Line #35 Creator/MelvynHayes


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3	->''"When I started, it was Joe Public sitting at home being entertained by professionals. Now it's out-of-work professionals sitting at home being entertained by Joe Public!"''
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5	Melvyn Hayes, born Melvyn Hyams, (11 January 1935) is a British actor best known for playing Bombardier "Gloria" Beaumont in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
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7	His first taste of acting came when he appeared in Terry's Juveniles, a theatrical troupe, followed by appearances in repertory theatres across England and {{Pantomime}}s.
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9	After spending The60s playing small roles in films including ''Film/TheYoungOnes1961'' and ''Film/SummerHoliday'', he was cast as [[{{Crossdresser}} female-impersonator]] Gunner "Gloria" Beaumont in ''It Ain't Half Hot, Mum''. After Creator/GeorgeLayton left the series, Gloria was promoted to Bombardier. Ultimately, Hayes appeared in all 56 episodes. He also joined the ''Film/CarryOnSeries'' for ''Film/CarryOnEngland''.
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11	Hayes also provided voices for a few '80s and '90s children's cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/SuperTed'', ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', ''WesternAnimation/BudgieTheLittleHelicopter''.
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14	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
15	[[AC:Films]]
16	* ''Film/TheBlueLamp'' (1950) -- Blonde Urchin (UncreditedRole)
17	* ''Film/{{Anastasia}}'' (1956) -- Man (UncreditedRole)
18	* ''Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein'' (1957) -- Young Victor
19	* ''Film/TheFleshAndTheFiends'' (1960) -- Daft Jamie
20	* ''{{Film/The Young Ones\|1961}}'' (1961) -- Jimmy
21	* ''Film/SummerHoliday'' (1963) -- Cyril
22	* ''Film/CarryOnEngland'' (1976) -- Gunner Shorthouse
23	* ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie'' (1985) -- Goober
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25	* ''Series/QuatermassII'', episode "The Food" (1955) -- Frankie
26	* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', 4 episodes:
27	** "Little Boy Blue" (1958) -- Larkin
28	** "Blues in the Night" (1959) -- Mick
29	** "The Burn-Up" (1961) -- Dave "Cha-Cha" Charlton
30	** "The Inside Man" (1965) -- Atkins
31	* ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', 56 episodes (1974-81) -- Bombardier "Gloria" Beaumont
32	* ''Series/CarryOnLaughing'', episode "The Case of the Screaming Winkles" (1975) -- Charwallah Charlie
33	* ''WesternAnimation/SuperTed'', 35 episodes (1983-86) -- Skeleton
34	* ''Series/SuperGran'', episode "Supergran and the Rookie Recruit" (1987) -- Police Constable Dumpling
35	* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'', 52 episodes (1989-90) -- Dolf/Various
36	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', 51 episodes (1990-95) -- Frizz
37	* ''WesternAnimation/BudgieTheLittleHelicopter'', 26 episodes (1995-96) -- Nosey
38	* ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'', episode "Ism Ism Ism" (1996) -- Detective Sergeant Quentin Courvoisier
39	* ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"But Is It Art?", "George Finds Love", "The Final Chapter"[[/labelnote]] (1998) -- Sir Gordon
40	* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', episode "The Final Curtain" (2004) -- Ted Bryson
41	* ''Series/EastEnders'', 8 episodes (2005) -- Michael Rawlins
42	* ''Series/TheLegendOfDickAndDom'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Beastmaster", "Escape from the Lair"[[/labelnote]] (2010-11) -- Blinky
43	* ''Series/TheSlammer'', episode "Strike" (2010) -- Hamster
44	* ''Series/{{Benidorm}}'', 1 episode (2011) -- Mr. Pink (UncreditedRole)
45	* ''Series/NotGoingOut'', episode "Football" (2023) -- Ernest Walker

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