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Eric Sykes

1923 - 2012

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Eric Sykes (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 include collaboration on some scripts for The Goon Show. He became a television star in his own right in the early 1960s when he appeared with Hattie Jacques in several popular BBC comedy television series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Sykes is the 6,200th most popular actor (down from 4,258th in 2019), the 4,766th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,326th in 2019) and the 708th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Eric Sykes ranks 6,200 out of 13,578. Before him are Cristin Milioti, John Trudell, Leigh Taylor-Young, Troy Baker, Junichi Suwabe, and Ana Lilian de la Macorra. After him are Katherine Waterston, Heather Donahue, Hannah Waddingham, Molly Shannon, Judy Greer, and Jo Yu-ri.

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Among people born in 1923, Eric Sykes ranks 404. Before him are Yevgeny Vesnik, Raoul Bott, Willem Slijkhuis, Inge Keller, Tom M. Apostol, and Haydée Santamaría. After him are Ron Flockhart, Antonio Siddi, Leonid Shamkovich, Herman Chernoff, Isaac Schwartz, and Robert Sabatier. Among people deceased in 2012, Eric Sykes ranks 382. Before him are Vincenzo Consolo, Horst Faas, J. Bernlef, Vasily Belov, Jenni Rivera, and Rino Ferrario. After him are Verghese Kurien, Margaret Mahy, Vladimir Astapovsky, Takao Sakurai, Boris Razinsky, and Robert Sabatier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Sykes ranks 4,767 out of 8,785. Before him are Oliver Bearman (2005), Jordan Henderson (1990), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Sharleen Spiteri (1967), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), and Richard Thompson (1949). After him are Samuel Arnold (1740), John Opie (1761), Katherine Waterston (1980), John Ogilvie (1579), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), and Beryl Markham (1902).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Eric Sykes ranks 708. Before him are Rupert Davies (1916), Joanna Pettet (1942), Christian Coulson (1978), Tony Jay (1933), Nigel Davenport (1928), and Celia Johnson (1908). After him are Katherine Waterston (1980), Hannah Waddingham (1974), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Denis Lawson (1947), Sophie Okonedo (1968), and Jack Davenport (1973).

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