Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes CBE (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was a British actor, comedian, scriptwriter and director. He was born in Oldham, Lancashire. 

Sykes worked mostly in film and television. He and Hattie Jacques starred in Sykes and A... (1960-65), Sykes and a Big, Big Show (1971) and Sykes (1972-79). In 2005, he played Frank Bryce in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.

He died of sort of cancer, he was 89 on 4th July 2012. He was, life and work, on the 3 TV Sky News, BBC and ITV News.

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