Editing Deryck Guyler (section)

==Television==
One of Guyler's first television appearances was as the manager of a TV repair shop in ''Three Live Wires'' in 1961, followed closely by his television success as one of [[Michael Bentine]]'s sidekicks in the surreal BBC show ''[[It's a Square World]]'' (1961), but he gained greater recognition on the small screen in his association with comedian and writer [[Eric Sykes]]. He played the part of Constable ('Corky') Turnbull in ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' (1960–65) which was later revived as ''[[Sykes (TV series)|Sykes]]'' (1972–79). In 1975, he appeared in the ITV children's show ''The Laughing Policeman'', based on the [[Charles Penrose (entertainer)|Charles Penrose]] song and his character from the series.

In between the two series with Eric Sykes, Guyler was also a regular in the [[sitcom]] ''[[Please Sir!]]'' (1968–72), playing the cantankerous school caretaker Norman Potter. Claiming to be an ex-[[7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|Desert Rat]], Potter would often complain to [[John Alderton]], who played the part of schoolteacher Mr Hedges, about class '5C' and their "dreadful behaviour".

Other television appearances include those in ''[[That's My Boy (1963 TV series)|That's My Boy]]'' (1963), a comedy series starring [[Jimmy Clitheroe]], and the short-lived political comedy ''[[Best of Enemies (TV series)|Best of Enemies]]''. He also played a tremorous surgeon in the film ''[[Carry On Doctor]]''. During the 1980s, he contributed the voice-over to an animated skeleton in UK adverts for Scotch Video Tapes.<ref>Aardman: An epic journey taken one frame at a time, pg. 78</ref> He was the narrator of the BBC documentary about [[Fred Dibnah]] - ''Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack''

Guyler had been a devotee of [[washboard (musical instrument)|washboard]] playing since his school days and appeared in many television light entertainment shows performing his washboard novelty act. He also played washboard on an episode of ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)|The Morecambe and Wise Show]]''. In 1990, he played the washboard on three tracks of an album by long-time fan [[Shakin' Stevens]].{{cn|date=July 2022}}