Gorden Kaye

Born in Huddersfield on April 7, 1941, Gordon Fitzgerald Kaye graduated in English, was a rugby player and worked as a journalist on a radio station in which he had the opportunity to play The Beatles in 1965. After acting as an actor In the radio adaptation of a play, the director, of enormous prestige, suggested that he dedicate himself to acting, and recommended him in a casting for a performance. Since then, he has appeared in various series, such as Coronation Street , from 1969.

The BBC recruited him for his best-known work, the sitcom Allo Allo , in 1982, although it would run for a decade, and is now considered a classic. He arrived in Spain late, but he had some recognition when the regional channels began to program it, in 1989. His character, René Artois, owner of a café, was trapped between two waters, when the Nazi troops occupied the town and stole all the valuables, including a valuable painting that the German commander wants to keep, for which he forces the central character to hide it in his premises. On the other hand, he also conceals two RAF airmen whom the all-female Resistance plans to send back to Britain.

Apart from explaining in the first person at the beginning of each chapter what had happened until then, Gorden Kaye stood out every time his fictional wife caught him fooling around with stunning waitresses who responded “Oooooh, René”. He always used the formula “Stupid woman, you can’t see that…”, followed by a barrage of pathetic lies.

After this work, he continued to appear in other productions as a luxury guest. Terry Gilliam , representative of another of the most recognized British comedies, Monty Python’s Flying Circus , recruited him for small roles in his films The Beast of the Kingdom and Brazil. His last role was a farmer in the Revolver series , although just before that he was René again, in The Best of ‘Allo Allo’ , a revival that brought together the protagonists, from 1994.