Eric Sykes
(1923-2012), Actor, comedian, writer, director and producerSitter in 11 portraits
After performing as a comedian during World War Two, Sykes worked as a radio and television scriptwriter, contributing to the Goon Show and the Tony Hancock Show. In 1960 he starred in his own television series Sykes and A ... alongside Hatti Jacques. The pair reunited in 1972 in the series Sykes which ran for seven years. From his early thirties, Sykes had begun to lose his hearing, which led to his creation of the self-directed wordless comedies The Plank (1967) and Rhubarb (1970). He also appeared in BBC TV's Gormenghast (2000) and the film The Others (2001). He was awarded a CBE in 2004.
by Andrew Tift
charcoal, graphite, carbon and ink, 2011
NPG 6954
Catherine ('Kathy') Sykes; Eric Sykes; Susan Sykes
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
NPG x136435
Catherine ('Kathy') Sykes; Eric Sykes; Susan Sykes
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
NPG x136436
Eric Sykes; Raymond Percy Galton; Beryl Vertue; Spike Milligan; Alan Francis Simpson
by Art-Wood Photography
gelatin silver print, 1955
NPG x198425
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1959
NPG x136313
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1959
NPG x136314
Eric Sykes with his daughters, Susan Sykes and Catherine ('Kathy') Sykes
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1959
NPG x136315
by Bob Collins
bromide fibre print, 1959
NPG x35159
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 3 February 1970
NPG x87790
by Trevor Ray Hart
chromogenic print, 15 March 2001
NPG x126061
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