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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 |
24 | [[AC:Series]] |
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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