Ken Morley with cars since he was young. He was an avid car collector, his collection included: All of Morley's American car collection have now been sold. Ken Morley Ken Morley (born 17 January 1943) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for playing the role of Reg Holdsworth in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" from 1989 to 1995 and as General Leopold von Flockenstuffen in the BBC sitcom "'Allo 'Allo!" from 1988 to 1991. Morley was born in Chorley Hospital in Chorley, Lancashire, England. He was the only child born to engineer father Frank Morley and his
Ken Barlow street where the soap is set, "Coronation Street", which also serves as the programme's title. The soap was originally titled "Florizel Street" when it was commissioned. Roache reportedly could not pronounce Florizel, so the name of the street was changed to "Coronation Street". By 1984, Ken was the only character from the original cast who remained in the serial. He became the only original character to remain with the show continuously into 2010, its 50th year. Roache has revealed that Ken's role in the serial was threatened in 1964, when producer Tim Aspinall, who was dubbed the "mad axe-man", took