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2	[[caption-width-right:285:Is it a mushroom? No. Is it a soldier? No. It's [[Series/ItAintHalfHotMum Gunner Sugden]]!]]
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5	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''.
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7	He was discovered as a boy soprano after being [[BlitzEvacuees evacuated to Darwen]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. 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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9	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.
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11	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.
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13	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.
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15	He died at the age of 70.
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17	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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19	* ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie'' (1985) -- Groot
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21	* ''Series/DadsArmy'', 4 episodes:
22	** "Big Guns" (1969) -- Man from Pickfords
23	** 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Don't Forget the Diver", "The Test", "Uninvited Guests"[[/labelnote]] (1970) -- Gerald
24	* ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', 56 episodes (1974-81) -- Gunner Harold "Lofty" Sugden
25	* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'', 1 episode (1975) -- Various
26	* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Nightmare in Royston Vasey", "The Beast of Royston Vasey"[[/labelnote]] (1999) -- Little Don

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