Question: Facts: - death date: 23 january 1990 - children: amanda royle carol royle - birth date: 07 september 1928 - death place: england - birth place: london , england , uk Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of derek royle .
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derek royle -lrb- 7 september 1928 -- 23 january 1990 -rrb- was a british actor born in london , england .his face was probably better known than his name to british viewers , but he acted in films and tv from the mid-1960s until his death .he had a supporting role in the beatles ' film '' magical mystery tour '' in 1967 , as well as a minor one with cilla black in the film '' work is a four-letter word '' a year later .most of his film appearances were in comedy films such as '' do n't just lie there , say something ! ''-lrb- 1973 -rrb- , '' tiffany jones '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- and '' confessions of a sex maniac '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- .he appeared in a children 's tv comedy series , '' hogg 's back '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- as doctor hogg , an eccentric general practitioner -lrb- gp -rrb- .royle acted with wendy richard and pat coombs over two series .-lrb- hog 's back is an area in surrey in britain . -rrb-royle played an unfortunate guest in a '' fawlty towers '' episode , '' the kipper and the corpse '' , wherein he played the eponymous corpse .he also was the first actor to portray monsieur ernest leclerc in the sixth series of allo ' allo ! '', and had a supporting role in a remake of '' indiscreet '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- and a new bbc version of a lord peter wimsey story .as a stage actor he was a mainstay of brian rix 's whitehall farces company .he specialised in absent minded characters and used his acrobatic skills to fall down stairs and immediately get up again as if nothing had happened .he died from cancer aged 61 .his daughters amanda and carol royle became actresses .