Deryck Guyler

Biography

Guyler was born in Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, and brought up on the other side of the River Mersey in Liverpool, Lancashire, where his father was a jeweller. He attended Liverpool College and originally planned a career in the church. During the Second World War he was called up and joined the RAF Police but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and then (on 4 May 1942) the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester.

Known For

A Hard Day's Night

as Police Inspector

Carry On Doctor

as Mr. Hardcastle

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Harris

Tales of the Unexpected

as Commissionaire

The Wrong Arm of the Law

as Police Constable at Scotland Yard (uncredited)

The Big Job

as Police Sergeant

Please Sir!

as Norman Potter

No Sex Please: We're British

as Park Keeper

Mad About Men

as Editor

The Fast Lady

as Dr Blake