Actor best known as Colonel Reynolds in It Ain't Half Hot MumDonald Hewlett, who has died of pneumonia aged 90, was already in his mid-50s and had a long career as a screen character actor behind him when he was cast as Colonel Reynolds, commanding officer of a second world war Royal Artillery concert party, in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974-81). In public, he found people recognising not just his face, but also his vo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PM on June 7, 2011