- Appeared in every single episode of 'Allo 'Allo! (1982) over its ten year run.
- Commenting on his death, his agent Lynda Ronan said: "He was one of the most charming, witty, humorous people you could hope to meet. He spoke four languages and could make a brilliant joke in all of them."
- Spoke four languages.
- His great-grandmother was known as Babushka Claridges, because of the time she spent living there.
- He was born in Russia but moved to the UK as a child.
- Launched his acting career after being invalided out of the RAF.
- His grandmother was known as Babushka London, and had a house on Harley Street.
- He leaves a wife, actress Pauline Pfarr, a daughter and a grandchild.
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