JOIN US IN WISHING MELVYN HAYES a VERY Happy Birthday today. Melvyn was
born today January 11th 1935, and since 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! A very long and
accomplished career on stage, tv and the big screen. Melvyn is quite an
institution in the UK, having appeared in many TV dramas, soaps and
comedy shows, the most successful probably being 'It Aint Half
Hot Mum' in the 1970's. The show is now banished to 'Room 101' at the
BBC, being considered like many shows from that era, quite UN-PC... you
decide?
MELVYN WORKED WITH Peter Cushing as the young Baron Frankenstein in
Cushing's first film for Hammer, 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957) he
appeared as Daft Jamie in the brilliant 'Flesh and the Fiends' (1960)
and with Cushing in 'Violent Playground' (1958) His last appearance with
Peter was in the doomed 'A Touch of the Sun' in 1979 with Oliver Reed..
HAYES, MCCALLUM and ONE OTHER Brit comedian, in the middle! Can you name him?
A VERSATILE ACTOR, who stays young at 84, who will no doubt be having a
real knees up and party as we wish him, Many Happy Returns Today 😉 Happy Birthday Melvyn and many more to come!
