Melvyn Hayes
Biography
Melvyn Hayes is an English actor and voice artist whose career has lasted more than seven and a half decades. Born in South London in 1935, he began on stage before moving into film and television in the late 1950s. Early film work included a role in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) as the young Victor Frankenstein, and he appeared in several films starring the pop musician Cliff Richard, among them The Young Ones (1961), Summer Holiday (1963) and Wonderful Life (1964). His best known role was Gunner, later Bombardier, Gloria Beaumont in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum from 1974 to 1981. He also had a part in Carry On England (1976) and later moved into voice acting, voicing the villain Skeleton in SuperTed from 1983 to 1986 and in The Further Adventures of SuperTed in 1989. He has since appeared as himself on entertainment programs and taken one-off roles in Benidorm and Not Going Out.
91years old
Turns 92 on January 11in 90 days
- Born London
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 28 years1957 to 1985
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A change of course
Before acting took hold, Hayes worked at a local stables and quit after a fortnight, and carried advertising print blocks between newspapers for the News Chronicle in Fleet Street.
Early training
Hayes taught drama at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts by 1973, where his students included Tracey Ullman, Lesley Manville and Leslie Ash.
Getting ready for a role
Hayes and Cliff Richard were taught to drive a double-decker bus only half an hour before filming Summer Holiday, and he drove it around the cliffs of Greece with Richard, The Shadows and Una Stubbs aboard.
Behind the camera
Hayes began writing an autobiography in 1986 that was finally released in January 2026, retitled It Ain't Half Late Mum as a play on It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
Melvyn Hayes movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Sidney J. Furie directed two of these films. Cliff Richard appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Cliff Richard's page
Peter Cushing's page
Richard O'Sullivan's page
Una Stubbs's page
Gerald Harper's page
Teddy Green's page
All films by Sidney J. Furie
Also two films together3 more actors
- Bruce WelchWonderful Life (1964) and The Young Ones (1961)
- Hank B. MarvinWonderful Life (1964) and The Young Ones (1961)
- Hank MarvinWonderful Life (1964) and The Young Ones (1961)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.