- He had a dent in his forehead that was caused when a plank of wood went through his car window during an exceptionally severe gale in January 1990. He recovered from the accident, but he could not ever remember anything about it afterwards.
- The creators of 'Allo 'Allo had initially planned to have the character of René speak like Jacques Clouseau, but decided in the end to make his French accent less impenetrable so audiences would more quickly 'get the joke'.
- On 'Allo 'Allo! (1982), his character René always called Edith (Carmen Silvera) "you stupid woman" but in real-life, the actors were best friends.
- Comedy actor best known to TV audiences as the reluctant French Resistance hero René Artois in the iconic series 'Allo 'Allo! (1982). He also played the role on stage more than 1200 times.
- Gorden Kaye with an E is attributed to a spelling mistake in a hospital. According to his autobiography 'Rene and Me', he looked at the information index at the end of his bed, and it read 'Gorden' with an E.
- He suffered from dementia and lived in a care home for the last two years of his life.
- He worked in a variety of jobs in radio, a tractor factory, and textile mills. He signed up for a radio play directed by playwright and director Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Ayckbourn suggested he audition for a theatre company, and his acting career was launched.
- Kaye interviewed The Beatles for Huddersfield's local radio station in February 1963 when the band performed there.
- Began acting as a youth at King James's School, Almondbury, and later at Huddersfield Technical College.
- Starred in Brazil (1985) as did his Allo Allo co-star Sue Hodge.
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