Don Estelle, actor and singer: born Manchester 22 May 1933; married; died Rochdale, Lancashire 2 August 2003. At 4ft 9in tall, the bespectacled Don Estelle, as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden, was the butt of ...

It Ain't Half Hot Mum actor Don Estelle has been buried at a ceremony attended by former co-stars, alongside the army helmet he wore in the comedy series. The diminutive actor and singer died earlier ...

Don Estelle, the actor and singer who died on Saturday aged 70, was best known for the eight years he spent in the role of Gunner "Lofty" Sugden, the bespectacled diminutive sidekick to Windsor Davies ...