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- Birth nameWilliam Desmond Anthony Pertwee
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Bill Pertwee was born on July 21, 1926 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Dad's Army (1968), Dad's Army (1971) and Chance in a Million (1984). He was married to Marion Pertwee. He died on May 27, 2013 in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK.
- SpouseMarion Pertwee(1955 - May 27, 2005) (her death, 1 child)
- RelativesJon Pertwee(Cousin)
- He was the godfather to the son of his Dad's Army (1968) co-star Ian Lavender.
- Considered unfit for military service as the result of an accident, he worked during World War II in a factory which made parts for Spitfire cannons.
- He was made an M.B.E. (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to charity.
- He was a founder member and the president of the Dad's Army (1968) Appreciation Society.
- He came from a very successful theatrical family. He was the nephew of Roland Pertwee, the first cousin of Jon Pertwee and Michael Pertwee, and the first cousin, once removed, of Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee, who are the children of Jon Pertwee. He was the father of James Pertwee.
- Things began to disintegrate in the later 1950s. It was when we stopped communicating with each other. The wealth roller-coaster of the 1980s made it worse. It's a great country, but we've lost our way a bit.
- [on his cousin Jon Pertwee] He was an actor's actor. He was brilliant on radio - a great voices man. He was also marvellous on stage and television.
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