Syd Heylen

Syd Heylen

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Born 1922-05-25 Renmark, South Australia, Australia 3 credit(s) Popularity 0.2
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 Countr...
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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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E Street poster
E Street
as Reggie Bucketts
1989-01-24
A Country Practice poster
A Country Practice
as Vernon 'Cookie' Locke
1981-11-18
The Sullivans poster
The Sullivans
as Gabby
1976-11-15

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