Died Gorden Kaye, Rene from “hello, Hello” – Diário de Notícias – Lisbon

Known for his role in the sitcom “hello, Hello”, the british actor died this morning, at the age of 75 years.

Gorden Kaye died this morning at the nursing home where he lived. The news was advanced to the BBC by the former agent of the british actor.

The cast of the series “Hello, Hello,”

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The actor was known for his role as Rene in the series comic hello, Hello, passed in a café in a small French village occupied by the germans during World War II.

He is the owner of the café, a man who wants to lead a quiet life, constantly interrupted by the need to help the resistance, and two aviators English who need to get to the other side of the channel. He is married to Edith and maintains amorous encounters with the maids of the café.

Vicki Michelle, the actress who played Ivette shared on twitter the sorrow for the death of the actor: “Very sad to learn of the news of Gorden Kaye. An actor brilliantly talented, consummate professional, loved the world. There will never be another Rene.”

The tv format had 85 episodes, according to IMDB, and Gordon Kaye participates in all of them. The series was recorded between 1982 and 1992. He was nominated for the BAFTA for best actor in 1986.

in Addition to episodes of the tv series, exported to many countries, including Portugal (passed in RTP), Gordon Kaye starred in his version for the theatre. There were over 1200 performances, according to the English newspaper The Independent.

Gorden Kaye was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire on 7 April 1941 and began working in television in the series of long-term Coronation Street, which played the role of Bernard Butler, the nephew of Elsie Tanner. Before episodes of the series Allo ‘Allo! (original title), the actor participated in other series of the BBC.

his full name was Gordon Fitzgerald Kaye. Started to be known as Gorden Kaye after a mistake of the union of british actors, the British Actor’s Equity Association, he told himself in his autobiography — Rene & Me.

“Gorden Kaye was an actor comic fantastic, whose role signature, Rene Artois, gave him a place on the walk of fame of comedy,” said an executive at the BBC, Shane Allen.

his last role in television was in the british series Revolver in 2004.