Pictured in 1981 with Don Estelle and Melvyn Hayes in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the sardonic "Oh dear, how sad, never mind".

"That was probably the one I enjoyed most of all," Davies recalled. Gunner Mackintosh sings a Harry Lauder classic: 'Keep right on to the end of the road'.

Windsor starred alongside Don Estelle in the popular BBC series It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. How sad. Tributes to the late London-born actor have poured inWindsor Davies (pictured on set in 1976) played Sergeant Major Williams in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and died last week at the age of 88. The lyrics of the song 'Gentlemen Rankers' reflect the plot: 'We're poor little lambs who've lost our way.' Windsor Davies on It Ain't Half Hot, Mum - Duration: 3:26. mediapark101 166,373 views. The It Ain't Half Hot Mum cast in 1976 He appeared alongside Welsh comic talents Hugh Griffith, Sion Probert and Dewi "Pws" Morris, who all were encouraged to improvise. "I thought, it's a series! The comedic star appeared in 56 episodes which ran between 1974 and 1981. He was constantly busy with numerous bit-parts in the likes of Z Cars, Dixon Of Dock Green and General Hospital, but comedy was a new departure for him.It Ain’t Half Hot Mum led to Never The Twain, a sitcom opposite Donald Sinden, in which they played rival antiques dealers. In this one the villagers are nowhere to be seen and the soldiers suddenly prepare for their voyage to England.The show has often been accused of (unconsciously) flirting with racism. 3:26. Born in August 1930 in Canning Town, east London, Windsor Davies returned home to his father's home village, Nant-y-Moel in the Ogmore valley, when World War Two broke out. Image caption Windsor Davies in 1978's Grand Slam - his personal favourite Grand Slam was a 1978 comedy about the exploits of a group of Welsh fans who travelled to Paris for a rugby weekend. A range of television and film roles followed, including various parts in Dixon Of Dock Green and Z Cars between 1965 and 1974. Chattering millennials will never grasp what was so rib-achingly funny about It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.Today’s comedy is all about saying the right thing, mocking people who think differently — especially in politics. Only Lofty keeps his unique helmet, on doctor's orders.Michael Knowles, who plays the amateur playwright Captain Ashwood, has contributed as a writer to episodes of Music: Gunner Clark sings 'Chinese Blues', a George Formby hit. On the aeroplane there is an illustration of Snoopy. "With Davies alongside 4ft 9 ins tall Estelle as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden, It Ain't Half Hot Mum at its peak it attracted 15 million viewers a week and ran for eight series. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Shoulders back! These are external links and will open in a new window There was university educated ‘Mr Lah-di-Dah’ Gunner Graham (John Clegg), always correcting the sergeant-major’s grammar.It Ain’t Half Hot Mum laughed at everything: the corniest gags, class, the Army and the warMost of all there was Bombardier Beaumont, known to all as Gloria, a female impersonator who regarded herself off and onstage as all woman. The show was first aired on BBC One in 1974And the show managed to have its cake and eat it in other ways, too. A joke like this, towards the end of the series, is either very stupid or quite provocative.Goof: As Gloria (Melvyn Hayes) is explaining the situation to the villagers, he makes such wild gestures that he accidentally hits Gunner Clark (Kenneth McDonald). It is difficult to mention Tommy Cooper without hearing the phrase ''Jus' like that!

Windsor Davies became the show's stand-out performer, with catchphrases including "Shut up!" Lofty sing 'We will Gather Lilacs in the Sping' by Ivor Novello. Frustrated in his endeavours to drill them as a fighting unit, he had little time for the artistic pursuits of his charges - always happier in costume than Army uniform - or the upper class twits who were his commanding officers. Which was lovely, with me having a wife and five children.