Hilary Minster Hilary Minster

Roger Michael Hilary Minster, better known as Hilary Minster, (21 March 1944 Surrey, England [1][2] – 24 November 1999 [3]) was an English character actor. He is perhaps best known for playing General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen in the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! between 1984 and 1992. Other credits include Crossroads, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (TV series), and a semi-regular role in Secret Army as Hauptmann Muller. He also appeared twice in Doctor Who, as the Thal soldier Marat in Planet of the Daleks (1973) and as an unnamed Thal soldier in Genesis of the Daleks (1975). This makes him one of the few Doctor Who actors to have played two characters from the same alien race. He also had a major part in another episode of a successful science fiction series playing Yagon in Achilles Heel, an episode of The Tomorrow People in 1978. He was a presenter and producer of Central Independent Television's flagship ethnic minorities current affairs programme Here and Now during the early 1980s.[4][5] * Note: There is some confusion in other biographies as to the year of his birth. Other dates given are 19 September 1939 and 21 March 1945. (According to the BBC DVD Genesis of the Daleks it states that Hilary Minster was born in 1945) He is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery.