis
- The Intelligence Men (1965) as Stage Manager
- San Ferry Ann (1965) as Dad
- Cup Fever (1965) as Mr. Bates
- The Alphabet Murders (1965) as Sergeant
- The Early Bird (1965) as Angry Husband (uncredited)
- The Wrong Box (1966) as Corpse Remover (uncredited)
- The Sandwich Man (1966) as Charlie
- After the Fox as Corpse Remover (uncredited)
- Press for Time (1966) as Mr. Ross (editor, 'Tinmouth Times')
- Casino Royale (1967) (uncredited)
- Smashing Time (1967) as The Caretaker
- Seven Times Seven (1968) as Police Sergeant
- Only When I Larf (1968)
- Corruption (1968) as Groper
- Headline Hunters (1968) as Harry
- The Fixer (1968) as Zhitnyak
- What's Good for the Goose (1969) as Porter
- Crooks and Coronets (1969) as Policeman
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
- The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969) as Richard Johnson
- The Magic Christian (1969) as Ship's Guide
- Incense for the Damned (1970) as Colonel
- Scream and Scream Again (1970) as Detective Inspector Phil Strickland (credit only)
- Eyewitness (1970) as Local Policeman
- Hoffman (1970) as Foreman
- Toomorrow (1970) as 1st Policeman (uncredited)
- Scramble (1970) (uncredited)
- The Railway Children (1970) as Bandmaster
- On the Buses (1971) as Busman
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) as Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
- The Fiend (1972) as C.I.D. Inspector
- Nobody Ordered Love (1972) as Sergeant
- Mutiny on the Buses (1972) as Safari Guard
- Raising the Roof (1972) as Manager
- Hide and Seek (1972) as Baker
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) as Mr. Wickens
- Go for a Take (1972) as Graham
- Carry On Girls (1973) as Police Inspector
- Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973) as Zante
- QB VII (1974) as Sgt. Flory
- Carry On Dick (1974) as Bullock
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) as Mac
- Carry On Behind (1975) as Landlord
- Carry On England (1976) as Captain Bull
- Sahara (1983) as Ewing
- Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) as Inspector Goule
- Edge of Sanity (1989) as Underwood
References
- ^ a b "David Lodge". Archived from the original on 20 July 2016.
- ^ Gough-Yates, Kevin (21 October 2003). "Obituary: David Lodge". The Guardian.
- ^ "David Lodge". 24 October 2003.
- ^ "David Lodge". 20 October 2003 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "David Lodge".
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Q5, Q6 etc. / There's a Lot of It About (1969-82)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ a b c "David Lodge". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "Carry On England (1976)". Archived from the original on 11 January 2018.
- ^ "What about Justice? (1969)". Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Private Armies (1970)". Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Biography of a Water Rat".
External links
- David Lodge at IMDb
- Obituary