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Derek Royle (7 September 1928 – 23 January 1990) was a British actor born in London, England.[1] He graduated from RADA in 1950.[2] 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.[1] He had a supporting role in the 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.[3]

Derek Royle
Born	(1928-09-07)7 September 1928 London, England
Died	23 January 1990(1990-01-23) (aged 61) England
Years active	1959–1989
Spouse	Jane Royle ​ (m. 1953)​
Children	Amanda Royle Carol Royle

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 general practitioner (GP); in 2016, this series appeared on Talking Pictures TV.[4] Royle acted with Wendy Richard and Pat Coombs over two series.[5] Hog's Back is a ridge of hills in Surrey.[6] Royle played the hotel guest who dies in his room in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Kipper and the Corpse".[7] 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),[8] and had a supporting role in a remake of Indiscreet (1988) and a new BBC version of a Lord Peter Wimsey story.[9][10] As a stage actor he was a mainstay of Brian Rix's Whitehall farces company.[11] 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.[12] Theatre critic Michael Coveney called him "simply one of the funniest men on the English stage".[13]

Personal life and death

He was married to make-up artist Jane Royle and their daughters Amanda and Carol Royle became actresses.[13] He died from cancer aged 61.[14]

References

External links

• Derek Royle at IMDb

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[de] Derek Royle

Derek Royle (* 7. September 1928 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England; † 23. Januar 1990 in London) war ein britischer Schauspieler.

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