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Melvyn Hayes (born 11 January 1935) is an English actor probably best known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hayes attended Sir Walter St John's Grammar School, Battersea. He was also in a well known theatrical troupe called Terry's Juveniles and his acting career stretches back to 1950 when he was "disappearing twice daily for £4 per week" performing the Indian Rope Trick in Maskelyne's Mysteries at the Comedy Theatre in London. He also appeared in Repertory Theatres in Surrey, Derbyshire and the... MORE

Melvyn Hayes (born 11 January 1935) is an English actor probably best known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hayes attended Sir Walter St John's Grammar School, Battersea. He was also in a well known theatrical troupe called Terry's Juveniles and his acting career stretches back to 1950 when he was "disappearing twice daily for £4 per week" performing the Indian Rope Trick in Maskelyne's Mysteries at the Comedy Theatre in London. He also appeared in Repertory Theatres in Surrey, Derbyshire and the Midlands. Notable film roles include the young Victor Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein 1957, "Jimmy" in The Young Ones with Cliff Richard (1961), "Cyril" in Summer Holiday, again with Cliff Richard (1963), and 'Brother Willy' in Crooks in Cloisters (1964). As well as roles in popular films, Hayes has appeared in numerous TV shows and series throughout his long career, which dates as far back as the 1950s, when he appeared in the BBC television adaptation of Billy Bunter. He still performs regularly. He also performed voices on children's cartoons such as SuperTed, The Dreamstone, Little Dracula, LESS