Barry Cryer (born March 23, 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK) is a writer and comedian. He started at the Windmill Theatre, London, a club which showed comedy acts in between nude shows. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leeds Coat Of Arms Map sources for Leeds at grid reference SE297338 Leeds is a city in the county of West Yorkshire, in the north of England. ... Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ... Windmill Theatre, later the Windmill Club, was a famous theatre in London. ... St. ... Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. ...

Cryer has written for a long list of people, including:

Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.

He also wrote episodes for the Doctor in the House television comedy series. Dave Allen David Tynan OMahoney (July 6, 1936 – March 10, 2005), better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian, popular in Britain in the 1970s. ... Stanley Baxter, born 1926 May 24 in Scotland, is a comic actor and impressionist, most well known for his UK TV shows, in particular The Stanley Baxter Show on the BBC and The Stanley Baxter Picture Show on ITV. His TV career ran from 1963 to 1985. ... Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was a comedian, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the most prominent early stars of American radio and television. ... Rory Bremner (born April 6, 1961) is a British impressionist and comedian, born in Edinburgh, in Scotland, noted for his political satire. ... Burns in the 1950s. ... Jasper Carrott OBE (born Robert Davies, March 14, 1945) is an English comedian. ... Tommy Cooper Tommy Cooper (March 19, 1921 – April 15, 1984) was a British comedian and magician born in Caerphilly, Wales. ... Les Dawson (2 February 1931 - 10 June 1993) was a popular Lancashire comedian, known for his deadpan style. ... Categories: Stub | 1915 births | 1983 deaths ... Kenny Everett as Sid Snot Kenny Everett (December 25, 1944-April 4, 1995) was a popular British entertainer on both Radio and television. ... Bruce Forsyth (born February 22, 1928) (real name Bruce Forsythe-Johnson) is a British entertainer and showman who achieved celebrity on the show Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and has since presented game shows such as The Price is Right, Play Your Cards Right, The Generation Game and You... Sir David Paradine Frost OBE (born April 17, 1939) is a British television presenter. ... Leslie Townes Hope KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), best known as Bob Hope, was a famous entertainer, having appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, movies and in army concerts. ... Frankie Howerd (born Francis Alex Howard in York, England, 6 March 1917 - not 1922 as he claimed; died in London, 19 April 1992) was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor. ... Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lenox Thomas Pryor (born December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American comedian and actor. ... Mike Yarwood, OBE (born 14 March 1941) is a British impressionist and comedian. ... Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett The Two Ronnies was a British sketch show that aired on BBC One from 1971 to 1987. ... Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. ... Doctor in the House was a British television comedy series produced by Thames Television from 1969-1970. ...

Career highlights

In the 1970s he appeared with Tim Brooke-Taylor and John Junkin in the BBC radio series Hello, Cheeky! which basically consisted of the three performers bouncing jokes off of each other. He also had a role in All You Need Is Cash. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Tim Brooke-Taylor (born July 17, 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio, and as one of the panel members of the comedy radio show Im Sorry I Havent a Clue. ... John Junkin, born January 29, 1930 in Ealing, Middlesex, England is a British radio, television and film performer. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... Hello, Cheeky! was a series broadcast on BBC Radio 2 between 1973 and 1979. ... All You Need Is Cash (also known as The Rutles) is a 1978 television film that traces (in mockumentary style) the career of a British rock group called The Rutles. ...

He toured with Willie Rushton in the show Two Old Farts in the Night, which was released on video, and That Reminds Me after Rushton's death. He is also famous for doing after-dinner speeches. William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (August 18, 1937–December 11, 1996) was a British cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer. ...

For thirty years, he has been, and continues to be, one of the panellists on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. He also writes and stars in You'll Have Had Your Tea. Im Sorry I Havent A Clue, often abbreviated to the initialism ISIHAC, is a radio comedy programme that has had several series each year on BBC Radio 4 from April 11, 1972 to the present. ... Hamish and Dougal are two characters from the long-running BBC Radio 4 antidote to panel games Im Sorry I Havent A Clue. ...

He has written a biography, That Reminds Me.

External link

• BBC News - "Barry has a few clues about comedy"