ers , ▁Bang ! ▁You ' re ▁Dead ▁( 1 9 5 4 ) ▁and ▁For b idden ▁C argo ▁( 1 9 5 4 ). ▁He ▁co - star red ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁Ham mer ▁film ▁version ▁of ▁The ▁Qu at erm ass ▁X periment ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁police ▁super int endent ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁E aling ▁Studios ▁black ▁comedy ▁The ▁Lady kill ers . ▁ ▁D ixon ▁of ▁D ock ▁Green ▁Although ▁the ▁police ▁const able ▁he ▁played ▁in ▁The ▁Blue ▁L amp ▁was ▁shot ▁dead ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁the ▁character ▁was ▁rev ived ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁for ▁the ▁BBC ▁television ▁series ▁D ixon ▁of ▁D ock ▁Green , ▁which ▁ran ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁In ▁later ▁years ▁though , ▁Warner ▁and ▁his ▁long - p ast - ret irement - age ▁character ▁were ▁conf ined ▁to ▁a ▁less ▁prominent ▁des k ▁ser ge ant ▁role . ▁The ▁series ▁had ▁a ▁prime - time ▁slot ▁on ▁Saturday ▁even ings , ▁and ▁always ▁opened ▁with ▁D ixon ▁giving ▁a ▁little ▁sol ilo qu y ▁to ▁the ▁camera , ▁beginning ▁with ▁the ▁words , ▁" Good ▁evening , ▁all ". ▁According ▁to ▁Warner ' s ▁aut obi ography , ▁Jack ▁of ▁All ▁Tr ades , ▁Elizabeth ▁II ▁once ▁visited ▁the ▁television ▁studio ▁where ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁made ▁and ▁told ▁Warner ▁" that ▁she ▁thought ▁D ixon ▁of ▁D ock ▁Green ▁had ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁way ▁of