Monsieur Roger LeClerc
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For the football player of the same name see Roger LeClerc (American football).
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| Monsieur Roger LeClerc | |
| Nationality |  French |
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| Occupation | Forger |
| First appearance | Pilot: The British Are Coming |
| Last appearance | All in Disgeese |
| Portrayed by | Jack Haig |
Monsieur Roger LeClerc was a fictional character from the British sitcom series 'Allo 'Allo!, played by Jack Haig.
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[edit] Outline
[edit] The First Episode
LeClerc appeared for the first time in the very first episode of the series. He is a Resistance activist and bad counterfeiter under arrest in the local prison. Michelle of the Resistance releases him and he settles down to work officially as a bartender in René’s café. René asks him to make a forgery of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies, but he only knows how to counterfeit signatures. He then decides to create fake passports for the British Airmen.
[edit] Development
It is revealed that he was Fanny La Fan’s (Edith’s mother) former boyfriend, but not Edith’s father. Roger is often found sleeping in the same bed as Fanny. Edith is not pleased with the idea. Roger also gets involved in Michelle’s crazy plans, like robbing banks or performing rescues.
Roger also has the habit of (badly) disguising himself as a seller, from sellers of cheese to pillow stuffers and onion sellers (a popular disguise in the series). Everyone sees it is him, but thinking his disguise is brilliant, he approaches René, lifts up his glasses and whispers "It is I, LeClerc!" His worst disguise had to be as a milking-maid, complete with frilly dress and braided hair with lipstick which still seemed to fool the Germans!
LeClerc usually plays the piano alongside Edith. He is not a very good pianist.
[edit] Leaving the Series
In the beginning of Season 6, René explains that he is bothered about Ernest LeClerc’s presence. He says his brother Roger decided to switch René’s Café with the prison, claiming that the food was better. This quick and not very clear explanation about Roger’s disappearance was due to Jack Haig’s death between Seasons 5 and 6. He was already scheduled for that series.
[edit] Quotes
- It is I, LeClerc!
- Onions, onions! Who will buy onions from a poor old onion seller? (or any other product like cheese, or pigeons, or fruit…)
- Ahhh…! (Rising from beneath Fanny La Fan’s blanket.)
- I have a message from Michelle! (He usually brings messages from Michelle.)
- Zeese are the batteries (holding up more knockwurst he was selling) with the electric terminals at this end, and this end (gets a shock)
- For a simple farmhand perhaps you have a cognac? René: If you are simple farmhand, you must have simple tastes - you can have a beer.
- (Once gave a horrified Hitler salute, dumping a tray of drinks behind him)
