Name
Eric Sykes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-05-04
Deathday
2012-07-04 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
'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
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When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grue...
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Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Ni...
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In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and of...
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A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition....
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After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that...
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A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-ye...
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Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car...
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A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an Americ...
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Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet to...
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Frank Bryce
- 2001 The Others as Mr. Edmund Tuttle
- 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Courtney
- 1965 The Liquidator as Griffen
- 1969 Monte Carlo or Bust! as Perkins
- 1968 Shalako as Mako
- 1967 The Plank as Smaller Workman
- 1981 Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers as Self
- 1964 The Bargee as The Mariner
- 1982 It's Your Move as Head Removal Man
- 1960 Watch Your Stern as Civilian electrician #2
- 1954 Orders Are Orders as Pvt. Waterhouse
- 1959 Tommy the Toreador as Martin
- 1979 The Plank as Taller Workman
- 1961 Very Important Person as Sports Officer Willoughby
- 1973 The Big Screen as Self
- 1981 If You Go Down in the Woods Today as Mr. Pangbourne
- 1965 One Way Pendulum as Mr. Groomkirby
- 1962 Village of Daughters as Herbert Harris
- 1963 Heavens Above! as Harry Smith
- 1993 The Big Freeze as Mr Blick, the plumber
- 1966 The Spy with a Cold Nose as Wrigley
- 1962 Kill or Cure as Rumbelow
- 1980 Rhubarb Rhubarb
- 1965 Rotten to the Core as William Hunt
- 2000 Mavis and the Mermaid as Skip
- 2003 Three Sisters as Ferapont
- 1985 Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court as Self
- 1990 Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story as Self
- 2011 Entertaining the Troops as Self - Contributor
- 1956 Charley Moon as Brother-in-Law
- 1984 Gabrielle and the Doodleman as Genie
- 2002 Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute as Self
- 1993 Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch
- 1986 Absolute Beginners as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
- 1982 The Boys in Blue as Chief Constable
- 1993 Splitting Heirs as Jobson the Doorman
- 1988 Mr. H Is Late
- 1970 Rhubarb as Insp. Rhubarb
- 2010 The Unforgettable Spike Milligan as Himself
- 1986 A Tribute to Tommy Cooper as Self
- 1977 Charley's Aunt as Brassett
- 1999 TeleTubbies: Musical Playtime
- 2001 One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle Dick as Uncle Dick
- 1972 The Alf Garnett Saga as Eric Sykes
- 1984 Royal Variety Performance 1984
- 1973 Theatre of Blood as Sergeant Dogge
- 1985 Alice in Wonderland as Mad Hatter (voice)
- 1978 The South Bank Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d ( 2 episodes )
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Mr Drinkwater
- 1973 Last of the Summer Wine ( 1 episode ) as Doggy
- 1956 The Tony Hancock Show ( 12 episodes )
- 1960 Sykes and a... ( 67 episodes )
- 1998 dinnerladies ( 1 episode ) as Jim
- 1969 Curry and Chips ( 6 episodes )
- 1972 Sykes ( 68 episodes ) as Eric Sykes
- 2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode )
- 1991 Pebble Mill ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 The Heaven and Earth Show ( 1 episode )
- 2006 The Story of Light Entertainment ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Mr Fullerton
- 1979 The Cannon & Ball Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Horace Harker
- 1982 Wogan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Alice in Wonderland ( 5 episodes ) as Mad Hatter
- 1956 Hancock's Half Hour ( 1 episode )
- 1989 The Nineteenth Hole ( 7 episodes ) as The Secretary
- 2000 Gormenghast ( 2 episodes ) as Mollocks
- 1986 The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Horace Harker
