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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-01-11 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Melvyn Hayes

Biography:

Melvyn Hayes is an English actor, now best known for playing the effeminate Gunner "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. He has had a long and wide ranging career in movies and television, appearing in over 30 films and dozens of television programmes.

Known For

Acting

2018

2013

2007

2006

Not Going Out as Ernest Walker

2003

Doctor Who: Shada as Wilkin (voice)

2002

1999

1995

The Thin Blue Line as D.S. Quentin Courvoisier

1993

1991

1990

King of the Wind as Twicker
The Dreamstone as Frizz (voice)
Drop the Dead Donkey as Sir Gordon

1989

1985

Super Gran as P.C. Dumpling

1984

1983

SuperTed as Skeleton

1982

1978

What's Up Superdoc! as Waiter / Pietro

1976

Carry On England as Gunner Shorthouse

1975

1974

It Ain't Half Hot Mum as Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont

1973

Sir Yellow as Gregory

1972

1971

A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Bachelor of Arts as Mr. Jenkins
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Porter (segment "Sloth")

1970

1969

A Walk with Love and Death as First Entertainer

1965

1964

1963

The Human Jungle as Bert Morgan

1962

Oliver Twist as Artful Dodger

1961

1960

Bottoms Up! as Cecil Biggs

1959

1958

Violent Playground as Kid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)

1957

The Good Companions as Telegraph Boy

1955

Fun at St. Fanny's as Heckling Boy at Concert (uncredited)
Quatermass II as Frankie

1954

Face the Music as Hotel Bellhop

1950

The Blue Lamp as Blond Urchin (Uncredited)

Writing