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| Born | August 28, 1930 |
| Hometown | Canning Town, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
| Spouse | Eluned Evans (m 1957 - 2018) |
| Children | Jane Davies |
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Life after Lofty: where did it all go wrong for Don Estelle?
- In the summer of 1975, Don Estelle was at the peak of his powers. As Gunner ‘Lofty’ Sugden, he starred in the BBC sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, which was attracting more than 15 million viewers every week, and his novelty pop song Whispering Grass, a duet with actor Windsor Davies, was a number one hit, earning the pair an appearance on Top of the Pops. “I felt on top of the world,” said Estelle.
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Windsor Davies, It Ain't Half Hot Mum actor, dies aged 88
Windsor Davies worked as a teacher and a miner before becoming an actor. The actor Windsor Davies, best known for his role as the sergeant major in TV series It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, has died at the age of 88. In a statement, his daughter Jane said: “His wife of 62 years, Eluned, passed away in September.
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Windsor Davies: It Ain't Half Hot Mum actor dies aged 88
Actor Windsor Davies, who starred in the popular sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and two Carry On films, has died at the age of 88. "The actor Windsor Davies died peacefully on 17 January 2019," a statement said. The British star played the role of Battery Sergeant Major Williams in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, which followed the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party and was broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981.
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Windsor Davies: Star of ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ and ‘Never the Twain’
The role of the bawling Battery Sergeant-Major Williams, training a bunch of rag-bag British army concert party performers in India and Burma during the last days of empire, in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum made Windsor Davies a star. The sitcom (1974-81), launched by the writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft while their legendary series Dad’s Army was still being made, became another long-running success, attracting up to 17 million viewers. Although it was accused by some of being
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum star Windsor Davies dies at 88
Windsor Davies, best known for his role as Sergeant Major in the Seventies BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died age 88. According to his daughter Jane Davies, he passed away peacefully on Thursday 17 January, four months after his wife Eluned Davies in September.
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Windsor Davies death: It Ain't Half Hot Mum star dies aged 88
Actor Windsor Davies, best known for playing the sergeant in TV series It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died at the age of 88. Actor Tony Robinson was among those paying tribute to the star, writing on Twitter: "'Whispering grass don't tell them who kissed there long ago. “Whispering grass don’t tell them who kissed there long ago.
