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Eric Sykes CBE (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) 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, which ...
Eric Sykes. Actor: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. '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.
Jul 4, 2012 · Eric Sykes, one of Britain's best-loved comedy actors and writers, has died at the age of 89, his manager has said. "Eric Sykes, 89, star of TV, stage and films, died peacefully this morning after ...
Eric Sykes. Actor: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. '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.
Jul 5, 2012 · Sykes even ascribed healing powers to his mother. After an operation for his hearing in 1962 left him deaf, he prayed to her. Four days later, he found he could hear the noise of rain on the window.
Jul 4, 2012 · Long, lean and lugubrious, Eric Sykes, who has died at the age of 89, starred for many years in his own television series, Sykes And A... It cast him as the inoffensive inhabitant of 24 Sebastopol ...
Jul 4, 2012 · One of Britain's best-loved comedians Eric Sykes has died aged 89 following a career as a writer, director and actor spanning 50 years. An improviser, he collaborated with Tony Hancock, Spike ...
Jul 4, 2012 · Stars from the world of comedy and entertainment have been paying tribute to Eric Sykes, who has died at the age of 89. He enjoyed a career that spanned five decades and was still working on TV ...
Jul 4, 2012 · Eric Sykes has died at the age of 89 after a short illness. In wide-ranging career, he will be remembered best for the long-running and widely acclaimed Sykes And A...
Jul 4, 2012 · Actor and comedian Eric Sykes has passed away at the age of 89.. In a statement reported today (July 4) by the BBC, his manager Norma Farnes confirmed: “Eric Sykes, 89, star of TV, stage and ...
