BREAKING NEWS It Ain't Half Hot Mum actor John Clegg dies aged 90 as tributes pour in for beloved BBC star By Codie Bullen For Mailonline Published: 12:14 BST, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 12:31 BST, 20 August 2024 e-mail 12 View comments Beloved BBC actor John Clegg has died aged 90. The star, who was best known as La Di Da Gunner Graham in It Ain't Half Hot Mum star, passed away peacefully in care and a private funeral will be held on August 29 in West Sussex. An announcement on Tuesday said he 'died peacefully in care' and 'will be missed by all his friends from the theatre, his friends in Chichester and his family.
' BAFTA member Morris Bright MBE paid tribute to John on X, penning : 'We is very sorry indeed to hear that La Di Da Gunner Graham, actor John Clegg, has gone to that great concert party in the sky, aged 90. He certainly was one of the boys who entertained us. Tributes then poured in for the star, with the British Comedy Society posted on X: 'We're saddened to learn of the death of actor John Clegg, best known as It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Padrewski, Gunner Graham.
He was 90.' Beloved BBC actor John Clegg has died aged 90 The star, who was best known as La Di Da Gunner Graham in It Ain't Half Hot Mum star, passed away peacefully in care John, born to English parents in Murree, Punjab, India in 1934, played Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham in the classic sitcom. He also appeared in episodes of Dad's Army and Mr.
Bean, and more recently in romantic comedy film Bridget Jones's Diary. John was married to fellow sitcom star Mavis Pugh, until her death in 2006, with both starring in 1988's You Rang, M'Lord and 1972's Are You Being Served? Pugh also appeared in Fawlty Towers while Clegg had a smaller part in 2001's Bridget Jones' Diary. In October 2017, Clegg gave a talk called 'My Life as an Actor' to the Chichester Literary Society detailing his career that began at the prestigious RADA drama school in London.
He entertained an audience with tales including his encounter with a young Dame Judi Dench who said she didn't think he was suited to traditional Shakespearean roles. As a fan of Rudyard Kipling, Clegg also co-produced a one-man show with wife Mavis, based on the storyteller, that achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival in the 1980s. Tributes poured in for the star, with the British Comedy Society posted on X: 'We're saddened to learn of the death of actor John Clegg, best known as It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Padrewski, Gunner Graham.
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