Sam Kelly
| Sam Kelly | |
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Kelly as Captain Hans Geering in 'Allo 'Allo!
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| Born |
Roger Michael Kelly 19 December 1943 Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 14 June 2014 (aged 70) Esher, Surrey, England |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Education |
Liverpool Collegiate School Liverpool Cathedral |
| Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967–2014 |
| Partner(s) | Grace Pieniazek (died 2009) |
Roger Michael Kelly (19 December 1943 – 14 June 2014), known by the stage name Sam Kelly, was an English actor who appeared in film, television, radio and theatre. He is best known for his roles as Captain Hans Geering in 'Allo 'Allo!, Warren in Porridge and Ted Liversidge in Barbara.
Kelly was born in Manchester, Lancashire on 19 December 1943. He attended the Liverpool Collegiate School and was a chorister at Liverpool Cathedral, where he showed early acting talent by reciting monologues. He worked for three years in the Civil Service in Liverpool before training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating in 1967, he appeared in repertory theatres around the UK.
His early roles included playing a film director in Tiffany Jones (1973) and appearances in two of the later Carry On films, Carry On Dick and Carry On Behind. He then had a significant role in the British sitcom Porridge as the affable and high spirited Slade Prison inmate Bunny Warren who relies on fellow prisoners to read his letters from home and blames his incarceration on his inability to read. In the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! he played German officer Captain Hans Geering, leaving after the third season (something he later said that he regretted doing). In On the Up he played Dennis Waterman's chauffeur and he appeared in We'll Think of Something as Les Brooks. From 1995 to 2003, he played Barbara's husband Ted in the British sitcom Barbara.
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