Michael Knowles (actor)

Michael Knowles
Knowles at a Dad's Army event in Norfolk, May 2011
Born	Michael Sydney Knowles (1937-04-26) 26 April 1937 (age 87) Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, England
Occupations	Actor scriptwriter
Notable work	It 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)​
Children	2

Michael Sydney Knowles (born 26 April 1937)^[1] is an English actor and scriptwriter who is best known for his roles in BBC sitcoms written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

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.