Donald Hewlett

  • English
  • Actor

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A look back at Come Back Mrs. Noah

Come Back Mrs. Noah may be emblematic of all the worst excesses that 1970s comedies are chastised for, but it's not beyond reproach. The series revels so vigorously in the ridiculous and the corny that it feels like an absurdist exercise in what's possible in a 7pm sitcom.

Curious British Telly, 16th February 2021

It Ain't Half Hot Mum - where are they now?

Whatever happened to the cast of the sitcom?

Chortle, 21st January 2019

Donald Hewlett obituary

Actor best known as Colonel Reynolds in It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 7th June 2011

It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Donald Hewlett dies at 90

Donald Hewlett, who was best known for his role in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died aged 90.

The actor, who played Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Reynolds in the show, had been ill for some time, his wife told the BBC.

BBC News, 5th June 2011

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