Gorden Kaye
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Gorden Kaye (born Gordon Kaye on 7 April 1941 in Huddersfield) is most famous in the UK for his work on television sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, where he played the character of René Artois. He has worked on television, radio, film and on the stage. The unusual spelling of the name Gorden (usually spelt Gordon) is due to an Equity typing error. However, his autobiography Rene & Me attributes the unusual spelling to an incident while in hospital, where his name was misspelled on his medical charts.
He studied at King James's Grammar School in Almondbury.
Kaye is the author of a 1989 autobiography, Rene & Me: A Sort of Autobiography (with Hilary Bonner, ISBN 0-283-99965-9) in which he describes his experiences as a shy, gay, overweight youth.
Kaye suffered serious head injuries in a car accident in 1990 (see also Burns' Day storm). Although he cannot remember any details of the incident, he still has a dent in his forehead from a piece of wood that smashed through the car window.
