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'Allo 'Allo!

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	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 (the main series ran from 1984, two years after the pilot, until 1992) and 1,200 performances of the stage version.<ref name="Examiner lifetime award">{{cite web\|first=Andrew\|last=Hirst\|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Examiner+Community+awards+Lifetime+award+for+Gorden+Kaye.-a0136763620\|title=Examiner Community awards Lifetime award for Gorden Kaye\|work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner\|date=28 September 2005\|access-date=21 October 2013}}</ref>		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 (the main series ran from 1984, two years after the pilot, until 1992) and 1,200 performances of the stage version.<ref name="Examiner lifetime award">{{cite web\|first=Andrew\|last=Hirst\|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Examiner+Community+awards+Lifetime+award+for+Gorden+Kaye.-a0136763620\|title=Examiner Community awards Lifetime award for Gorden Kaye\|work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner\|date=28 September 2005\|access-date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

	Kaye was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|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]].~~{{Citation needed\|date=September 2021}}~~		Kaye was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|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]].

	Kaye returned as René Artois in a 2007 one-off television [[The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!\|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]], and [[Jason Gann]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Idato\|first1=Michael\|title=Gorden Kaye, 'Allo 'Allo!'s unlikely hero René Artois, has died, aged 75\|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/gorden-kaye-allo-allos-unlikely-hero-ren-artois-has-died-aged-75-20170123-gtxc7b.html\|access-date=24 January 2017\|work=Brisbane Times\|date=24 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Munro-Wallis\|first1=Nigel\|title='Allo 'Allo\|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2007/06/22/1959279.htm\|website=www.abc.net.au\|access-date=24 January 2017\|language=en-AU\|date=22 June 2007}}</ref>		Kaye returned as René Artois in a 2007 one-off television [[The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!\|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]], and [[Jason Gann]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Idato\|first1=Michael\|title=Gorden Kaye, 'Allo 'Allo!'s unlikely hero René Artois, has died, aged 75\|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/gorden-kaye-allo-allos-unlikely-hero-ren-artois-has-died-aged-75-20170123-gtxc7b.html\|access-date=24 January 2017\|work=Brisbane Times\|date=24 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Munro-Wallis\|first1=Nigel\|title='Allo 'Allo\|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2007/06/22/1959279.htm\|website=www.abc.net.au\|access-date=24 January 2017\|language=en-AU\|date=22 June 2007}}</ref>

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Early life

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	Kaye was born on 7 April 1941 in [[Huddersfield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], the only child of Harold and Gracie Kaye;<ref name=indy>{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gordon-kaye-dead-allo-allo-actor-rene-artois-dies-died-aged-45-a7542001.html\|title='Allo 'Allo actor Gordon Kaye dies\|date=23 January 2017\|work=The Independent\|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> Gracie was 42 when she gave birth.<ref name=examiner/> Harold Kaye was a lorry driver<ref name=guardian>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/23/gorden-kaye-obituary\|title=Gorden Kaye obituary\|first=Stuart\|last=Jeffries\|date=23 January 2017\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> in the [[Air Raid Precautions\|ARP]] during the [[Second World War]], and at other times worked as an engineer in a tractor factory.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Witherow\|first=John\|title=Obituary – Gorden Kaye\|work=The Times\|issue=72128\|publisher=Newsquest\|date=24 January 2017\|page=54\|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>		Kaye was born on 7 April 1941 in [[Huddersfield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], the only child of Harold and Gracie Kaye;<ref name=indy>{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gordon-kaye-dead-allo-allo-actor-rene-artois-dies-died-aged-45-a7542001.html\|title='Allo 'Allo actor Gordon Kaye dies\|date=23 January 2017\|work=The Independent\|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> Gracie was 42 when she gave birth.<ref name=examiner/> Harold Kaye was a lorry driver<ref name=guardian>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/23/gorden-kaye-obituary\|title=Gorden Kaye obituary\|first=Stuart\|last=Jeffries\|date=23 January 2017\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> in the [[Air Raid Precautions\|ARP]] during the [[Second World War]], and at other times worked as an engineer in a tractor factory.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Witherow\|first=John\|title=Obituary – Gorden Kaye\|work=The Times\|issue=72128\|publisher=Newsquest\|date=24 January 2017\|page=54\|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

	When young, Kaye played [[rugby league]] for [[Moldgreen]] ARLFC before studying at [[King James's Grammar School, Almondbury]], Huddersfield.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oas.org.uk/Gorden%20Kaye%20audio%20page.php\|title=Gorden Kaye (1952–59)\|publisher=The Old Almondburians' Society\|access-date=6 February 2012\|archive-date=10 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910173622/http://www.oas.org.uk/Gorden%20Kaye%20audio%20page.php\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He worked in [[hospital radio]] in Huddersfield (interviewing [[Ken Dodd]] and then [[the Beatles]] in 1963 when they played the Ritz in the town),<ref name=examiner/> and worked in textile mills, a wine factory,~~{{clarify\|date=September 2017}}~~ and a tractor factory.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/23/gorden-kaye-star-allo-allo-dies-75/\|title=Gorden Kaye, star of 'Allo 'Allo!, dies at 75\|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|access-date=24 January 2017\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|date=2017-01-23\|last1=Singh\|first1=Anita\|last2=Association\|first2=Press}}</ref>		When young, Kaye played [[rugby league]] for [[Moldgreen]] ARLFC before studying at [[King James's Grammar School, Almondbury]], Huddersfield.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oas.org.uk/Gorden%20Kaye%20audio%20page.php\|title=Gorden Kaye (1952–59)\|publisher=The Old Almondburians' Society\|access-date=6 February 2012\|archive-date=10 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910173622/http://www.oas.org.uk/Gorden%20Kaye%20audio%20page.php\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He worked in [[hospital radio]] in Huddersfield (interviewing [[Ken Dodd]] and then [[the Beatles]] in 1963 when they played the Ritz in the town),<ref name=examiner/> and worked in textile mills, a wine factory, and a tractor factory.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/23/gorden-kaye-star-allo-allo-dies-75/\|title=Gorden Kaye, star of 'Allo 'Allo!, dies at 75\|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|access-date=24 January 2017\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|date=2017-01-23\|last1=Singh\|first1=Anita\|last2=Association\|first2=Press}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

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	\| image = Gordon Kaye 2 Allan Warren.jpg		\| image = Gordon Kaye 2 Allan Warren.jpg
	\| caption = Kaye in 1974		\| caption = Kaye in 1974
	\| birth_name = Gordon Irving Kaye<ref name=guardian/>~~{{Dubious\|Birth Name\|date=August 2022}}~~<ref name="probatesearch.service.gov.uk">{{cite web \| url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results \| title=Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales) }}</ref>		\| birth_name = Gordon Irving Kaye<ref name=guardian/><ref name="probatesearch.service.gov.uk">{{cite web \| url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results \| title=Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales) }}</ref>
	\| birth_date = 7 April 1941		\| birth_date = 7 April 1941
	\| birth_place = [[Huddersfield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[Huddersfield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2017\|1\|23\|1941\|4\|7\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2017\|01\|23\|1941\|04\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[Knaresborough]], England		\| death_place = [[Knaresborough]], England
	\| othername = Gordon Kaye		\| othername = Gordon Kaye

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{{Infobox person
| image = Gordon Kaye 2 Allan Warren.jpg
| caption = Kaye in 1974
| birth_name = Gordon Irving Kaye<ref name=guardian/>{{Dubious|Birth Name|date=August 2022}}<ref name="probatesearch.service.gov.uk">{{cite web | url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results | title=Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales) }}</ref>
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'''Gordon Irving Kaye'''<ref name="probatesearch.service.gov.uk">{{cite web | url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results | title=Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales) }}</ref> (7 April 1941{{snd}}23 January 2017), known professionally as '''Gorden Kaye''', was an English actor, best known for playing womanising café owner René Artois in the television comedy series ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''.

==Early life==
Kaye was born on 7 April 1941 in [[Huddersfield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], the only child of Harold and Gracie Kaye;<ref name=indy>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gordon-kaye-dead-allo-allo-actor-rene-artois-dies-died-aged-45-a7542001.html|title='Allo 'Allo actor Gordon Kaye dies|date=23 January 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> Gracie was 42 when she gave birth.<ref name=examiner/> Harold Kaye was a lorry driver<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/23/gorden-kaye-obituary|title=Gorden Kaye obituary|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|date=23 January 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> in the [[Air Raid Precautions|ARP]] during the [[Second World War]], and at other times worked as an engineer in a tractor factory.<ref>{{cite news|last=Witherow|first=John|title=Obituary – Gorden Kaye|work=The Times|issue=72128|publisher=Newsquest|date=24 January 2017|page=54|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

When young, Kaye played [[rugby league]] for [[Moldgreen]] ARLFC before studying at [[King James's Grammar School, Almondbury]], Huddersfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oas.org.uk/Gorden%20Kaye%20audio%20page.php|title=Gorden Kaye (1952–59)|publisher=The Old Almondburians' Society|access-date=6 February 2012|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910173622/http://www.oas.org.uk/Gorden%20Kaye%20audio%20page.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> He worked in [[hospital radio]] in Huddersfield (interviewing [[Ken Dodd]] and then [[the Beatles]] in 1963 when they played the Ritz in the town),<ref name=examiner/> and worked in textile mills, a wine factory,{{clarify|date=September 2017}} and a tractor factory.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/23/gorden-kaye-star-allo-allo-dies-75/|title=Gorden Kaye, star of 'Allo 'Allo!, dies at 75|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=24 January 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2017-01-23|last1=Singh|first1=Anita|last2=Association|first2=Press}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Gordon Kaye.jpg|thumb|140px|left|Kaye in London, 1974]]
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 [[Octagon Theatre, Bolton|Bolton Octagon Theatre]];<ref name=examiner>{{cite news|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/gorden-kaye-dies-age-75-12495453|title=Gorden Kaye dies age 75: A look back at the life of Huddersfield actor and Allo Allo star|work=[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]|date=23 January 2017|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref> 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 (play)|Luther]],'' and a double-bill of ''[[Oedipus Rex|Oedipus]]'' and ''[[Cyclops (play)|Cyclops]]''.<ref name="TheBoltonNews">{{cite web|last1=Scoble|first1=Andy|title=Tribute to star of 'Allo 'Allo! who launched career at Bolton's Octagon Theatre|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15043694.Tribute_to_star_of____Allo____Allo__who_launched_career_at_Bolton_theatre/|website=The Bolton News|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref>

He made his TV debut as a railway guard in the BBC's Yorkshire mill drama ''[[Champion House]]'' (1968) and played small roles in such films as ''[[The Party's Over (1965 film)|The Party's Over]]'' (1965), starring [[Oliver Reed]].<ref name=guardian/> Having been seen by [[Pat Phoenix]] in ''Little Malcolm'' by [[David Halliwell]] at Bolton, he was cast as Bernard Butler, the nephew of [[Elsie Tanner]] (Phoenix), in the soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' in 1969.<ref name=guardian/> He later made an impression on producer/writer [[David Croft (TV producer)|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]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/the-waterloo-bridge-handicap-1978|title=The Race Is On.. – British Classic Comedy|date=16 January 2016|publisher=britishclassiccomedy.co.uk|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> and featured as Dines in the feature film version of ''[[Porridge (film)|Porridge]]'' (1979) alongside [[Ronnie Barker]]. He also appeared in the drama series ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' and in the private detective series ''[[Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring]]''.<ref name=guardian/> In 1981, Kaye appeared as Frank Broadhurst in the children's drama serial ''[[Codename Icarus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2015/10/codename-icarus.html|title=Codename Icarus|publisher=curiousbritishtelly.co.uk|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref>

Kaye appeared in three episodes of Croft's British department store sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' and was later offered 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!'' lasted one series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/death-of-allo-allo-star-gorden-kaye-75-1-8349057|title=Death of 'Allo 'Allo star Gorden Kaye, 75|work=Yorkshire Post|date=23 January 2017 |access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref>

Kaye had a small part in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s film ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' as desk clerk M.O.I. Lobby Porter and appeared in Gilliam's 1977 film ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' as Sister Jessica.<ref name=gazette/>

He played Dr Grant in a television adaptation of ''[[Mansfield Park (1983 TV serial)|Mansfield Park]]'' and Lymoges, Duke of Austria in the 1984 [[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Life and Death of King John|BBC production of ''King John'']] by Shakespeare.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b738620df|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912075650/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b738620df|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2014|title=The Life and Death of King John (1984)|publisher=bfi.org.uk|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> He also toured in the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] production of ''[[As You Like It]]'', as Touchstone.<ref name=gazette>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/whats-on/they-still-see-me-as-rene-1-418728|title=They still see me as Rene|work=Blackpool Gazette|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref> The same year, he appeared as hard man Sammy, an [[Mob enforcer|enforcer]] employed by [[Agoraphobia|agoraphobic]] [[bookmaker]] Albert Wendle in the ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' episode "[[List of Minder episodes#Get Daley!|Get Daley!]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minder.org/episodeguide/S04E10_GetDaley.htm|title=#4.10 Get Daley|last=jno|website=www.minder.org}}</ref>

In 1990, Kaye played the fictional local television presenter Maynard Lavery in an edition of ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/mnxb/last-of-the-summer-wine--series-12---8-the-last-surviving-maurice-chevalier-impression|title=Last of the Summer Wine – what time is it on TV? Episode 8 Series 12 cast list and preview.|publisher=radiotimes.com|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>
In the early 1990s he made a guest appearance in a Christmas special of ''[[Family Fortunes]]'', in which he served as team captain and placed 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Family_Fortunes|title=Family Fortunes – UKGameshows|publisher=ukgameshows.com|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> In 1995 Kaye played [[Monsieur Pamplemousse]] in a BBC Radio three-part adaption of [[Michael Bond]]'s 1990 novel ''Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates''.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/541d15c7d4e24ba980cb815716654e6b "Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 23 September 2022</ref>

==='''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 (the main series ran from 1984, two years after the pilot, until 1992) and 1,200 performances of the stage version.<ref name="Examiner lifetime award">{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Hirst|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Examiner+Community+awards+Lifetime+award+for+Gorden+Kaye.-a0136763620|title=Examiner Community awards Lifetime award for Gorden Kaye|work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner|date=28 September 2005|access-date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

Kaye was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|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]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Kaye returned as René Artois in a 2007 one-off television [[The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!|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]], and [[Jason Gann]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Idato|first1=Michael|title=Gorden Kaye, 'Allo 'Allo!'s unlikely hero René Artois, has died, aged 75|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/gorden-kaye-allo-allos-unlikely-hero-ren-artois-has-died-aged-75-20170123-gtxc7b.html|access-date=24 January 2017|work=Brisbane Times|date=24 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Munro-Wallis|first1=Nigel|title='Allo 'Allo|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2007/06/22/1959279.htm|website=www.abc.net.au|access-date=24 January 2017|language=en-AU|date=22 June 2007}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kaye's [[autobiography]], ''René and Me: An Autobiography'' (co-written with [[Hilary Bonner]]), was published in 1989. In the book, he described his experiences as a shy, [[gay]], overweight, typecast youth.<ref name=biography>''René and Me: An Autobiography'' (with [[Hilary Bonner]]). Pan Books, London, Sydney, Auckland, 1990, {{ISBN|0-283-99965-9}}), p. 102.</ref> The unusual spelling of his name (usually spelt "Gordon") was the result of a [[Equity (British trade union)|British Actors' Equity Association]] typing error.<ref name=biography/>

Kaye suffered serious head injuries in a car accident whilst driving his Honda CRX, during the [[Burns' Day Storm]] on 25 January 1990.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/25/newsid_3420000/3420797.stm "On This Day: 25 January 1990"] – BBC Online</ref> Although he could not remember any details of the incident, he retained a scar on his forehead from a piece of wooden advertising hoarding that had smashed through the car windscreen. Writing in his memoirs, ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' co-writer [[Jeremy Lloyd]] said he visited Kaye in hospital, adding, "I believe part of his recovery was due to his agent getting a video and showing reruns of '''Allo 'Allo!'' to remind him who he was."<ref name=guardian/> While recovering in hospital from emergency brain surgery to treat injuries sustained in the accident, Kaye was photographed and interviewed by two ''[[Sunday Sport]]'' journalists, Gary Thompson and Ray Levine. On Kaye's behalf, his agent Peter Froggatt, sued the newspaper, but the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]] held, in ''[[Kaye v Robertson]]'', that there was no remedy in [[English law]] for an invasion of privacy.<ref name=guardian/><ref>{{cite book |title=Journalism Ethics and Regulation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbaOAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22gorden+kaye%22+%2B+%22gazza+thompson%22&pg=PA236 | isbn=9781317861713 | last1=Frost | first1=Chris | date=12 May 2014 }}</ref>

==Death==
Kaye suffered from [[dementia]] and spent the last two years of his life in a care home in [[Knaresborough]], where he died, on 23 January 2017, at the age of 75.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443313/bio |title=Gorden Kaye |website=IMDb |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38718282 |title='Allo 'Allo! star Gorden Kaye dies at 75 |date=23 January 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> His funeral was held at [[St Peter's Church, Huddersfield|Huddersfield Parish Church]] on 17 February. His co-stars from '''Allo 'Allo!'' [[Vicki Michelle]], [[Sue Hodge]] and [[Kim Hartman]] attended, as did [[Ken Morley]], also from ''Coronation Street'', who gave a tribute. The unofficial Yorkshire anthem "[[On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at]]" was sung at the service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ilkla-moor-baht-greets-mourners-huddersfield-funeral-star-gorden-kaye-1782466|work=[[Yorkshire Post]]|title=Ilkla Moor Baht 'At greets mourners at Huddersfield funeral of star Gorden Kaye|date =17 February 2017|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>

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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1973|| ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' || TV license officer ||
|-
|1976|| ''[[Escape from the Dark]]'' || ||
|-
|1977|| ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' || Sister Jessica ||
|-
|1978
|''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' Series 6
|Mr. Tamiodes
|Episode: Do you take this man?
|-
|1979|| ''[[Porridge (film)|Porridge]]'' || Dines ||
|-
|1979
|''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' Series 7
|Plastic man
|Mrs. Slocombe, Senior person
|-
|1981
|''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' Series 8
|Mr. Fortescue
|Closed circuit
|-
|1982 - 1992|| ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' || René Artois || Regular role
|-
|1985|| ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' || M.O.I. Lobby Porter ||
|-
|2001 - 2004|| ''[[Revolver]]'' ||
|}

==Books==
*''René and Me: An Autobiography'', co-written with [[Hilary Bonner]], [[Sidgwick & Jackson]], September 1989, {{ISBN|0-283-99965-9}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0443313|Gorden Kaye}}
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba213c072 Gorden Kaye] at [[British Film Institute|bfi.com]]
* {{British Comedy Guide|people|gorden_kaye}}

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