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* ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', 56 episodes (1974-81) -- Gunner "Lofty" Sugden

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* ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', 56 episodes (1974-81) -- Gunner Harold "Lofty" Sugden

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[[caption-width-right:285:Is it a mushroom? No. Is it a soldier? No. It's [[Series/ItAintHalfHotMum Gunner Sugden]]!]]



After being [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to Darwen]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he was discovered as a boy soprano. He continued singing after the war and gained experience singing twelve times a week at the Hulme Hippodrome. After meeting Creator/WindsorDavies in 1962, the two formed a double act for the next four years.

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* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Nightmare in Royston Vasey", "The Beast of Royston Vasey"[[/labelnote]] (1970) -- Little Don

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* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Nightmare in Royston Vasey", "The Beast of Royston Vasey"[[/labelnote]] (1970) (1999) -- Little Don
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Don Estelle, born Ronald Edwards, (22 May 1933 -- 2 August 2003), was a British actor best known for playing Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.

After being [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to Darwen]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he was discovered as a boy soprano. He continued singing after the war and gained experience singing twelve times a week at the Hulme Hippodrome. After meeting Creator/WindsorDavies in 1962, the two formed a double act for the next four years.

After appearing in four episodes of ''Series/DadsArmy'', David Croft brought Estelle back for a later series of his, ''It Ain't Half Hot, Mum'', which also reunited him with Davies. Estelle's character, Lofty, remained a part of the series from the first episode in 1974 to the finale in 1981.

Estelle also had a small film career, with roles in ''Not Now, Comrade'', ''A Private Function'', and ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie'', the latter of the three reuniting him with ''Half Hot, Mum'' co-star Creator/MelvynHayes.

In his later years, he struggled to find work and could be found in public dressed in his Lofty outfit singing to try and sell his tapes.

He died at the age of 70.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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* ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie'' (1985) -- Groot
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* ''Series/DadsArmy'', 4 episodes:
** "Big Guns" (1969) -- Man from Pickfords
** 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Don't Forget the Diver", "The Test", "Uninvited Guests"[[/labelnote]] (1970) -- Gerald
* ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', 56 episodes (1974-81) -- Gunner "Lofty" Sugden
* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'', 1 episode (1975) -- Various
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Nightmare in Royston Vasey", "The Beast of Royston Vasey"[[/labelnote]] (1970) -- Little Don
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