• Barry Cryer OBE. Cryer during a recording of You'll Have Had Your Tea for BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
  • As many of you will already know, my father Barry Cryer died last month on the 25th of January. He was 86 - the very epitome of a life well-lived in the service of...
  • Barry Cryer’s personal life was as rich and fulfilling as his professional one, leaving behind a loving family who will forever cherish his memory.
  • January 27, 2022, 3:54 PM. By the start of the 1970s, Barry Cryer had established himself as one of the UK’s leading comedy writers.
  • A clip from Barry Cryer's performance of the classic monologue "Mandalay", recorded in the summer of 1982, and broadcast on 10th July 1983 as part of the...
  • Jon Holmes added: "RIP The legend that is Barry Cryer. Who else is going to call me and tell me old jokes that only he could still make funny, now?
  • Barry Cryer, the legendary comic writer, comedian and actor once dubbed the 'King of Comedy', has died at the age of 86.
  • Cryer’s family said he “died peacefully, in good spirits and with his family around him”. Barry Cryer: I never decided to go into comedy.
  • He was born in Leeds, to John Cryer, an accountant, who died when Barry was five, and his wife, Jean, and educated at Leeds grammar school.