What is Gorden Kaye?
[[File:Gordon Kaye 2 Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kaye in 1974]] '''Gordon Fitzgerald Kaye''', known professionally as '''Gord<u>e</u>n Kaye''' (7 April 1941 &ndash; 23 January 2017) was a [[BAFTA Awards|BAFTA]]-nominated [[English people|English]] comic [[actor]]. He was best known for playing René Artois in the [[United Kingdom|British]] TV comedy series ''[[%27Allo %27Allo!]]''. He also was the roadie for [[Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias]]. Kaye was born in [[Huddersfield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. 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> Kaye died under [[hospice|hospice care]] in England on 23 January 2017, aged 75.<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|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * {{IMDb name|0443313|Gorden Kaye}} * [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba213c072 Gorden Kaye] at [[British Film Institute|bfi.com]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaye, Gorden}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English comedians]] [[Category:Actors from Yorkshire]] [[Category:People from Huddersfield]] {{actor-stub}}