Derek Royle

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Derek Royle
Born(1928-09-07)7 September 1928
Reddish, Cheshire, England
Died23 January 1990(1990-01-23) (aged 61)
London, England
Years active1959–1989
Spouse
Jane Short
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(m. 1953)​
ChildrenAmanda Royle
Carol Royle

Derek Stanley Royle (7 September 1928 – 23 January 1990) was a British actor. His face was probably better known than his name to British viewers, but he acted in films and TV from the early 1960s until his death.

Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour in 1967, as well as a minor one with Cilla Black in the film Work Is a Four-Letter Word a year later.[2]

Most of his film appearances were in comedy films such as Tiffany Jones (1973), Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974) and Confessions of a Sex Maniac (1974).[1]

Stage and television roles

He appeared in a children's TV comedy series, Hogg's Back (1975) as Doctor Hogg, an eccentric

The Kipper and the Corpse".[6]
He also was the first actor to portray
Monsieur Ernest Leclerc in the sixth series of 'Allo 'Allo! (replacing Jack Haig, who had portrayed Ernest's brother Roger),[7] and had a supporting role in a remake of Indiscreet (1988) and a new BBC version of a Lord Peter Wimsey story.[8][9]
As a stage actor he was a mainstay of
Brian Rix's Whitehall farces company.[10] He specialised in absent minded characters and used his acrobatic skills to fall down stairs and immediately get up again as if nothing had happened.[11] Theatre critic Michael Coveney called him "simply one of the funniest men on the English stage".[12]

Personal life and death

Derek Stanley Royle was born in Reddish on 7 September 1928, and graduated from RADA in 1950.[13][14][15] He was married to make-up artist Jane Royle (née Short) and their daughters Amanda and Carol Royle became actresses.[12]

Royle died from cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on 23 January 1990, aged 61.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Derek Royle". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Derek Royle | Movies and Filmography".
  3. ^ "Hogg's Back (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Hogg's Back - ITV Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.
  5. ^ "In pictures: View from the Hogs Back". 30 November 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Fawlty Towers - S2 - Episode 4: The Kipper and the Corpse". Radio Times.
  7. ^ "Rose Hill". The Independent. 1 January 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. ^ "BFI Screenonline: 'Allo 'Allo (1984-92) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  9. ^ "A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery: Strong Poison". 25 March 1987. p. 65 – via BBC Genome.
  10. ^ "Derek Royle | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  11. ISBN 9780956950536
    – via Google Books.
  12. ^ a b Hayward, Anthony (7 March 2011). "Jane Royle obituary" – via www.theguardian.com.
  13. ^ "Derek Royle — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk.
  14. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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