Another boxer to sport a monocle was Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter whose wrongful imprisonment became a cause celebre thanks to Bob Dylan's protest song The Hurricane.
The King of Tuvalu is also reputed to be a wearer.
Fictional characters memorable for their monocles include Batman's nemesis The Penguin and Colonel Clink of Hogan's Heroes.
On one occasion Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army became a monocle-wearer by operating a slide projector while sporting one.
Afterwards in private, Captain Mainwaring threatened to stop Wilson wearing the monocle, but Wilson responded by threatening to tell everyone that Mainwaring wore arch supports for his feet.
Despite being sure that Allo Allo featured a few monocled cast members, we discovered that neither General von Klinkerhoffen or Herr Otto Flick wore a monocle.
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