Deryck Guyler
| Deryck Guyler | |
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| Born |
29 April 1914 Wallasey, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 7 October 1999 (aged 85) Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Residence |
Norbury, London Brisbane, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Paddy Lennox (m. 15 September 1941) (until his death) |
| Children | Christopher Guyler Peter Guyler |
Deryck Guyler (29 April 1914 – 7 October 1999) was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of officious, short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as Please Sir! and Sykes.
Guyler was born in Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, and brought up on the other side of the River Mersey in Liverpool, Lancashire, where his father was a jeweller. He attended Liverpool College and originally planned a career in the church. During the Second World War he was called up and joined the RAF Police but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and then (on 4 May 1942) the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester.
During the war, he became a regular on the immensely popular radio series, It's That Man Again (ITMA), a series built around comedian Tommy Handley. Guyler claimed that his character 'Frisby Dike' (named after a Liverpool department store bombed in the Blitz) was the first time the real Liverpudlian accent was heard on the radio. He took part in a Royal Command Performance of ITMA for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in December 1947. Guyler remained with the show until the death of Handley in 1949 when the series ended.
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