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20 february 1983 dartford , kent london 17 september 1917 peter_glaze . jpg peter glaze
 peter glaze
peter glaze

william george peter glaze -lrb- 17 september 1917 -- 20 february 1983 -rrb- was an english comedian born in london .
he hosted `` crackerjack '' with leslie crowther and eamonn andrews in the 1960s and with michael aspel , don maclean , and bernie clifton in the 1970s .
in `` crackerjack '' sketches , he usually played a pompous or upper-class character , who would always get exasperated with his partner don maclean during the course of the sketch .
maclean would then give an alliterative reply , such as `` do n't get your knickers in a knot '' or `` do n't get your tights in a twist '' , the combination of which -lrb- `` do n't get your knickers in a twist '' -rrb- has passed into popular vernacular .
he regularly uttered the expression `` d'oh ! ''
, originated by james finlayson in laurel and hardy films , long before it became associated with cartoon character homer simpson .
he was also on the panel of the long running radio panel game `` twenty questions '' along with joy adamson , anona winn and norman hackforth .
glaze was the son of an actor-manager and started in entertainment at the windmill theatre .
he was the crazy gang 's understudy and assisted roy hudd in a recreation of one of the gang 's famous routines for a televised royal variety performance in 1982 .
he also appeared in `` whack-o ! ''
; in `` thank you sir , thank you madam '' ; as the villainous city administrator in the `` doctor who '' serial `` the sensorites '' ; and in `` the sweeney '' episode `` big spender '' as joe spratt .
glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the `` hancock '' episode `` the bowmans '' .
