"the Grand Order of Water Rats and in 2004, was made King Rat. Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes (born Melvyn Hyams, 11 January 1935) is an English actor known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) ""Gloria"" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", and the Cliff Richard musical films ""The Young Ones"" and ""Summer Holiday"". Born in Wandsworth, London, Hayes attended Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys, Battersea. He was also in a theatrical troupe called Terry's Juveniles and his acting career stretches back to 1950 when he was ""disappearing twice daily for £4"
"a liver transplant. Unfortunately he became too weak for doctors to operate. Estelle returned to the UK weeks before his death. He died in Rochdale Infirmary, on 2 August 2003 and was buried in Rochdale, with the oversized pith helmet he wore as Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden. He was survived by his second wife Elizabeth. Don Estelle Don Estelle (22 May 1933 – 2 August 2003) was a British actor and singer best known as Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". Born Ronald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire, he was brought up in a house on Russell Street,"
"John Clegg (actor) John Walter Lawrence Clegg (born 9 July 1934) is an Indian-born English actor best known for playing the part of 'Mr. La-di-da' Gunner ""Paderewski"" Graham in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". His first television role was DC Greaves in ""Dixon of Dock Green"" in 1961. He has most recently been seen in the film ""Death in Holy Orders"" in 2003 as the character Father John Betterton. Clegg married actress Mavis Pugh in 1959. Pugh appeared in various Croft and Perry sitcoms including ""Dad's Army"" and ""You Rang, M'Lord?"", as well as ""It Ain't Half"
"featured regularly in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", running from 3 January 1974 to 3 September 1981. It was set in the jungles of Burma and India during the Second World War and MacDonald played the character Gunner ""Nobby"" Clark, a member of a Royal Artillery Concert Party. He also had a minor part as Jacko's brother in the comedy series ""Brush Strokes"" which ran from 1986 - 1991, where he was married to the less than faithful Gloria When he landed the part of pub landlord Mike in the ""Only Fools and Horses"" episode ""Who's a"
"Kenneth MacDonald (English actor) Kenneth MacDonald (20 November 1950 – 6 August 2001) was an English-born actor who was best known for the parts of Gunner Nobby Clark in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" and Mike Fisher in ""Only Fools and Horses"". MacDonald was born in Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion Bill MacDonald, who died of kidney failure at the age of 43, when Kenneth was 13. He attended St Anthony's preparatory school in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, and went on to St Bernardine's Franciscan College in Buckingham, where he took part in school productions, notably ""The"
"Christopher Mitchell (actor) Christopher Mitchell (21 May 1947 – 22 February 2001) was a British actor most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" as Gunner Nigel 'Parky' Parkin. His film credits include ""Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"" (1967), ""This, That and the Other"" (1969), ""The Sex Thief"" (1973) and ""What's Up Superdoc!"" (1978). He appeared in two episodes of ""Only Fools and Horses"" (May the Force Be With You; 1983 and To Hull and Back; 1985), playing policeman Terry Hoskins. He died from cancer at the age of 53, a month"
"Don Estelle Don Estelle (22 May 1933 – 2 August 2003) was a British actor and singer best known as Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". Born Ronald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire, he was brought up in a house on Russell Street, Crumpsall. During the Second World War, at the age of eight, he was evacuated to Darwen, Lancashire, twenty miles from his home, to escape the German bombing of the city. It was there he found his voice as a treble at the local Holy Trinity Parish Church, and on returning home after the war,"
"before his father, actor Norman Mitchell, and in the same year as his fellow gunner and fellow ""Only Fools and Horses"" actor Kenneth MacDonald, who died of a heart attack aged 50. Christopher Mitchell (actor) Christopher Mitchell (21 May 1947 – 22 February 2001) was a British actor most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" as Gunner Nigel 'Parky' Parkin. His film credits include ""Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"" (1967), ""This, That and the Other"" (1969), ""The Sex Thief"" (1973) and ""What's Up Superdoc!"" (1978). He appeared in two episodes of"
"series ""Benidorm"" in November 2009 playing a character called Wink McAndrew. Stuart McGugan Stuart McGugan (born 2 March 1944) is a Scottish actor. McGugan was a presenter on BBC's ""Play School"", starting in 1975 (he regularly presented the programme for more than 10 years), and is well known for playing the roles of Bomba MacAteer in ""Tutti Frutti"", and Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". McGugan appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of LWT's ""Wish Me Luck"" between 1988 and 1989, in ""The Chief"" as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994,"
"Pickfords man in one episode (1969) and an ARP Warden called Gerald in three more (1970). He eventually landed the role of Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden in the British sitcom, ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" which was first broadcast in 1974 and ran until 1981. Windsor Davies often took the micky out of Lofty in the episodes. The character was given the ironic nickname of ""Lofty"" because of Estelle's short stature. Estelle had a powerful tenor voice, and had a Number 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1975 with a semi-comic version of ""Whispering Grass"", followed by a cover"
"Hot Mum"" and ""Are You Being Served?"". He also once had a one-man show playing Rudyard Kipling at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. John Clegg (actor) John Walter Lawrence Clegg (born 9 July 1934) is an Indian-born English actor best known for playing the part of 'Mr. La-di-da' Gunner ""Paderewski"" Graham in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". His first television role was DC Greaves in ""Dixon of Dock Green"" in 1961. He has most recently been seen in the film ""Death in Holy Orders"" in 2003 as the character Father John Betterton. Clegg married actress Mavis Pugh in"
"Stuart McGugan Stuart McGugan (born 2 March 1944) is a Scottish actor. McGugan was a presenter on BBC's ""Play School"", starting in 1975 (he regularly presented the programme for more than 10 years), and is well known for playing the roles of Bomba MacAteer in ""Tutti Frutti"", and Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". McGugan appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of LWT's ""Wish Me Luck"" between 1988 and 1989, in ""The Chief"" as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994, then in the mid 1990s was the pub owner Barney Meldrum"
"Windsor Davies Windsor Davies (born 28 August 1930) is a retired British actor who acted in many films and TV shows between 1964 and 2004. He is best known for playing the part of Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the British sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81). His distinctive Welsh accented voice was heard extensively in advertising voice-overs. Davies was born in Canning Town, east London to Welsh parents, who returned to their native Nant-y-Moel when the Second World War began in 1939. Davies studied at Ogmore Grammar School and Bangor Teacher Training College. He worked as a coal"
"Clegg, an actor who would later appear in ""Dad's Army"", ""Are You Being Served?"" and ""You Rang, M'Lord?"", but is perhaps best known as Mr La-di-da Gunner Graham in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", and they married in 1959. Pugh did not begin her television career until she was in her sixth decade, with an appearance in the 1974 ""Dad's Army"" episode ""The Captain's Car"". Two years later she appeared in one episode of ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", titled ""Ticket to Blighty"", and in ""Are You Being Served?"" in the episode ""Fifty Years On"". She also"
"the piano; Gunner ""Atlas"" Mackintosh, a short-tempered Scotsman who specialises in feats of strength; Gunner ""Nobby"" Clark, a not-very-bright soldier who does bird calls and whistling acts; and Gunner ""Nosher"" Evans, a soldier who does a paper-tearing act and tends to eat a lot, spraying food whenever he speaks. Rounding out the enlisted crew are Bombardier ""Solly"" Solomons, a soldier from London, who is a former theatrical agent, a Jew; and Gunner ""Gloria"" Beaumont, an effeminate, cowardly soldier who specialises in performing female roles in drag (as there are no women assigned to the Concert Party). Beaumont is later promoted"
"miner and a teacher at Mountside School for Boys in Leek, Staffordshire and did national service in Libya and Egypt with the East Surrey Regiment between 1950-1952 before deciding to become an actor. Davies' best known role was as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the British sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81). Among his catchphrases was ""Shut Up!!"", delivered as an eardrum-shattering military scream. Another phrase was ""Oh dear, how sad, never mind"", delivered in a dry, ironic manner, and used when others around him had problems. Davies and co-star Don Estelle had a number one hit in the"
"died 1992). He was the father of Jacqueline Mitchell and actor Christopher Mitchell, most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". His son Christopher predeceased him by a month. Norman Mitchell Norman Mitchell Driver (27 August 1918 – 19 March 2001), known professionally as Norman Mitchell, was an English television, stage and film actor. Born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, his father was a mining engineer and his mother a concert singer. He attended Carterknowle Grammar School and the University of Sheffield, before appearing in repertory theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company."
"part of Lincoln Green in ""Orders are Orders"" (1954). His television appearances included ""The Ronnie Corbett Show"", ""The Ronnie Barker Playhouse"", ""The Saint"", ""The Avengers"", ""The Dick Emery Show"" and the ""Doctor Who"" story ""The Claws of Axos"" (1971). However, he gained his most prominent role in the Croft and Perry sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81) as Colonel Charles Reynolds. He was cast with fellow actor Michael Knowles in another David Croft sitcom, the sci-fi parody ""Come Back Mrs. Noah"" (1977–78), and later with the successful ""You Rang, M'Lord?"" (1988–93) as George, Lord Meldrum. Other roles included 'Winkworth'"
"the role of southern Police Chief William (Bill) Gillespie. At the end of his career in the late 1990s, he played the father of Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) on ""Mad About You"". In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on ""TV Guide""s 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Carroll O'Connor, an Irish American, was the eldest of three sons. He was born on August 2, 1924, in Manhattan, New York City, to Edward Joseph O'Connor, a lawyer, and his wife, Elise Patricia O'Connor. Both of his brothers became doctors: Hugh, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1961, and"
"Army"" (1972); Thompson in """" (1973); Bill Chadwick in ""Follyfoot"" (1973); Maxie in ""The Changes"" (1975); Jack King in ""Z-Cars"" (1977); Uncle Billy in ""The Sweeney"" (1978); Dick Fawcett/Pub Customer in ""All Creatures Great and Small"" (1978-1988); Arthur in ""Quatermass"" (1979); George Taylor in ""The Gentle Touch"" (1980-1984); Percy/Vickery in ""Minder"" (1980-1991); Reverend Fulljames in ""Hi-de-Hi!"" (1983); Bob Hilton in ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"" (1984); Vicar in ""Shine on Harvey Moon"" (1984); Mr Light in ""Grange Hill"" (1985); Ron Lucas/Edwin Palmer/Mr Wright in ""Casualty"" (1987-1993); Mr North in ""Boon"" (1988); Mr Russell in ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" (1989); Mr Oxley in ""Keeping"
"and 'Brother' Willy in ""Crooks in Cloisters"" (1964). He also performed voices on children's cartoons such as ""SuperTed"", ""The Dreamstone"", ""Little Dracula"", ""Alfred J. Kwak"", ""Pongwiffy"" and ""Budgie the Little Helicopter"". In 1974-1981, Hayes featured in It Ain't Half Hot Mum as Gunner ""Gloria"" Beaumont for the first two series, then after Bombardier Solomon left he was promoted to Bombardier. Hayes played ""dames"" in British Christmas Pantomimes – his most recent roles being Nanny Nellie in ""Sleeping Beauty"" in Worthing, (2006) and Widow Twankey in ""Aladdin"" in Chatham (2005). Other roles include parts in ""EastEnders"" as Michael Rawlins. ""Carry On"
"Bartell – Ginger Beaumont – Glenn Beckert – Wally Berger – †Bobby Bonds – Ken Boyer – Harry Brecheen – Tommy Bridges – Pete Browning – Charlie Buffinton – Lew Burdette – George H. Burns – George J. Burns – Guy Bush – Dolph Camilli – Leo Cárdenas – Bob Caruthers – George Case – Norm Cash – Phil Cavarretta – Spud Chandler – Ben Chapman – Rocky Colavito – Walker Cooper – Wilbur Cooper – Mort Cooper – Doc Cramer – Del Crandall – Gavy Cravath – Lave Cross – Mike Cuellar – Bill Dahlen – Alvin Dark –"
"Duncan Lamont Duncan William Ferguson Lamont (17 June 1918 – 19 December 1978) was a British actor. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, and brought up in Scotland, he had a long and successful career in film and television, appearing in a variety of high-profile productions. On film, the best-known of the many productions he appeared in were ""The 39 Steps"" (1959, as Kennedy), ""Ben-Hur"" (1959, uncredited but playing Marius), ""Mutiny on the Bounty"" (1962, as John Williams), ""Arabesque"" (1966) and ""Battle of Britain"" (1969, as Flight Sergeant Arthur). Lamont is particularly memorable in his role as the wry, urbane Viceroy in"
"of bad character in the Services, but particularly in the days of conscription, rather more as normal Armed Forces discipline likely to be experienced by the majority of ratings at some time or other while in the Forces. British TV classic comedies, such as ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" and ""Get Some In!"" and full length cinema films of that epoch like ""Privates Progress"" and ""Carry on Sergeant"" habitually made fun of jankers, as have memoirs of life in the armed services. For example in the first episode of ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" Gunner Graham was put on ""jankers"""
"a reputed family from Old Dacca. His father was Golam Merajuddin Shafeek, whose occupation was listed as ""sugar technologist"". After leaving school, he attended Dacca University and graduated with a BA. Shafeek was involved with amateur theatre in Dacca and, after emigrating to England in 1958, enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first film role was as 'Akbar' in the film ""The Long Duel"" (1967), starring Yul Brynner. ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" was a BBC comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of ""Dad's Army"". Set in World War II British"
"It Ain't Half Hot Mum It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a BBC television sitcom, about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. It was set in India and Burma, during the last months of the Second World War, starting just prior to V-E Day in 1945 (the German surrender is announced in an early episode). ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" was the second of the three sitcom series co-written by David Croft set in the Second World War, the first being ""Dad's"
"well known in his first major TV role, playing character Gordy Howard (the weatherman on ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"") from 1970 until 1973. In 1971, he appeared with a young Anson Williams in a commercial for McDonald's. But he is best known for his portrayal of James Evans, Sr., the husband of Florida Evans, first appearing three times on the sitcom ""Maude"" before continuing the role in 61 episodes of ""Good Times"" from 1974 to 1976. While playing a hard-working middle-aged father of three on the show, in real life Amos was only 34 when the show began, only"
"Bobby Charles, Bobby Hebb, Gladys Horton, Teena Marie, General Johnson, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Harvey Fuqua, Garry Shider, Dick Griffey, Gerry Rafferty, George David Weiss, Wally Traugott, Jim Williamson, Bill Porter, Richie Hayward, Ben Keith, Captain Beefheart, Malcolm McLaren, Herman Leonard, Irwin Silber, Jim Marshall, Jerry Bock, Allyn Ferguson, John Barry, Peter Lopez, Caresse Henry, Bill Aucoin, Hal Uplinger, Ron Baird, Ronni Chasen, Mitch Miller, Roberto Cantoral, Olga Guillot, Enrique Morente, Joan Sutherland, Helen Boatwright, Margaret Price, Earl Wild, Raphael Hillyer, Ronnie James Dio, Doug Fieger, Don Kirshner, Esteban ""Steve"" Jordan, Tony ""Ham"" Guerrero, Eddie Fisher, Jimmy Dean, Alex Chilton,"
"ex-army friends and colleagues, including Algy Longworth (who would appear in many of the films, as Drummond's sidekick), MC; Toby Sinclair, VC; Peter Darrell and Ted Jerningham. Dummond's ex-batman from his military days, James Denny, runs Drummond's flat on Half-Moon Street in Mayfair, London, along with Mrs Denny. (Denny appeared as Drummond's sidekick in the radio series, a version of the character named ""Tenny"" appeared in the films) Drummond is a gentleman with a private income; he is also construed as ""a brutalized ex-officer whose thirst for excitement is also an attempt to reenact the war"", although the character was"
"between units, creating a minefield for outsiders, new recruits, and soldiers serving outside their parent regiments. The most famous fictional examples are perhaps Battery Sergeant Major Tudor Bryn 'Shut Up' Williams, portrayed by Windsor Davies in the 1970s sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" and Company Sergeant Major Percival Bullimore and Company Sergeant Major Claude Snudge played by William Hartnell and Bill Fraser, respectively, in the 1958–63, Granada television comedy series, ""The Army Game"". Company sergeant major The company sergeant major (CSM) is the senior non-commissioned soldier of a company in the armies of many Commonwealth countries, responsible for administration,"
"Michael Knowles (actor) Michael Knowles (born 1937) is an English actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his roles in BBC sitcoms written by David Croft and Jimmy Perry. Knowles attended Bemrose Grammar School for Boys, Derby (now Bemrose School), where he stayed on into the 6th form and played the lead role in the school’s production of Shakespeare's ""Henry V."" Knowles is best known for his role as Captain Jonathan Ashwood in the 1970s sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81). He also played The Honourable Teddy Meldrum in the BBC comedy drama ""You Rang, M'Lord?"" (1988–93), and"
"in ""Revenge of the Cybermen"" (1975); and starred as Colonel Buchan in every episode of the 1960s and 1970s children's TV series ""Freewheelers"". Later he appeared in ""You Lose Some, You Win Some"", an episode of series 2 of ""Minder"". His film appearances included ""The League of Gentlemen"" (1960), ""Le Mans"" (1971) and ""The Omen"" (1976). In his later years he was a familiar sight at the Green Room Club where he was an honorary member. Ronald Leigh-Hunt Ronald Leigh-Hunt (5 October 1920 – 12 September 2005) was a British film and television actor. His father was a stockbroker and"
"who did not appear in the reunion at all (where the actor or actress who played the character originally was then alive) were Private Helga Geerhart (played by Kim Hartman) and Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen (played by John Louis Mansi). Jeremy Lloyd wrote the new material. At the end of each show, in common with ""Dad's Army"", ""Are You Being Served?"", ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" and ""Hi-de-Hi!"", the end credits begin with the caption ""You have been watching (in order of appearance)"", followed by a short vignette shot of each of the main characters with the actor's name displayed"