Guyler was born in Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, and brought up on the other side of the River Mersey in Liverpool, Lancashire, where his father was a jeweller. He attended Liverpool College and originally planned a career in the church. During the Second World War he was called up and joined the RAF Police but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and then (on 4 May 1942) the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester.
Series | Best Of Enemies | 2025 | |
Series | Fred | Narrator | 1982-09-09 |
Movie | Stainless Steel and the Star Spies | Vicar | 1981-01-01 |
Series | Tales of the Unexpected | Unknown | 1979-03-24 |
Movie | Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack | Narrator (voice) | 1979-09-06 |
Movie | The Plank | Milkman | 1979-12-17 |
Movie | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Harris | 1975-07-09 |
Movie | No Sex Please: We're British | Park Keeper | 1973-07-25 |
Movie | The Bruce McMouse Show | Bruce McMouse (voice) | 1972-01-02 |
Series | Sykes | PC Corky Turnbull | 1972-09-14 |
Movie | Please Sir! | Norman Potter | 1971-05-01 |
Movie | Two off the Cuff | 1969-01-02 | |
Series | Please Sir! | Norman Potter | 1968-11-08 |
Movie | Carry On Doctor | Mr. Hardcastle | 1967-12-02 |
Series | Adam Adamant Lives! | Unknown | 1966-06-23 |
Series | All Square | 1966-10-01 | |
Movie | The Big Job | Police Sergeant | 1965-01-01 |
Movie | A Hard Day's Night | Police Inspector | 1964-07-07 |
Movie | Smokescreen | Station Master | 1964-01-02 |
Movie | Nurse on Wheels | Driving Examiner | 1963-01-03 |
Movie | The Wrong Arm of the Law | Police Constable at Scotland Yard (uncredited) | 1963-03-17 |
Series | The Dick Emery Show | 1963-07-13 | |
Movie | The Fast Lady | Dr Blake | 1962-12-14 |
Movie | It's Trad, Dad! | Narrator | 1962-03-30 |
Series | It's a Square World | 1961-04-26 | |
Series | Sykes and a... | 1960-01-29 | |
Series | No Hiding Place | Unknown | 1959-09-16 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Series | The Sooty Show | Himself | 1955-01-16 |
Movie | Snowdrift at Bleath Gill | Himself - Narrator | 1955-12-31 |
Movie | Mad About Men | Editor | 1954-11-16 |
Movie | A Day to Remember | Angry Man in Ferry Queue (uncredited) | 1953-11-10 |
Movie | The Shop at Sly Corner | John Elliot | 1946-07-21 |