Patricia Hayes

For other people named Patricia Hayes, see Patricia Hayes (disambiguation).

Patricia Hayes
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Born	Patricia Lawlor Hayes (1909-12-22)22 December 1909 Wandsworth,London, England, UK
Died	Surrey, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938-1996
Spouse(s)	Valentine Brooke (divorced)
Children	Richard O'Callaghan (born 1940)

Patricia Lawlor "Pat" Hayes, OBE (22 December 1909 – 19 September 1998) was an English character actress.

Hayes was born in Streatham, London. As a child Hayes attended the Sacred Heart School in Wandsworth.

She was featured in many radio and television comedy shows between 1940 and 1996, including Hancock's Half Hour, Ray's a Laugh, The Arthur Askey Show, The Benny Hill Show, Bootsie and Snudge and Till Death Us Do Part. She was cast in support roles for films including The Bargee (1964), The NeverEnding Story (1984), A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and featured as Fin Raziel in the Ron Howard film Willow (also 1988). She also played the part of Henry Bones in the BBC Children's Hour radio programme Norman and Henry Bones - The Boy Detectives during the late 1940s.

Her most substantial television appearance was in the title role of Edna, the Inebriate Woman (Play for Today, 1971) for which she won a BAFTA award. She provided the character voice for comedy puppet performances for television and DVDs - e.g. Gran (Woodland Animations, 1982).

She is the mother of British actor Richard O'Callaghan (born Richard Brooke) by her marriage to the late Valentine Brooke, whom she divorced. She never remarried. She was formerly the head of the (British) Catholic Stage Guild, which her son, Richard, now chairs.

She was awarded the OBE in 1988.

Patricia Hayes died in September 1998 in Surrey but appeared posthumously in the 2002 film Crime and Punishment (2002).

Television roles

Year	Title	Role
1938	When We Are Married	Ruby Birtle
1957	The Benny Hill Show (TV series)	Various
1957 to 1958	Educated Evans	Joe's Mother
1958 to 1960	Hancock	Mrs. Cravatte
1962 to 1966	Hugh and I	Griselda Wormold
1967 to 1969	The Very Merry Widow	Katie
1968 to 1969	According To Dora	Various
1968 to 1969	The World Of Beachcomber	Various
1969	Catweazle ("The wisdom of Solomon")	Mrs. Skinner
1970	Grasshopper Island	Lupus
1971	Edna, the Inebriate Woman	Edna
1971	The Trouble With Lilian	Lilian
1971 to 1972	The Last of the Baskets	Mrs Basket
1972	The Goodies: "That Old Black Magic" (ep 3.4)	Hazel, or "Hecate, Queen of Necromancy"
1974	Holiday With Strings	Air Hostess
1977	London Belongs To Me	Connie Coke
1980	Juliet Bravo - Series 1, Ep.4 Fraudulently Uttered	Doris Latham
1980 to 1982	Spooner's Patch	Mrs Cantaford
1981	Till Death...	Min Reed
1983	The Witches and the Grinnygog	Miss Bendybones
1983 to 1984	The Lady Is a Tramp	Old Pat
1984	The Neverending Story	Urgl
1985	Marjorie & Men	Alice Tripp
1993	Lovejoy (Series 5, Episode 3)	Lady Alfreston
1995	Heartbeat (Series 5, Episode 2)	Flo

Selected filmography

• Went the Day Well? (1942)
• When We Are Married (1943)
• Candles at Nine (1944)
• Hotel Reserve (1944)
• Great Day (1945)
• The Love Match (1955)
• The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
• Kill or Cure (1962)
• Saturday Night Out (1964)
• The Terrornauts (1967)
• Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
• Fragment of Fear (1970)
• Raising the Roof (1972)
• Blue Movie Blackmail (1973)
• Love Thy Neighbour (1973)
• The Neverending Story (1984)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
• Willow (1988)
• The Fool (1990)
• Blue Ice (1992)
• The Steal (1995)
• Crime and Punishment (2002)

External links

• Patricia Hayes at the Internet Movie Database
• Patricia Hayes at the British Film Institute's Screenonline