Barry Cryer
Birth Name: Barry Charles Cryer
Barry Cryer was born on March 23, 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England as Barry Charles Cryer. He is known for his work on Jokers Wild (1969), The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981) and The Kenny Evere ...Show More
I've got a solid basis of insecurity.
I've got a solid basis of insecurity.
L'hôtel en folie (1975) took the essential ingredients of classic farce - at its most extreme Show more
L'hôtel en folie (1975) took the essential ingredients of classic farce - at its most extreme in the dead body episode - and blended them with the key element of all great British sitcoms: a lead character who's class-obsessed and trapped by his situation. Mainwaring, Steptoe, even Brent... they're all trying to escape their class. Basil wants to run an elegant hotel but is constantly let down by his customers. Hilarity ensues. Hide
He [John Cleese] was great with the characters and the lines but needed Connie [Connie Booth] for th Show more
He [John Cleese] was great with the characters and the lines but needed Connie [Connie Booth] for the construction - she had a feeling for the plot and the arc. John has said that the pressure of working on the show ended the couple's ten-year marriage. Would they have gone on to produce a third series if they had stayed together? Would it have been as funny? Certainly the fact that they didn't helps immeasurably in ensuring its perfection. John himself says the only decent thing he's done since is Un poisson nommé Wanda (1988). Maybe Connie was his muse. Hide
We don't retire in my business, the phone stops ringing.
We don't retire in my business, the phone stops ringing.
I remember bumping into John Cleese in Soho - he'd just done a voiceover and he wasn't much of a dri Show more
I remember bumping into John Cleese in Soho - he'd just done a voiceover and he wasn't much of a drinker but he pulled me into a pub and told me he was doing a sitcom. I said, "Oh no... another one. Everyone's doing a sitcom these days." He said, "No, we're working hard at it. It'll be all right." Understatement of the year. L'hôtel en folie (1975) is perfect. Hide
Barry Cryer's FILMOGRAPHY
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