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 |
Series | Tales of the Unexpected | Unknown | 1979-03-24 |
Movie | The Plank | Milkman | 1979-12-17 |
Movie | Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack | Narrator (voice) | 1979-09-06 |
Movie | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Harris | 1975-07-09 |
Movie | No Sex Please: We're British | Park Keeper | 1973-07-25 |
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 | All Square | 1966-10-01 | |
Series | Adam Adamant Lives! | Unknown | 1966-06-23 |
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 |
Series | The Dick Emery Show | 1963-07-13 | |
Movie | Nurse on Wheels | Driving Examiner | 1963-01-03 |
Movie | It's Trad, Dad! | Narrator | 1962-03-30 |
Movie | The Fast Lady | Dr Blake | 1962-12-14 |
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 |