Melvyn Hayes

Melvyn Hayes

Known for

Acting

Born

January 11, 1935 (age 91)

Birthplace

London, England, UK

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.

Best known work

The Curse of Frankenstein
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie
1985
The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line
1995
Not Going Out
Not Going Out
2006
The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp
1950
The Flesh and the Fiends
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
1971
Carry On England
Carry On England
1976
Summer Holiday
Summer Holiday
1963
Drop the Dead Donkey
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990

Filmography

  1. 2018

    T.I.M: This Is Me

    as Myrtle

  2. 2013

    The House of Horror - Memories of BrayTV

    as Himself (5 episodes)

  3. 2007

    Movie ConnectionsTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  4. 2006

    Not Going OutTV

    as Ernest Walker (1 episode)

  5. 2003

    Doctor Who: Shada

    as Wilkin (voice)

  6. 2002

    PongwiffyTV

  7. 1999

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    as Ambrose

  8. 1995

    The Thin Blue LineTV

    as D.S. Quentin Courvoisier (1 episode)

  9. 1993

    Shooting StarsTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  10. 1991

    Little DraculaTV

  11. 1990

    The DreamstoneTV

    as Frizz (voice) (52 episodes)

  12. 1990

    Drop the Dead DonkeyTV

    as Sir Gordon (1 episode)

  13. 1990

    King of the Wind

    as Twicker

  14. 1989

    The Further Adventures of SuperTedTV

  15. 1985

    Santa Claus: The Movie

    as Goober

  16. 1985

    Super GranTV

    as P.C. Dumpling (1 episode)

  17. 1984

    The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

    as Father Luther

  18. 1983

    SuperTedTV

    as Skeleton (36 episodes)

  19. 1982

    CountdownTV

  20. 1982

    On SafariTV

  21. 1979

    A Touch of the Sun

    as Ginger Rogers

  22. 1978

    What's Up Superdoc!

    as Pietro

  23. 1976

    Carry On England

    as Gunner Shorthouse

  24. 1976

    Potter's Picture PalaceTV

  25. 1975

    Carry On LaughingTV

    as Charwallah Charlie (1 episode)

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