Barry Cryer
Acting
Biography
Barry Cryer was a British comedian, actor and writer.
Born: March 23, 1935
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Monty Python's Flying Circus
A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making of this classic sitcom.
QI
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Would I Lie to You?
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
The Goodies
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
The Goodies
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
The Goodies
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
At Last the 1948 Show
A groundbreaking, splendidly silly, surreal sketch comedy series written by and starring The Goodies' Tim Brooke-Taylor, Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and comedy legend Marty Feldman.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
A tribute to Kenny Everett broadcast after his death from AIDS in 1995. Comprising of many of his classic sketches from his 1980s BBC TV series, this tribute also features recollections from those who knew him.
Filmography
as Self
as Self
as Presenter
as Self
as (uncredited)
as Self - Comedy Writer
as Self
as Busker
as Self
as Self - Participant
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Lance Boyle
as Self
as Himself
as Detective Simpson
as Police Inspector
as Self
as Judge (voice)
as Newsreader (voice)
as voice only
as Chairman
as Harold Wilson (voice)
as Roger
as Second