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Used to love Allo Allo in the eighties,sad loss.
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honestly thought he was dead.............funny thing we were watching the porridge movie recently and I asked my wife if he was dead.............I am sure he is......wasn't he involved in a serious car crash ...think he suffered quite bad head injuries
YES, VERY BAD CAR CRASH MAYBE 20 YEARS AGO. oops caps
Early life
Kaye was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, an only child; his mother was 42 when he was born. His father was a wagon driver and in the ARP during the Second World War and at other times worked as an engineer in a tractor factory.
When young, Kaye played rugby league for Moldgreen ARLFC before studying at King James's Grammar School, Almondbury, Huddersfield.[2]
He worked in hospital radio in Huddersfield (interviewing The Beatles in 1965), and was employed in textile mills (including John Crowther), a wine factory and a tractor factory in West Yorkshire.
Career
Kaye had appeared in a radio play directed by Alan Ayckbourn and also in a television play from Manchester. Ayckbourn suggested that he audition for the Bolton Octagon Theatre; he was offered a contract and his roles there included Pishchik in The Cherry Orchard followed by roles in The Homecoming, The Imaginary Invalid, Luther and a double-bill of Oedipus and Cyclops.
Having been seen by Pat Phoenix in Little Malcolm at Bolton he came to prominence playing Elsie Tanner's nephew Bernard Butler in the UK's long-running soap opera Coronation Street in 1969. He later made an impression on producer/writer David Croft following guest roles in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and Come Back Mrs Noah. He appeared in the 1978 comedy short The Waterloo Bridge Handicap starring Leonard Rossiter, and featured as Dimes in the 1979 feature film Porridge alongside Ronnie Barker.
In 1981, Kaye appeared as Frank Broadhurst in the children's drama serial Codename Icarus.
Croft offered him the lead role in a series he had written called Oh, Happy Band! but Kaye was unavailable and the part went to Harry Worth. Oh, Happy Band! disappeared after one series. Kaye also appeared in three episodes of Croft's British department store sitcom Are You Being Served?
Kaye had a small part in Terry Gilliam's film Brazil as desk clerk M.O.I. Lobby Porter.[3]
He played Dr Grant in a television adaptation of Mansfield Park and Lymoges, Duke of Austria in the 1984 BBC production of King John by Shakespeare.[4] He also toured in the National Theatre production of As You Like It, as Touchstone.
In 1993, Kaye made a guest appearance in a Christmas special of Family Fortunes, in which he served as team captain and very notably put host Les Dennis on a special "Double Big Money" round for Dennis to score more than one hundred points to double the charity prize money, which he did.
'Allo 'Allo!
In 1982, David Croft sent Kaye the script for the pilot episode of 'Allo 'Allo! inviting him to play the central character of René Artois. He accepted and appeared in all 84 episodes (1982–92) and 1,200 performances of the stage version.[5]
Kaye returned as Rene Artois in a 2007 one-off television revival of 'Allo 'Allo! and in a stage show in Brisbane, Australia, at the Twelfth Night Theatre in June and July, alongside Sue Hodge as Mimi Labonq and Guy Siner as Lieutenant Gruber. The other characters were portrayed by Australian actors, including Katy Manning, Steven Tandy, Chloe Dallimore, Jason Gann and Tony Alcock.[6]
Kaye was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1986 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the curtain call of the West End stage version of 'Allo 'Allo!, at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Personal life
Kaye was the author of a 1989 autobiography, Rene & Me: A Sort of Autobiography (with Hilary Bonner, ISBN 0-283-99965-9) in which he described his experiences as a shy, gay, overweight, typecast youth. The unusual spelling of the name Gorden (usually spelt "Gordon") was the result of a British Actors' Equity Association typing error.[7]
Kaye suffered serious head injuries in a car accident during the Burns' Day storm on 25 January 1990.[8] Although he could not afterwards remember any details of the incident, he retained a scar on his forehead from a piece of wooden advertising boarding that smashed through the car windscreen. While recovering in hospital from emergency brain surgery to treat injuries sustained in the accident, Kaye was photographed and interviewed by Sunday Sport journalist Roger Ordish. He sued the Sunday Sport, but the Court of Appeal held that there was no remedy in English law for an invasion of privacy. See Kaye v Robertson.
He died on 23 January 2017 at the age of 75.[9]
Kaye was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, an only child; his mother was 42 when he was born. His father was a wagon driver and in the ARP during the Second World War and at other times worked as an engineer in a tractor factory.
When young, Kaye played rugby league for Moldgreen ARLFC before studying at King James's Grammar School, Almondbury, Huddersfield.[2]
He worked in hospital radio in Huddersfield (interviewing The Beatles in 1965), and was employed in textile mills (including John Crowther), a wine factory and a tractor factory in West Yorkshire.
Career
Kaye had appeared in a radio play directed by Alan Ayckbourn and also in a television play from Manchester. Ayckbourn suggested that he audition for the Bolton Octagon Theatre; he was offered a contract and his roles there included Pishchik in The Cherry Orchard followed by roles in The Homecoming, The Imaginary Invalid, Luther and a double-bill of Oedipus and Cyclops.
Having been seen by Pat Phoenix in Little Malcolm at Bolton he came to prominence playing Elsie Tanner's nephew Bernard Butler in the UK's long-running soap opera Coronation Street in 1969. He later made an impression on producer/writer David Croft following guest roles in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and Come Back Mrs Noah. He appeared in the 1978 comedy short The Waterloo Bridge Handicap starring Leonard Rossiter, and featured as Dimes in the 1979 feature film Porridge alongside Ronnie Barker.
In 1981, Kaye appeared as Frank Broadhurst in the children's drama serial Codename Icarus.
Croft offered him the lead role in a series he had written called Oh, Happy Band! but Kaye was unavailable and the part went to Harry Worth. Oh, Happy Band! disappeared after one series. Kaye also appeared in three episodes of Croft's British department store sitcom Are You Being Served?
Kaye had a small part in Terry Gilliam's film Brazil as desk clerk M.O.I. Lobby Porter.[3]
He played Dr Grant in a television adaptation of Mansfield Park and Lymoges, Duke of Austria in the 1984 BBC production of King John by Shakespeare.[4] He also toured in the National Theatre production of As You Like It, as Touchstone.
In 1993, Kaye made a guest appearance in a Christmas special of Family Fortunes, in which he served as team captain and very notably put host Les Dennis on a special "Double Big Money" round for Dennis to score more than one hundred points to double the charity prize money, which he did.
'Allo 'Allo!
In 1982, David Croft sent Kaye the script for the pilot episode of 'Allo 'Allo! inviting him to play the central character of René Artois. He accepted and appeared in all 84 episodes (1982–92) and 1,200 performances of the stage version.[5]
Kaye returned as Rene Artois in a 2007 one-off television revival of 'Allo 'Allo! and in a stage show in Brisbane, Australia, at the Twelfth Night Theatre in June and July, alongside Sue Hodge as Mimi Labonq and Guy Siner as Lieutenant Gruber. The other characters were portrayed by Australian actors, including Katy Manning, Steven Tandy, Chloe Dallimore, Jason Gann and Tony Alcock.[6]
Kaye was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1986 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the curtain call of the West End stage version of 'Allo 'Allo!, at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Personal life
Kaye was the author of a 1989 autobiography, Rene & Me: A Sort of Autobiography (with Hilary Bonner, ISBN 0-283-99965-9) in which he described his experiences as a shy, gay, overweight, typecast youth. The unusual spelling of the name Gorden (usually spelt "Gordon") was the result of a British Actors' Equity Association typing error.[7]
Kaye suffered serious head injuries in a car accident during the Burns' Day storm on 25 January 1990.[8] Although he could not afterwards remember any details of the incident, he retained a scar on his forehead from a piece of wooden advertising boarding that smashed through the car windscreen. While recovering in hospital from emergency brain surgery to treat injuries sustained in the accident, Kaye was photographed and interviewed by Sunday Sport journalist Roger Ordish. He sued the Sunday Sport, but the Court of Appeal held that there was no remedy in English law for an invasion of privacy. See Kaye v Robertson.
He died on 23 January 2017 at the age of 75.[9]
That was the night of the Michael Fish "There is no hurricane". I remember him getting injured.
RIP indeed.
RIP indeed.
Stolen from elsewhere, but it made me smile:
Gordon Kaye has pissed awoo. RIP.
Gordon Kaye has pissed awoo. RIP.
Goodbye, Goodbye, RIP Gordon, played a blinder in Allo Allo!
Michael Fish's "No hurricane" forecast referred to the Oct. 1987 hurricane in the south of England.
RIP Kaye. Saw the live version of Allo Allo at the Whitehall Theatre in about 1986. Great fun, mostly because Kaye appeared to be thoroughly enjoying the farce too.
RIP Kaye. Saw the live version of Allo Allo at the Whitehall Theatre in about 1986. Great fun, mostly because Kaye appeared to be thoroughly enjoying the farce too.
Listen very carefully, I will say this only once:
RIP is often translated as "rest in peace" but it's also from latin "Requiescat in pace" which means same thing.
So that's why they use it in non English countries as well!
RIP is often translated as "rest in peace" but it's also from latin "Requiescat in pace" which means same thing.
So that's why they use it in non English countries as well!
Flying Officer Fairfax: If the Jerries find us dressed in civvies, it would take a lot of explaining.
Flying Officer Carstairs: If they found us in bed with each other, it would take even more explaining.
Flying Officer Fairfax: Carstairs, are you a grammar-school boy?
Flying Officer Carstairs: [shocked] How do you know?
Flying Officer Fairfax: You're wearing your socks in bed.
Flying Officer Carstairs: If they found us in bed with each other, it would take even more explaining.
Flying Officer Fairfax: Carstairs, are you a grammar-school boy?
Flying Officer Carstairs: [shocked] How do you know?
Flying Officer Fairfax: You're wearing your socks in bed.
Ovalman, I always remembered Gorden Kaye being injured in the non hurricane, hurricane of 1987. How strange.
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