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Syd Heylen
Renmark, South Australia, Australia
Syd Heylen (25 May 1922 - 4 December 1996) was an Australian character actor of radio, stage, television and film, comedian, and variety performer and soldier, he often performed…
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Syd Heylen (25 May 1922 - 4 December 1996) was an Australian character actor of radio, stage, television and film, comedian, and variety performer and soldier, he often performed in a traditional vaudeville style in the vein of Roy Rene. Heylen was best known for his role in A Country Practice, as the RSL club manager, barman and chef Vernon 'Cookie' Locke, who he played from 1982 until 1992. After he left A Country Practice in 1992, he and his wife Patti retired to their Gold Coast, Queensland home. Occasionally he would do public appearances and performances.
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1989
E Street
TV show Reggie Bucketts
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1982
Ginger Meggs
Movie Stablehand
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1982
Starstruck
Movie Pub Regular
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1981
Mad Max 2
Movie Curmudgeon
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1981
A Country Practice
TV show Vernon 'Cookie' Locke
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1981
A Town Like Alice
TV show Art Foster
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1980
Stir
Movie Old Bob
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1976
The Sullivans
TV show Gabby
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1976
Caddie
Movie Billy
