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Deryck Bower Guyler (29 April 1914 – 7 October 1999) was an English actor, best remembered for his portrayal of officious, short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as Please Sir! and Sykes. [1] Early life. Guyler was born in Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, the son of Samuel Phipps Guyler, a jeweller, and Elsie Evelyn, née Bower.
Deryck Guyler was a British actor who appeared in theatre, radio and television shows, such as ITMA, Sykes and Please Sir! He was born in Liverpool in 1914 and died in Brisbane in 1999.
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- Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK
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- Brisbane, Australia
Oct 9, 1999 · Fri 8 Oct 1999 21.14 EDT. In the heyday of BBC radio, in the 1940s and 1950s, the voice of Deryck Guyler, who has died aged 85, came to personify light entertainment - on shows like ITMA and...
Apr 21, 2024 · Written by: Graham McCann. Published: Sunday 21st April 2024. For much of the Sixties and Seventies on British television, Deryck Guyler was the comic embodiment of the Jobsworth - the most familiar focus for instances of small-time officialdom's routine pettiness, self-protective slothfulness and prosaic pettifoggery.
Oct 7, 1999 · Deryck Guyler was a British actor who appeared in many comedy and drama shows, such as Please Sir!, Carry On Doctor, and A Hard Day's Night. He was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and started his career in the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester.
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Oct 8, 1999 · Deryck Guyler, who played "Corky" in Sykes and "Mr. Lucas" in Please Sir!, passed away at 85 in Australia. He was a veteran of radio, TV and film, and a gentle and modest colleague, according to John Alderton.
Oct 9, 1999 · Fri 8 Oct 1999 21.14 EDT. The actor Deryck Guyler, a stalwart of the post-war English comedy scene whose portrayals of cantankerous authority figures endeared him to millions of television...