Speaking ahead of a new documentary Eric Sykes: 50 Years of Laughter, on Channel 5 tonight at 9pm, she recalls: “Dad was always visually funny.
After Hattie's death, Eric concentrated on stage work, but won critical acclaim for his role in 2001 film The Others, starring alongside Nicole Kidman, as well as appearing as Frank Bryce in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire in 2005.
A prodigious talent for slapstick humour kept 18 million viewers in stitches on Friday nights when they tuned in to Sykes - the sitcom Eric Sykes wrote and starred in.
Eric, who died at his home in Esher, Surrey, after a short illness, counted writing for The Goon Show until it left the air in 1960 among his accomplishments.
” Edith, a Canadian nurse who he met in 1952 while in hospital for one of his ear operations, created a loving home that gave Eric a much-needed sanctuary from work.
