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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:200:A man this tall really puts the "small" in "[[Series/AlloAllo von Smallhausen]]".]] |
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| 4 | John Louis Mansi, born John Patrick Adams, (8 November 1926 -- 6 August 2010), was a British actor best known for playing Herr von Smallhausen in ''Series/AlloAllo''. |
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| 6 | He was first cast as Herr von Smallhausen in the second series of '''Allo 'Allo!'', although the character was much different at first. Herr von Smallhausen was intended to be a little sinister Gestapo officer, but much like Herr Flick, succumbed to VillainDecay and became the bumbling fool we all know and love today. |
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| 8 | He also made appearances in ''Series/DepartmentS'', ''Series/RippingYarns'', and ''Series/HammerHouseOfHorror'' on TV, while on the big screen, he appeared in ''The Small World of Sammy Lee'', ''Film/{{Help}}'', ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'', ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'', and ''Ooh... You Are Awful''. |
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| 10 | He retired from acting in 1992. |
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| 12 | He died at the age of 83. |
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| 15 | !!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in: |
| 16 | [[AC:Film]] |
| 17 | * ''Film/HeavensAbove'' (1963) -- Man Buying Groceries (UncreditedRole) |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{Help}}'' (1965) -- Priest/Thug (UncreditedRole) |
| 19 | * ''{{Film/The Italian Job|1969}}'' (1969) -- Computer Room Official |
| 20 | * ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1972) -- Blind Man |
| 21 | [[AC:Series]] |
| 22 | * ''Series/ZCars'', episode "Incident Reported" (1962) -- Eward Wendover |
| 23 | * ''Series/DepartmentS'', episode "The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol" (1969) -- Maxime |
| 24 | * ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor in Charge]]'', episode "Long Day's Journey Into Knighthood" (1972) -- Victor |
| 25 | * ''Series/RippingYarns'', episode "Across the Andes by Frog" (1977) -- Native |
| 26 | * ''Series/PlayForToday'', episode "A Hole in Babylon" (1979) -- Hostage |
| 27 | * ''Series/HammerHouseOfHorror'', episode "The Thirteenth Reunion" (1980) -- Rossi |
| 28 | * ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "All Mod Cons" (1980) -- Chef (UncreditedRole) |
| 29 | * ''Series/AlloAllo'', 62 episodes (1985-92) -- Herr Bobby Cedric von Smallhausen |
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