Barry Cryer
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Shows
Crosswits (host, then regular guest)
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (occasional chairman in 1972, regular panellist thereafter)
Biography
Leeds-born comedian and writer who flunked university and went into the theatre. After assisting magician David Nixon at a pantomime, he was introduced to the London scene and auditioned at London's famous Windmill Theatre telling jokes before the strippers came on. He auditioned at 10.30am and was hired and on stage two hours later.
He has since written scripts and gags for virtually every major British comedian from the 1960s onwards, including Kenny Everett, Les Dawson, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, and Frankie Howerd.
Trivia
In Finland he had a No.1 record, Purple People Eater, for three weeks in 1958.
