Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer (born in
1935) is a
writer and
comedian. He started at the Windmill Theatre,
London, a club which showed comedy acts in between
nude shows, and has written for
Morecambe and Wise,
Kenny Everett, and others. 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 appeared with
Willie Rushton in the show
Two Old Farts in the Night. He is also famous for doing after-dinner speeches. He is one of the contestants on
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
External link
BBC News - "Barry has a few clues about comedy"