Davies, 88, who was best known as Battery Sergeant Major “Shut Up” Williams in the TV series, also enjoyed a number one hit in 1975 with co-star Don Estelle when they recorded a version of Whispering Grass in character, a novelty hit which sold more than one million copies.
Davies also starred alongside Donald Sinden as two rival antique dealers in the long-running ITV sitcom Never The Twain. He was also the voice of Sergeant Major Zero in the 1980s sci-fi series Terrahawks.
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