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Eric Sykes

Eric SykesBorn: 4-May-1923
Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire, England
Died: 4-Jul-2012
Cause of death: Illness

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Screenwriter

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Plank

Military service: RAF (WWII, Special Liaison Unit)

Wife: Edith Eleanore Milbrandt (m. 14-Feb-1952 until his death, three daughters, one son)
Daughter: Catherine (b. 1952)
Daughter: Susan (b. 1953)
Daughter: Julie (b. 1958)
Son: David (b. 1959)

    Officer of the British Empire 1986
    Commander of the British Empire 2005
    Stroke 2002

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    The Plank (1967)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Son of Rambow (2007)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (6-Nov-2005)
    The Others (2-Aug-2001) · Mr. Tuttle
    Gormenghast (17-Jan-2000)
    Splitting Heirs (30-Apr-1993) · Jobson the Doorman
    The Boys in Blue (1982)
    Theatre of Blood (5-Apr-1973)
    Monte Carlo or Bust (28-May-1969)
    Shalako (26-Sep-1968)
    The Plank (1967)
    The Spy with a Cold Nose (19-Dec-1966)
    The Liquidator (Nov-1965) · Griffen
    Rotten to the Core (14-Jul-1965)
    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (16-Jun-1965) · Courtney
    One Way Pendulum (Aug-1964)
    The Bargee (28-Apr-1964)
    Heavens Above! (20-May-1963) · Harry Smith
    Kill or Cure (12-Nov-1962)
    Village of Daughters (13-Mar-1962)
    Invasion Quartet (Sep-1961)
    Very Important Person (25-Apr-1961)
    Watch Your Stern (1960)
    Tommy the Toreador (21-Dec-1959)
    Charley Moon (1-May-1956)
    Orders Are Orders (Oct-1954)

Author of books:
Sykes of Sebastopol Terrace (1981, memoir)
The Great Crime of Grapplewick (1997, novel)
Smelling of Roses (1998, novel)
If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will (2005, memoir)



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