Barry Cryer
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Happy 85th birthday to the king of comedy, Barry Cryer!
As Barry Cryer turns 85 - on March 23rd - he tells Harry Mount about working with Max Miller, Spike Milligan, Morecambe & Wise and The Two Ronnies.
Harry Mount, The Oldie, 20th March 2020Barry Cryer remembers Nicholas Parsons
Taking a minute to remember Nicholas Parsons - a friend who always knew the score.
Barry Cryer, The Telegraph, 29th January 2020Barry Cryer: I never decided to go into comedy
We asked the 84-year-old writer and comedian what his younger self would make of his life.
Tom Ough, The Telegraph, 8th April 2019Barry Cryer to make stage return with Barry Humphries
Comedy legend Barry Cryer is set to return to the stage this spring. He will be one of the guests in London's first Silent Comedy Spectacular to be hosted by Barry Humphries at the London Palladium with a live orchestra.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd January 2019Barry Cryer cancels Slapstick Festival appearance
National comedy treasure Barry Cryer will be missing from the line-up of Bristol's annual Slapstick festival for the first time in 10 years next week after being warned by his doctors against performing so soon after undergoing an operation to repair the hip he broke in a fall in November.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th January 2019Update on Barry Cryer's hip operation
Son Bob Cryer has given fans some good news.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd November 2018Barry Cryer cancels show after fall
Barry Cryer and Colin Sell's new comedy show, which was set to take place at The Capitol, Horsham, tonight (November 22), has been cancelled after Cryer broke his hip in a fall.
Lawrence Smith, West Sussex County Times, 22nd November 2018Patricia Hodge to star in Mrs Hudson's Radio Show
Patricia Hodge and Miriam Margolyes are amongst the stars taking on roles in Mrs Hudson's Radio Show, the Radio 4 comedy written by Barry Cryer and his son Bob.
British Comedy Guide, 6th November 2018The Kenny Everett Video Show DVD review
In 1978, Radio 1 star Kenny Everett broke onto the small screen with an anarchic television series which would make the impish DJ a household name.
Samuel Payne, Entertainment Focus, 2nd November 2018The opener of the first series of this show hosted by Barry Cryer is dedicated to Tommy Cooper, who was intrinsically funny enough to extract laughs from the corniest of puns and one-liners. Fellow comedians assess the singular act of this much imitated yet irreplaceable entertainer.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 10th October 2018