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Melvyn Hayes

Actor

Melvyn Hayes

Born January 11, 1935 in London, England, UK37 films

Melvyn Hayes is an English actor, now best known for playing the effeminate Gunner "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. He has had a long and wide ranging career in movies and television, appearing in over 30 films and dozens of television programmes.

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A Christmas Carol posterFirst watchA Christmas Carol19717.2as Bob Cratchit (voice)Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Curse of Frankenstein poster6.8The Curse of Frankenstein1957Santa Claus: The Movie poster6.3Santa Claus: The Movie1985The Blue Lamp poster6.6The Blue Lamp1950The Flesh and the Fiends poster6.7The Flesh and the Fiends1960

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. 2018T.I.M: This Is MeMyrtle
  2. 2003Doctor Who: ShadaWilkin (voice)
  3. 1999Jack and the BeanstalkAmbrose
  4. 1990King of the WindTwicker
  5. 1985Santa Claus: The MovieGoober
  6. 1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodFather Luther
  7. 1979A Touch of the SunGinger Rogers
  8. 1978What's Up Superdoc!Pietro
  9. 1976Carry On EnglandGunner Shorthouse
  10. 1974Man About the HouseNigel
  11. 1973Love Thy NeighbourTerry
  12. 1971A Christmas CarolBob Cratchit (voice)
  13. 1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly SinsPorter (segment "Sloth")
  14. 1971Bachelor of ArtsMr. Jenkins
  15. 1969A Walk with Love and DeathFirst Entertainer
  16. 1969The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little ApeClown
  17. 1969The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not CricketSilly Workman
  18. 1966Rome Sweet HomePentamus
  19. 1964Wonderful LifeJerry
  20. 1964Crooks in CloistersWilly
  21. 1963Summer HolidayCryil
  22. 1962The Silent InvasionJean
  23. 1961The Young OnesJimmy
  24. 1960Bottoms Up!Cecil Biggs
  25. 1960The Flesh and the FiendsDaft Jamie
  26. 1959No Trees in the StreetTommy
  27. 1959Operation AmsterdamWillem
  28. 1958Violent PlaygroundKid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)
  29. 1957Woman in a Dressing GownNewsboy
  30. 1957The Curse of FrankensteinYoung Victor
  31. 1957The Good CompanionsTelegraph Boy
  32. 1956TearawaySyd Shelton
  33. 1955Fun at St. Fanny'sHeckling Boy at Concert (uncredited)
  34. 1955The Man Who Loved RedheadsSidney
  35. 1954Adventure in the HopfieldsNed Reilly
  36. 1954Face the MusicHotel Bellhop
  37. 1950The Blue LampBlond Urchin (Uncredited)