joined Dad's Army stars Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender in the BBC radio comedy Parsley Sidings. On television, he appeared in The Black and White Minstrel Show, as Whatsisname Smith in the children's show Rentaghost (1983–84), and as Monsieur Alfonse in 'Allo 'Allo! (1984–1992) and Uncle Sammy Morris in Hi-de-Hi! (1986–88). He also made guest appearances in sitcoms including That's My Boy and You Rang, M'Lord? and he also appeared in the episode "Sense and Senility" of Blackadder the Third in 1987, alongside fellow veteran comic star Hugh Paddick. In 1991, he was honoured by the Queen with appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). He was still working just two days before his death, with an appearance on Noel Edmonds' Telly Addicts. His final TV appearance, as Mr Warren in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes episode The Adventure of the Red Circle, was broadcast posthumously in 1994. Death Connor died at the age of 75 from the effects of cancer at his home in Harrow in Middlesex on 28 November 1993. His body was cremated at Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip, Middlesex. Personal life He married Margaret Knox ("Miki") during the war in 1942; his son, Jeremy, was a child actor. Television roles Selected filmography References 4 Summer Theatre, Ranelagh Gardens, Felixstowe - Saturday July 5th 1941 External links 1918 births 1993 deaths Military personnel from London 20th-century English male actors Deaths from cancer in England English male child actors English male film actors English male television actors Members of the Order of the British Empire Male actors from London People from Islington (district) Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama British Army personnel of World War II Middlesex Regiment soldiers British male comedy actors