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Deryck Guyler (April 29, 1914 - October 7, 1999)
was a versatile British actor, equally at home
with comedy and classical/character roles, but
best known for his portrayal of officious
short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as
Please, Sir and Sykes.  He was born in Wallasey in
Cheshire and brought up in Liverpool, and
originally planned a career in the church. During
World War II|Second World War he was called up and
joined the RAF Police but was later invalidated
from service, whereupon he joined ENSA
(Entertainment National Services Association) and
then (on 4th May 1942) the BBC's Drama and
Repertory company in Manchester. After the war, he
became a regular on the immensely popular radio
series, It's That Man Again (It's That Man
Again|ITMA) until the series was cancelled in 1949
upon the death of the main star Tommy Handley.
After ITMA, Guyler carried on working  in a
variety of roles from light entertainment (BBC
Children's Hour) to classical (acting with Sir
John Gielgud in King Lear). His success continued
into the 1960s when he starred in the gently
satirical radio programme about life in the
British civil service The Men from the Ministry
with Richard Murdoch. 

His first television success came as one of
Michael Bentine's sidekicks in the inventive and
surreal BBC show It's a Square World (1960).  More
recently, he appeared in numerous television light
entertainment shows in which he performed a
novelty act playing the washboard. He was also a
regular on the sitcoms Please, Sir and Sykes. In
1983, he retired to Brisbane, Queensland|Brisbane,
Australia, where he lived until his death.