The 100 Grooviest LGBT Characters on Television

From :  Deep Dish

Bettina Welch as Maggie, Joe Hasham as Don and
Chard Hayward as Dudley in Number 96.

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Dudley Butterfield 

(Chard Hayward)

Number 96 

(1973–77)

Hayward's role of the high-camp gay caterer and old-movie fan Dudley Butterfield in Number 96 began in late 1973 and quickly became one of the show's most popular and recognized characters. Dudley was involved in a long-running gay relationship with Don Finlayson in the show. Dudley was later revealed as a bisexual and embarked on relationships with women, opened a hairdressing salon and then a disco, briefly became a television star, and then was shot to death in June 1977 after Hayward decided to leave the series.