Barry Cryer

Barry Charles Cryer, OBE (23 March 1935 – 25 January 2022) was an English writer, comedian and actor.

Barry Cryer OBE
Cryer during a recording of You'll Have Had Your Tea for BBC Radio 4 in 2006
Birth name	Barry Charles Cryer
Born	(1935-03-23)23 March 1935 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	25 January 2022(2022-01-25) (aged 86) Harrow, London, England
Spouse	Theresa Donovan ​ (m. 1962)​
Children	4
Notable works and roles	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

Cryer has written for many performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.^[1]

Cryer also wrote episodes for the television comedy series Doctor in the House.

Cryer died at a London hospital in Harrow on 25 January 2022, at the age of 86.^[2][3][4][5]

Bibliography

• You Won't Believe This But...: An Autobiography of Sorts (1996), ISBN 1-85227-682-7

(repackaged as The Chronicles of Hernia (2009), ISBN 978-0-7535-2215-8)

• Pigs Can Fly (2003), ISBN 0-7528-5991-9
• Butterfly Brain (2009), ISBN 0-297-85910-2
• Barry Cryer Comedy Scrapbook (with Philip Porter) (2009), ISBN 1-907085-04-1
• Mrs Hudson's Diaries: A View From The Landing At 221B (with Bob Cryer) (2012), The Robson Press ISBN 1849543909