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Allo Allo
''Allo 'Allo!'' is a British sitcom television series, created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner and Richard Gibson. Originally broadcast on BBC1, the series focuses on the life of a French café owner in the town of Nouvion, during the German occupation of France in the Second World War, in which he deals with problems from a dishonest German officer, local French Resistance, the handling of a stolen painting and a pair of trapped airmen, all while concealing from his wife the affairs he is having with his waitresses. Croft and Lloyd devised the concept as a parody of BBC wartime drama '' Secret Army'' and initially launched the programme with a pilot on 30 December 1982. The sitcom was eventually commissioned following the success of the pilot and ran for nine series between 7 September 1984 until its conclusion on 14 December 1992. Both Lloyd and Croft wrote the scripts for the first six series, while the remainder were hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Hodge
Sue Hodge (born 4 June 1957 in Orsett, Essex) is an English actress, best known for her role as the waitress Mimi Labonq in the BBC sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!''. Trained as a dancer and theatre performer at Bird College, she has performed extensively in theatre and on television in the UK and internationally, and appeared as a Force of Darkness in Terry Gilliam's 1985 film ''Brazil''. She returned to the role of Mimi in ''The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!'' in 2007. In June/July 2007, she once again appeared as Mimi in the stage show '''Allo 'Allo!'', alongside Gorden Kaye as René Artois and Guy Siner as Lieutenant Hubert Gruber, at Twelfth Night Theatre, in Brisbane, Australia. The other characters were portrayed by various famous Australian actors including Steven Tandy, Chloe Dallimore, Jason Gann and Tony Alcock, and Katy Manning Catherine Ann "Katy" Manning (born 14 October 1946) is an English- Australian actress, television presenter, voice artist and former model. Althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Minster
Roger Michael Hilary Minster (21 March 1944 – 24 November 1999) was an English character actor. Life and career Born in Surrey, England, he is best known for playing General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen in the sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!'' between 1984 and 1992. Other credits include ''Crossroads''; ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''; and a semi-regular role in '' Secret Army'' as Hauptmann Muller. Minster also had a brief period writing scripts with Kenneth Williams for the latter's ''International Cabaret'' television show. In 1974, Minster appeared as Lieutenant Lightfoot in the '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' episode " Facing Fearful Odds". He played the motorcyclist in the TV series The Long Chase. He also appeared twice in ''Doctor Who'', as the Thal soldier Marat in ''Planet of the Daleks'' (1973) and as an unnamed Thal soldier who dangles Sarah Jane Smith from the rocket gantry in ''Genesis of the Daleks'' (1975) alongside fellow 'Allo 'Allo actor Guy Siner. This makes him one of the few ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Bostrom
Arthur Bostrom FRGS (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, best known for his role as Officer Crabtree in the long-running BBC TV sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!''. Biography Early life Bostrom was born in Rugby, Warwickshire and attended Lawrence Sheriff School, where he was a contemporary with Kevin Warwick. He graduated from St Chad's College, University of Durham. In 1977 he performed at the Edinburgh Festival as part of Durham University Sensible Thespians (DUST). Besides his television career, he acted on the stage regularly, also being a trained life coach. He lived in Manchester for a long time. Professional career Bostrom had a small role in ''Miss Marple'' series 1 ''The Body in the Library'' in 1984. Bostrom had a recurrent character in '''Allo 'Allo!'', first appearing midway through the second series and remaining until the show's finale. Officer Crabtree was played as an hopeless British undercover officer, disguised constantly as a French local policeman during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Kitter
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is '' Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term " Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Richards
Gavin Richards (born 3 July 1946) is an English actor, writer and director. He is best known for playing Captain Alberto Bertorelli in the BBC sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!'' from 1987 to 1989, and Terry Raymond in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' between 1996 and 2002. Early life Gavin Richards was born in Tufnell Park, north London. His mother was Margaret Richards, who worked for many years as an assistant to Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont, the British theatrical producer at H M Tennent Limited. She went on to become secretary to Roy Strong at the Victoria & Albert Museum and later worked for the Greater London Arts Association. His father was music critic Denby Richards, who wrote for the '' Hampstead and Highgate Express'', the early British version of ''Music and Musicians'' and later became emeritus editor of Britain's oldest classical music magazine, ''Musical Opinion''. Richards attended the Burleigh Road School in Tufnell Park and later the Quintin Grammar School in St John's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Hill (actress)
Rose Lilian Hill (5 June 1914 – 22 December 2003) was an English actress and operatic soprano, who remains best known for her role as Madame Fanny La Fan in the British television series '' 'Allo 'Allo!''. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Biography Hill was born in London and won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She started her career as a soprano in 1939, singing at the Sadler's Wells Opera (later English National Opera) in London; soubrette and lyric soprano roles such as Despina in Mozart's opera ''Così fan tutte''. For the Glyndebourne Festival she sang Barbarina in Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro''. In 1948 she sang Lucy in the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's adaptation of ''The Beggar's Opera''. Hill's career in television and film started with the 1958 film ''The Bank Raiders'' and ended in 1994 with a guest appearance in ''A Touch of Frost''. Hill played various roles, including Miss La Creevy, in the Royal Shakespear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Louis Mansi
John Louis Mansi (born John Patrick Adams; 8 November 1926 – 6 August 2010) was a British television and film actor whose career spanned the years from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. Born in London to an Italian father and an Irish mother, he served in the merchant navy and the RAF during World War II. Upon becoming an actor, he chose his father's surname as his stage name, later adopting the name Louis after Louie Dumbrowski, the character played by Bernard Gorcey in The Bowery Boys film series, whom his friends claimed he resembled. He was best known for his role as Engelbert von Smallhausen (although in the BBC books he is named as Bobby Cedric von Smallhausen) in the popular BBC sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!'' in seasons 2 to 9. He also appeared in '' Department S'' (as "Maxime" in the episode "The Treasure of the Costa del Sol", 1969), the '' Ripping Yarns'' story "Across the Andes By Frog", and the '' Hammer House of Horror'' story "The Thirteenth Reunion". His film ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Janson
David Janson (born David Jackson, 30 March 1950) is an English actor and theatre director whose stage debut was in ''Oliver!'' in 1962. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and appeared as the young boy (during Ringo's walk) in The Beatles film '' A Hard Day's Night'' (billed as "David Jaxon"). Notable roles Janson became well known for his role as Jimmy Harker in the 1960s British soap opera '' The Newcomers''. He later starred in the sitcom '' Get Some In!''. He also replaced Richard Gibson as the Gestapo officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!'' in its final 1992 series, after playing Adolf Hitler's double in an episode of series 8. He has also appeared in a variety of other roles including in '' Softly, Softly'', '' Doomwatch'', '' Jason King'', '' Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Brush Strokes'', '' T-Bag Strikes Again'', ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', the postman in ''Keeping Up Appearances'', '' The Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gibson
Richard Gibson (born 1 January 1954) is an English actor, best known for his role as the archetypal Gestapo Officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC hit sitcom series, '''Allo 'Allo!''. Career Gibson was born in Kampala, Uganda, before the country gained independence from the UK. He was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Radley College near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and the Central School of Speech and Drama. He took part in '''Allo 'Allo!'' during the vast majority of the series. Dressed in an ankle-length leather coat and with the obligatory stiff-legged limp and walking stick, Herr Flick spent his life suppressing peasants, seducing Helga, the German town Commandant's assistant, and vainly trying to get his hands on the original of the painting '' The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies'' by Van Klomp. Gibson then toured with the group when ''Allo 'Allo!'' transferred to the stage and had successful tours both in the United Kingdom and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Parkinson
Christopher Robin Parkinson (25 October 1929 – 7 May 2022) was an English actor known for his comedy roles. He was the second actor to portray Monsieur Ernest Leclerc in '' 'Allo 'Allo!'' (22 episodes: series 7 to 9), after the death of Derek Royle. He was also the narrator of ''Button Moon''. Career Parkinson began his career in December 1957, appearing in ''The Imperial Nightingale'' at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, then joined the company at the Belgrade Theatre in his native Coventry. He made his first film appearance as the jeweller's assistant in ''Billy Liar'' (1963), followed by such titles as '' The Family Way'' (1966), ''They Came from Beyond Space'' (1967), '' Twisted Nerve'' (1968), ''Catch Me a Spy'' (1971), '' Alfie Darling'' (1975) and '' George and Mildred'' (1980). His TV appearances included roles in ''Dad's Army'', '' It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', '' Terry and June'', '' The Young Ones'', ''The Kenny Everett Television Show'', ''Thriller'', '' Shelley'', '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Royle
Derek Royle (7 September 1928 – 23 January 1990) was a British actor born in London, England. He graduated from RADA in 1950. His face was probably better known than his name to British viewers, but he acted in films and TV from the early 1960s until his death. He had a supporting role in the Beatles' film ''Magical Mystery Tour'' in 1967, as well as a minor one with Cilla Black in the film ''Work Is a Four-Letter Word'' a year later. Most of his film appearances were in comedy films such as '' Tiffany Jones'' (1973), '' Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!'' (1974) and ''Confessions of a Sex Maniac'' (1974). Stage and television roles He appeared in a children's TV comedy series, ''Hogg's Back'' (1975) as Doctor Hogg, an eccentric general practitioner (GP); in 2016, this series appeared on Talking Pictures TV. Royle acted with Wendy Richard and Pat Coombs over two series. Hog's Back is a ridge of hills in Surrey. Royle played the hotel guest who dies in his room in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
