Melvyn Hayes

Biography

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.

Known For

The Man Who Loved Redheads

Sidney

Not Going Out

Ernest Walker

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Newsboy

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Porter (segment "Sloth")

A Christmas Carol

Bob Cratchit (voice)

Santa Claus: The Movie

Goober

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Shooting Stars

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2018	T.I.M: This Is Me	Myrtle
2003	Doctor Who: Shada	Wilkin (voice)
1999	Jack and the Beanstalk	Ambrose
1990	King of the Wind	Twicker
1985	Santa Claus: The Movie	Goober
1984	The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood	Father Luther
1978	What's Up Superdoc!	Pietro
1976	Carry On England	Gunner Shorthouse
1974	Man About the House	Nigel
1973	Love Thy Neighbour	Terry
1971	A Christmas Carol	Bob Cratchit (voice)
1971	Bachelor of Arts	Mr. Jenkins
1971	The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins	Porter (segment "Sloth")
1969	A Walk with Love and Death	First Entertainer
1969	The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape	Clown
1969	The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket	Silly Workman
1964	Crooks in Cloisters	Willy
1964	Wonderful Life	Jerry
1963	Summer Holiday	Cryil
1962	The Silent Invasion	Jean
1961	The Young Ones	Jimmy
1960	The Flesh and the Fiends	Daft Jamie
1960	Bottoms Up!	Cecil Biggs
1959	Operation Amsterdam	Willem
1959	No Trees in the Street	Tommy
1958	Violent Playground	Kid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)
1957	The Curse of Frankenstein	Young Victor
1957	The Good Companions	Telegraph Boy
1957	Woman in a Dressing Gown	Newsboy
1955	The Man Who Loved Redheads	Sidney
1955	Fun at St. Fanny's	Heckling Boy at Concert (uncredited)
1954	Face the Music	Hotel Bellhop
1954	Adventure in the Hopfields	Ned Reilly
1950	The Blue Lamp	Blond Urchin (Uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
2013	The House of Horror - Memories of Bray	Himself
2007	Movie Connections	Self
2006	Not Going Out	Ernest Walker
2002	Pongwiffy
1995	The Thin Blue Line	D.S. Quentin Courvoisier
1993	Shooting Stars	Self
1991	Little Dracula
1990	The Dreamstone	Frizz (voice)
1990	Drop the Dead Donkey	Sir Gordon
1989	The Further Adventures of SuperTed
1985	Super Gran	P.C. Dumpling
1983	SuperTed	Skeleton
1982	Countdown
1982	On Safari
1976	Potter's Picture Palace
1975	Carry On Laughing	Charwallah Charlie
1974	It Ain't Half Hot Mum	Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont
1973	Sir Yellow	Gregory
1972	The Regiment
1970	Here Come the Double Deckers	Albert
1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre
1964	Six
1963	The Human Jungle	Bert Morgan
1962	Oliver Twist	Artful Dodger
1961	Stryker of the Yard
1957	The Silver Sword
1957	Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!	Gang member(uncredited)
1955	Quatermass II	Frankie