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Eric Sykes was an English radio, stage, television and film writer, comedian, actor, and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years. He frequently wrote for and performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, Tommy Cooper, Peter Sellers, John Antrobus, and Johnny Speight. Sykes first came to prominence through his many radio credits as a writer and actor in the 1950s, most notably through his collaboration on The Goon Show scripts. He became a TV star in his own right in the early 1960s when he appeared with Hattie Jacques in several popular BBC comedy television series.
Born
Friday, 04 May 1923
Died
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dinnerladies Diaries | Self / Jim | 2018 |
Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story | Self | 2013 |
Tales of Television Centre | Self | 2012 |
The Comedy Map of Britain | Self | 2007 |
Son of Rambow | Frank | 2007 |
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan | Self | 2005 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Frank Bryce | 2005 |
Comedy Connections | Arthur / Jim | 2003 |
New Tricks | Tim Cuswell | 2003 |
Stan the Man | Stafford | 2002 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dinnerladies Diaries | Self / Jim | 2018 |
Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story | Self | 2013 |
Tales of Television Centre | Self | 2012 |
The Comedy Map of Britain | Self | 2007 |
Son of Rambow | Frank | 2007 |
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan | Self | 2005 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Frank Bryce | 2005 |
Comedy Connections | Arthur / Jim | 2003 |
New Tricks | Tim Cuswell | 2003 |
Stan the Man | Stafford | 2002 |
The Others | Mr. Edmund Tuttle / Mr. Tuttle | 2001 |
My Family | Henry Phillips | 2000 |
Doctors | Harry Birt | 2000 |
Gormenghast | Mollocks | 2000 |
Mavis and the Mermaid | Skip | 2000 |
Holby City | Roger Ludlow | 1999 |
Dinnerladies | Jim | 1998 |
Teletubbies | Additional Voice / (voice) / Additional Voices / Voice Trumpet | 1997 |
Reputations | Self | 1994 |
The Big Freeze | Mr Blick, the plumber / Mr. Blick | 1993 |
Splitting Heirs | Jobson the Doorman | 1993 |
TV Squash | Self | 1992 |
Heartbeat | Mr Drinkwater | 1992 |
Poirot | Mr Fullerton | 1989 |
Mr. H Is Late | Senior undertaker | 1988 |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Horace Harker | 1986 |
Absolute Beginners | Arcade Intendant | 1986 |
The Brief | Ted Davis | 1984 |
Gabrielle and the Doodleman | Genie | 1984 |
The Boys in Blue | Chief Constable Cranshaw / Chief Constable | 1982 |
See Hear | Self | 1981 |
If You Go Down in the Woods Today | Mr. Pangbourne | 1981 |
Rhubarb Rhubarb | Police Inspector / Groom | 1980 |
The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
Charley's Aunt | Brassett | 1977 |
Arena | Himself / (archive footage) / Bus Driver (archive footage) / Self | 1975 |
Theater of Blood | Sergeant Dogge | 1973 |
Last of the Summer Wine | Doggy | 1973 |
Sykes | Eric Sykes / Elsie Turnbull | 1972 |
The Alf Garnett Saga | Self | 1972 |
Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
Curry & Chips | Arthur Blenkinsop | 1969 |
Jokers Wild | Self - Panellist | 1969 |
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies | Perkins | 1969 |
Rhubarb | Insp. Rhubarb | 1969 |
Shalako | Mako | 1968 |
The Plank | Smaller Workman | 1967 |
The Spy with a Cold Nose | Wrigley | 1966 |
The Liquidator | Griffen | 1965 |
Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
Rotten to the Core | William Hunt | 1965 |
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Courtney | 1965 |
Not Only... But Also | Self | 1965 |
One Way Pendulum | Mr. Groomkirby | 1964 |
The Bargee | The Mariner | 1964 |
Heavens Above! | Harry Smith | 1963 |
Kill or Cure | Rumbelow | 1962 |
Village of Daughters | Herbert Harris | 1962 |
Comedy Playhouse | Pierre Clicquot | 1961 |
Invasion Quartet | Band Conductor | 1961 |
A Coming-Out Party | Willoughby, Sports Officer | 1961 |
Sykes and A... | Eric Sykes | 1960 |
Watch Your Stern | Civilian Electrician #2 | 1960 |
Tommy the Toreador | Martin | 1959 |
Son of Fred | Various | 1956 |
Hancock's Half Hour | Army Private | 1956 |
Charley Moon | Brother-in-law | 1956 |
The Tony Hancock Show | Various Characters | 1956 |
This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Guest / Self - Filmed tribute | 1955 |
Orders Are Orders | Pvt. Waterhouse | 1955 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Big Freeze | 1993 |
Mr. H Is Late | 1988 |
If You Go Down in the Woods Today | 1981 |
Rhubarb Rhubarb | 1980 |
Rhubarb | 1969 |
The Plank | 1967 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Plank | 1967 |