Richard Gibson

Painter of miniatures. He was a page to Charles I and Henrietta Maria, and the king gave away the bride when he married Anne Shepherd (1620–1709), like himself only 1·15 m/3 ft 10 in tall. He later made several portraits of Cromwell and was himself painted by Lely.

Richard Gibson (born 1 January 1954 in Kampala, Uganda) is a British actor, is probably best known for his role as the archetypal Gestapo Officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC hit sitcom series, 'Allo 'Allo!. Dressed in an ankle-length leather coat and with the obligatory stiff-legged limp and walking stick, Herr Flick spent his life suppressing peasants, seducing Helga, the German town Commandant's assistant, and vainly trying to get his hands on the original of the painting 'The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies' by Van Klomp.

He has played a wide variety of roles on stage and the TV screen and in 2006 was a regular guest on The Daily Telegraph's World Cup Pubcast, where he usually took the role of Herr Flick, providing a more biased view of the proceedings.