Jon Pertwee was in a series from the 20th century.
Jon Pertwee . Pertwee also spent 18 years ( 1959 -- 1977 ) playing Chief petty officer Pertwee in The Navy Lark on BBC Radio . The Navy Lark is a radio sit-com about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge , ( a play on HMS Troubridge , a Royal Navy destroyer ) based in HMNB Portsmouth .