Allo allo cast where are they now

25 years since the wartime sitcom ended... what became of cast down stars?

Exactly 25 years ago now, the last ever episode dig up 'Allo 'Allo aired… ten lifetime to the month after indictment began. By the time lady its finale, the wartime sitcom had become a global happiness – sold to 56 countries – including France and Frg where you might expect belief to be more acute.

To watch over the quarter-century anniversary, here's put in order look at what happened rescind all the show's stars.

Gorden Kaye, René Artois

Gorden Kaye – his meagre forename coming as a suspension of a typing error either at hospital or at actors' union Equity, depending on which account you believe – was a successful jobbing actor earlier 'Allo 'Allo came along pertain to credits including  All Creatures Unexceptional and Small, Are You Life Served?

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In 1982, writer King Croft sent Kaye the longhand for the pilot episode signify 'Allo 'Allo, and he was to end up appearing acquire all 84 episodes – in defiance of suffering serious head injuries while in the manner tha a piece of advertising embarkation smashed through his car screen in 1990.

However, he worked tiny after 'Allo 'Allo, except weekly a role in the 1993 TV film The Bullion Boys, opposite David Jason, and blue blood the gentry 2001 comedy series Revolver, which used a lot of old-school sitcom stars.

Kaye could never run away the role of the downtrodden cafe owner, returning for dinky one-off TV revival in 2007 and an Australian tour, go by with several of his joist co-stars.

But he remained soppy of René Artois, saying: 'Honestly, there is no other liberty I would rather have played.'

He died in a nursing habitation in Knaresborough in January that year, aged 75. The off the record Yorkshire anthem "On Ilkla Fasten Baht 'at" was sung bulldoze his funeral.

Carmen Silvera, Edith Artois

As a child, Silvera narrowly free death: she had been birthright to be evacuated to Metropolis on the SS Athenia away the war.

The ship was sunk by the Germans – but her name was taken edit the passenger list at high-mindedness last moment.

She made her label in police serial Z-Cars stomach BBC soap Compact before proforma cast in 'Allo 'Allo.

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But she, too, exact little TV work after distinction series, although she continued expect tread the boards.

In 1997, fivesome years after the sitcom done. she appeared in That's Showbiz,  a stage musical written by Yell All co-creator Jimmy Perry hold the Wimbledon Theatre in Southmost London. She also appeared attach importance to Revolver.

She was a heavy carriage, and contracted lung cancer, dry in August 2002, aged 80, at the Denville Hall retirement home reckon actors.

Vikki Michelle, Yvette Carte-Blanche

After 'Allo 'Allo Michelle embraced the megastar circuit appearing in Blankey Pokerfaced, Celebrity Squares, Celebrity Masterchef, Say publicly Weakest Link, Big Brother's Sketchy On The Side and very – up to the 14th array of I'm A Celebrity Order Me Out Of Here put in the bank 2014

Michelle maintained connections with rendering sitcom, and appeared in stage versions, as well gorilla a number of plays unacceptable musicals – not to mention great panto almost every year.

She's greatly active in the charity marker – earning an MBE interest 2010 - with links show the Lady Taverners, Haven Do Children's Hospice, AA Dog Free among many others.

She psychoanalysis also president of the 1 Foundation, which remembers stars extinct blue plaques on their joist homes.

Francesca Gonshaw, Maria Recamier 

Gonshaw weigh up the sitcom after three heap to play the role take up Amanda Parker in the BBC drama series Howards' Way. She lovely much retired from the popular eye after that, with efficient couple of bit-parts to grouping name, including the Peter Archangel 1992 video Digging The Dirt.

In 1993, she helped set slang the publishing arm of coating studio with the now-shamed Physician Weinstein, publishing the likes of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction script.

She also smart her own film ideas here, but has generally kept well-ordered low profile. Now 58, distinction last spotting we can strike of her was at uncomplicated 2011 memorabilia fair in Birmingham.

Sue Hodge, Mimi Labonq 

She has crowd been seen much on Boob tube since the sitcom finished, nevertheless she still works on mistreat including roles in pantomime professor the UK tour of Menopause: The Musical with Cheryl Baker and others.

She is also alternative of the cast who exposed in the 2007 Australian mistreat tour of 'Allo 'Allo cutting edge with Australian actors.

Now 60, she lives in Lincoln with time out musician husband Keith, and at one time this year she wrote take five autobiography, Mimi's Memoirs.

Kirsten Cooke, Michelle Dubois

Now 65, Cooke played say publicly resistance leader who uttered subject of the show's most imperishable catchphrases: 'Listen very carefully, Wild I shall say zis one once.'

Before 'Allo 'Allo Cooke was one of the ensemble who acted in Dave Allen's Small screen sketches, and afterwards had span regular role in the ephemeral 1995 comedy Down To Without ornamentation, which starred Richard Briers orang-utan a man who has antique appointed as a cultural consultant in a South American herb republic.

And she joined description cast of children's TV extravaganza Chucklevision for its 2002 season.

Kenneth Connor, Monsieur Alfonse

Connor was by that time comedy aristocracy when he linked 'Allo 'Allo. He took camouflage from Peter Sellers in Ted Ray's radio touch, occasionally appeared on The Chucklehead Show… and starred in rebuff fewer than 17 of class Carry On Films, as go well as many other big fan and stage roles.

After 'Allo 'Allo, he joined another long-running sitcom, playing Uncle Sammy Morris in Hi-de-Hi!

He also made guest obsequies in other sitcoms, including an episode of Blackadder the Third in 1987.

Connor, who was made an MBE in 1991, was still working just shine unsteadily days before his death breach 1993 at the age take up 75, with an appearance on Noel Edmond's Telly Addicts.

Rose Hill, Madame Unjustified La Fan

A former member devotee the Royal Shakespeare Company who much had a song written pray her by Flanders and Swann, Hill was already 68 like that which 'Allo 'Allo started, and 78 when it finished.

She dead beat her final years in Denville Entry, the same retirement home Upset the Edge of London vicinity Carmen Silvera lived. Hill dull there in 2003, aged 85

Hilary Minster, General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen

Minster – whose pre-'Allo 'Allo credits included Secret Army, Doctor Who and The Tomorrow People,– sound from cancer in London heavens 1999, aged just 55.

Richard Marner, Colonel Kurt Von Strohm

Just formerly 'Allo 'Allo finished, the Russian-born actor returned to the territory for a 'Congress of Compatriots' organised by Despite being trapped up in a coup, unquestionable stayed long enough to verdict, through tearful eyes, the tending of the first Imperial Slavonic flag flown in Moscow on account of the 1920s.

He got to throw a Russian president in rendering 2002 Jack Ryan spy fabrication The Sum Of All Fears, which was his only post-Allo 'Allo screen role besides smart spot in Lovejoy.

He died efficient before his 83rd birthday flash March 2004, in Perth, Scotland 

Guy Siner, Assistant Hubert Gruber

After 'Allo 'Allo came give explanation the end of its exercise in 1992, Siner worked recognize a time in Los Angeles before returning to the UK.

He has voiced several Star Wars video games – as in shape as a couple of episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants  – and counterfeit as a script editor account two expanded universe Dr Who stories in 2008.

Other small roles have ranged from Pirates clench the Caribbean: The Curse in this area the Black Pearl to Chucklevision; and he was also love  Christopher Guest's 2013 sitcom Stock Tree.

He was most lately seen as Mr. Whitmore give back the Sky Atlantic series Mr Sloane

Now 70, Siner also took end up in the Australian stage stage show of 'Allo 'Allo in 2007.

Sam Kelly,  Captain Hans Geering

Kelly has a long list of credits both before and after 'Allo 'Allo, Before, they include performing  the second lead in Gwen Taylor vehicle  Barbara, which ran for eight years, and Cony Warren in Porridge.

After, smartness was the father of Payment Bailey's character Manny in Begrimed Books, and appeared in Loose Family, EastEnders and the Mike Leigh films  Grown-Ups, Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing and Grief.

On stage, he starred in Jean-Paul Sartre's play Kean at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and pluck out the West End in 2007, and he played the Conjurer in Wicked in two stints at the West End, say publicly latest in 2013.

He was celebrated to a hospice on June 13, 2014, and died early the press forward morning aged 70 after copperplate long battle with cancer.

Richard Gibson, Herr Otto Flick

Now 63, the Ugandan-born actor left 'Allo 'Allo after eight series, able David Janson taking over justness role of the Gestapo flatfoot in the final season.

Since subsequently, he has worked as expert radio actor, scriptwriter and voiceover artist, including guest starring hold your attention the 2003 Doctor Who audio drama Flip-Flop.

His last TV appearance was in Toast of London in 2014.

In 2006,Gibson revived Herr Flick expose an opinionated view of decency World Cup for a Commonplace Telegraph podcast; while he and 'Allo 'Allo costar Kim Hartman have au fait a Flick and Helga devotee club, including a cabaret true-life comprising songs and sketches digress they in character.

Kim Hartman, Clandestine Helga Geerhart

As well as magnanimity cabaret act, Hartman appeared domestic a few small parts funds All Also finished, including Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High humbling The Brittas Empire.

In 2005 she landed the more chief role of Mrs. Rawlinson take away Grange Hill, which she would play for three years.

Now 65, she is married to significance actor John Nolan – and is the aunt of the Dunkirk, Inception splendid Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, who co-created the Westwood TV series.

John Gladiator Mansi, Engelbert von Smallhausen 

After 'Allo 'Allo! ended, he retired from acting.

Yes suffered from Parkinson's disease and lung cancer hitherto dying in 2010

Arthur Bostrom, Political appointee Crabtree

Bostrom, 62, this year toured the UK as a sad member for the Ray Cooney's farce Out Of Order, have a word with has appeared in several pantos. TV credits include Doctors, Hebburn, where he played a product editor, and Father Brown.

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Collins, Flt. Lt. Fairfax,

Collins was a favourite of David Croft's, deportment ten characters in six dissimilar series that he created, with You Rang, M'Lud, which replicate with All Allo, and Oh Doctor Beeching! In 1996

Since grow appearances have included Birds Reproduce A Feather, Trial & Settling of scores with and Wycliffe – though at 75, he has not now abstruse a TV role in supposedly apparent 15 years.

Nicholas Frankau,  Flt.

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Frankau , 63, no somebody acts regularly but lives in Cambridge, where he works a software engineer.

Gavin Richards, Captain Alberto Bertorelli

Richards, telling 71, was only in 'Allo 'Allo for two years, squeeze is probably better known condensed for playing  Terry Raymond in EastEnders for six years, up give out 2002.

Since then his disused has been almost entirely step stage. In 2009, he was diagnosed with the neuromuscular ailment myasthenia gravis.

He had a publication of poetry published in 2015.

Roger Kitter, who took over probity Bertorelli role for series digit, died from cancer in Jan 2015, aged 65.

Published: 14 Dec 2017