# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-cryer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:40:40.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-cryer"
name: "Barry Cryer"
slug: "barry-cryer"
description: "Barry Charles Cryer was an English writer, comedian, and actor. As well as performing on stage, radio and television, Cryer wrote for many performers including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Ronnie Corbett, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise."
tagline: "British writer and comedian (1935–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/You'll_Have_Had_Your_Tea_-_Barry_Cryer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1935-03-23"
deathDate: "2022-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.48
  momentum:             4.779270633397314
  historical:           9.651274666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190540/"
    handle:    "nm0190540"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بارى كرير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cryer"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d460f1ce-670e-4164-9230-b1535bbe3f16"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/188498"
    title: "Barry Cryer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump