Roger Kitter

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Roger Kitter (born 1950) is a British actor best known for playing Captain Alberto Bertorelli in season seven of the British sitcom TV series 'Allo 'Allo!.^[1] With Kaplan Kaye he also recorded a song "Chalk Dust - the Umpire Strikes Back" using the moniker 'The Brat'.^[2] Released on the Hansa label, it entered the UK Singles Chart on 10 July 1982; it reached a peak of number 19, and remained in the chart for 8 weeks.^[2] The song was a Top 10 hit in the Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa, and lampooned John McEnroe complaining about line calls in tennis ("The ball's in, everyone can see that the ball's in!").^{[citation needed]} He is also an impressionist, who provided the voice of Tommy Cooper in the Lego 'Kipper' advertisement.

A Freemason, he is a member of the Chelsea Lodge No. 3098, made up of entertainers.^[3] In 25 September 2009 he became Chairman of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.

References

↑ Roger Kitter at the Internet Movie Database
↑ 2.0 2.1 Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan; Gambaccini, Paul (1990), Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-398-8
↑ Chelsea Lodge No 3098 100 Years 1905-2005

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Name	Kitter, Roger
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Short description	British actor
Date of birth	1950
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