Roger Kitter is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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 best known for playing Captain Alberto Bertorelli

Captain Alberto Bertorelli

Captain Alberto Bertorelli is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!, which ran from 1982 to 1992. He was played by Gavin Richards at first, later being replaced by Roger Kitter for season 7 .-Character overview:Bertorelli was, as a result of Nazi Germany's alliance with Italy and...

 in season seven

'Allo 'Allo! (series 7)

This article contains episode summaries for the seventh series of the British Sitcom series 'Allo 'Allo!.The series contains ten episodes which first aired between 5 January and 16 March 1991....

 of the British sitcom TV series 'Allo 'Allo!

'Allo 'Allo!

'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army, and was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first 6...

. He also recorded a song "Chalk Dust - the Umpire Strikes Back" using the moniker 'The Brat'. Released on the Hansa

Hansa Records

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 label

Record label

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, it entered the UK Singles Chart

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 on 10 July 1982; it reached a peak of number 19, and remained in the chart for 8 weeks. The song was a Top 10 hit

Hit record

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 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, Belgium

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 and South Africa

South Africa

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, and lampooned John McEnroe

John McEnroe

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 complaining about line calls in tennis

Tennis

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 ("The ball's in, everyone can see that the ball's in!"). He is also an impressionist, who provided the voice of Tommy Cooper

Tommy Cooper

Thomas Frederick "Tommy" Cooper was a very popular British prop comedian and magician from Caerphilly, Wales.Cooper was a member of The Magic Circle, and respected by traditional magicians...

 in the Lego 'Kipper' advertisement.

A Freemason

Freemasonry

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