Eric Sykes

Person · Open Library

Born

1923

Works

16

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Film & TV

Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

'Eric Sykes' started as a radio scriptwriter but he soon found he could perform as well as write. The slight handicap of being very hard of hearing doesn't interfere with his wonderful comic timing. The spectacles he wears have no lenses but contain a bone conducting hearing aid.

Known for

• Entertaining the Troops — Self - Contributor2011
• The Unforgettable Spike Milligan — Himself2010
• The Story of Light Entertainment — Self2006
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Frank Bryce2005
• New Tricks2004
• Three Sisters — Ferapont2003
• Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute — Self2002
• The Others — Mr. Edmund Tuttle2001
• One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle Dick — Uncle Dick2001
• Mavis and the Mermaid — Skip2000

via TMDB

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

109

Total plays

364

Eric Sykes, CBE (born 4 May 1923) is an English radio, television and film writer, actor and director whose performing career has spanned more than 50 years. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant figures in British radio and TV comedy in the latter 20th century and he frequently wrote for and/or performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, John Antrobus and Johnny Speight. <a href="https:/

via Last.fm · Eric Sykes

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Eric

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Oldham

Place of death

Esher

Occupation

autobiographer

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Military branch

Royal Air Force

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