Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes's biography

Eric Sykes is 89 years old screenwriter born at Oldham. He was born on Friday 4th of May 1923. He is often nicknamed as Eric Sykes OBE (1986), Eric Sykes CBE (2005). According to year of birth 1923 Eric belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 4th of May means he is Taurus. Taurus is most stable sign of Zodiac, that is the reason it is also included in the earthy sign of the Zodiac Belt. One born with this Moon Sign (Not a Rising Sign) is very stable and balanced through their mind.

He is white british. Eric is citizen of United Kingdom. His primary profession is to be screenwriter. You can know Eric also as television actor, film actor, film director, television director, actor, comedian, autobiographer. Eric is recently known as stage actor.

Eric Sykes's career

His main focus is to be screenwriter. Eric is famous thanks to Sykes, The Plank, The Others.

Is Eric Sykes gay ?

Eric is known to be straight.

How did Eric Sykes die

He died on on Wednesday 4th of July 2012 when he was 89 years old at Esher. Eric Sykess death was caused by kidney failure and heart disease.

Awards and competitions

Eric Sykes's Awards

• He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
• He received The Bernard Delfont Award For Outstanding Contribution To Show Business Award, at The Variety Club Show Business Awards in 2002.
• He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.

What Eric Sykes has done for a first time

• His first stage name was Rick Allen.

Eric Sykes's quotes

• I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face'.
• If comedians want to make a social comment they can go to the House of Commons. I don't swear or do anything suggestive, and I've held onto that belief because when you're on stage you're a role model.
• It's a load of crap to say that comedians want to play Hamlet. A good comedian has more Hamlet in him than any straight actor.
• I was trying to create the act that didn't have one word in it, the complete mime act, and I'm still trying.
• I haven't been able to watch television for about 12 years. In every dustbin there's a daffodil and that's it. My sight went when television became out of my range.
• I always say to young people, you can have the best script, be the funniest man, but if they don't laugh - you're not a comedian.
• You don't decide to be a comedian. I don't ever stop. Even when I'm in the bath or shaving, my brain is going like an express train, thinking up funny things.
• The best comics have all got sad voices and lines of suffering.
• It took me about five minutes to write Frankie's whole act. It was nothing to me to write it. I could write on the top of a bus or sitting in my dressing-room waiting to go on.
• [on D-Day] I'd lie in a slit trench on the beach, underneath a bit of corrugated tin that I'd found. The days were beautiful but the nights were horrendous.
• [on "The Others"] It's a wonderful experience for me at my time of life. It's like turning up to a party to discover all the food has gone, then learning they have saved a large piece of cake for you.
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Eric Sykes's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Eric Sykes looks. We will focus on Eric´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 10" (178 cm). Body build is average. Eric´s eyes are tinted grey. His hair is shade of grey.