Syd Heylen

Born: 1922-05-25

Syd Heylen (25 May 1922 - 4 December 1996) was an Australian character actor of radio, stage, television and film, comedian, and variety performer and soldier, he often performed in a traditional vaudeville style in the vein of Roy Rene. Heylen was best known for his role in A Country Practice, as the RSL club manager, barman and chef Vernon 'Cookie' Locke, who he played from 1982 until 1992. After he left A Country Practice in 1992, he and his wife Patti retired to their Gold Coast, Queensland home. Occasionally he would do public appearances and performances.


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Mad Max 2

as Curmudgeon
Released: 1981-12-24

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic...

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Stir

as Old Bob
Released: 1980-05-11

Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison...

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Caddie

as Billy
Released: 1976-01-01

Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her...

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Starstruck

as Pub Regular
Released: 1982-04-08

A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.

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E Street

as Reggie Bucketts
First aired: 1989-01-24

An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called...

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A Country Practice

as Vernon 'Cookie' Locke
First aired: 1981-11-18

A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the...

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The Sullivans

as Gabby
First aired: 1976-11-15

The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which...

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A Town Like Alice

as Art Foster
First aired: 1981-07-12

Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers...

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