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Syd Heylen profile
Actor

Syd Heylen

Acting

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Acting credits

9

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TMDB popularity

0.3

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Movies: 5Series: 4

TMDB ID: 933022

IMDb ID: nm0382256

Known for: Acting

Born: May 25, 1922

Died: December 4, 1996

Age: 74

Place of birth: Renmark, South Australia, Australia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1976 - 1989

Years active: 14

Average TMDB rating: 7.39

Wikidata: Q7659692

Also known as

Sid Heylen • Sydney Heylen

Biography

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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