John Louis Mansi He was best known for his role as Engelbert von Smallhausen (although in the BBC books he is named as Bobby Cedric von Smallhausen) in the popular BBC sitcom "'Allo 'Allo!" in seasons 2 to 9. He also appeared in "Department S" (as "Maxime" in the episode "The Treasure of the Costa del Sol", 1969), the "Ripping Yarns" story "Across the Andes By Frog", and the "Hammer House of Horror" story "The Thirteenth Reunion". His film appearances have included "The Small World of Sammy Lee" (1963), the Beatles' film "Help!" (1965), the original version of "The Italian Job" (1969), "Tales
Chesney and Wolfe regretted her involvement, believing the sole black character was merely a token. Their last series as a comedy script writing partnership were "Watch This Space" (BBC 1980) set in an advertising agency, and "Take a Letter, Mr. Jones" (Southern 1981), a role-reversal comedy created for John Inman, which also starred Rula Lenska. An episode of "'Allo 'Allo!" (1989) and "Fredrikssons Fabrik – The Movie" (1994) was the partnership's last work. From the 1980s, Wolfe taught about comedy writing at London's City University in 1986 and 1988. His text book "Writing Comedy" first appeared in 1992. He was also a contributor