Syd Heylen

Early life Heylen was born in Renmark, South Australia in 1923, as the only son of a carpenter, he had 4 sisters.

Personal life and death Heylen was first married to Dorothy Pearl Platter in 1944 however they divorced, and he remarried entertainer Patricia Anne Brittain in 1964 and had 2 children - son Syd Heylen Jr., an entertainer mostly in vaudeville and cabaret and daughter Julie, also in the entertainment business.

After he left A Country Practice in 1992, he and his wife Patricia retired to their Gold Coast, Queensland home. Occasionally he would do public appearances and performances. He died from a stroke on 4 December 1996.

Recognition Heylen was a patron and performer for the Variety Club Australia, where he was awarded as The First National Living Treasure.

Filmography

Film Year Tiitle Role Notes 1977 Listen to the Lion Hunter's Friend Short film 1980 Stir Old Bob Feature film 1981 Mad Max 2 Curmudgeon Feature film 1982 Starstruck Pub guest Feature film 1982 Ginger Meggs Stablehand Feature film 1986 Hector's Bunyip Chooka Morris TV movie

Television Year Tiitle Role Notes 1982-92 A Country Practice Vernon 'Cookie' Locke TV series, episode: 726 1974 Division 4 Jack Murray, Williams, Herbie Ross, Shake, Arthur Stone TV series, 5 episodes: "For My Next Trick", "Sergeant Banner", "Maria", "A Cry of Wolf", "Sat'dy Arvo" 1974 The Box Vern Walters TV series 1974/75 Homicide Service station proprietor, Kelpie, Bernie Harrison, George Burley, Publican TV series, 5 episodes: "A Thing of the Past", "Twelve Bar Blues", "Welcome to Mayfield", "The Chaff Bandits", "Free Enterprise" 1974-75 Matlock Police Pious Pearce, Art, Dummy Dummett, Frank Gallagher, Bernie Coghlan TV series, 5 episodes: "Loggerheads", "A Couple of Days Away", "Like Fred", "The Last and Final Straw", "The Right of Way" 1976 King's Men Withers TV series, episode: Public Enemy Number #1 1976 Alvin Purple Perce TV series, episode: "Like Father, Like Son" 1977 Young Ramsay Syd Kelly TV series, episode: "Yellow Dog" 1980 Arcade Walter Blair TV series, 35 episodes 1980 The Sullivans Gabby TV series 1981 A Town Like Alice Art Foster TV series 1984 Sweet and Sour Juggler TV series 1992 E Street Reggie Bucketts TV series 1996 Fire Seth TV series 1997 Fallen Angels Cedric TV series