Michael Knowles (actor)

Michael Sydney Knowles (born 26 April 1937) is a British actor and scriptwriter who is best known for his roles in BBC sitcoms written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

Michael Knowles
Knowles at a Dad's Army event in Norfolk, May 2011
Born
Michael Sydney Knowles

(1937-04-26) 26 April 1937
Occupation(s)Actor, Scriptwriter
Notable workIt Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974-1981), Come Back Mrs Noah (1977-1978), It Sticks Out Half a Mile (1981-1983), You Rang, M’Lord? (1988-1993)
Spouse
Linda James
(m. 1964)
Children2

He often starred alongside Donald Hewlett with whom he first appeared in It Ain't Half Hot Mum. They later appeared together in Rogue's Rock, Come Back Mrs. Noah and You Rang, M'Lord?

In Knowles' writing career, he co-adapted (with Harold Snoad) the radio version of Dad's Army and writing with Snoad the Dad's Army spinoff series It Sticks Out Half a Mile for radio, which became the television series High and Dry.

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