Actor

Syd Heylen

May 25, 1922 · Renmark, South Australia, Australia

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.

Notable work

7.4
Mad Max 2 (1981)
as Curmudgeon

Often works with

Max Phipps
2 titles together
Mad Max 2, Stir
Arkie Whiteley
2 titles together
Mad Max 2, A Town Like Alice
Bryan Brown
2 titles together
Stir, A Town Like Alice
Dennis Miller
2 titles together
Stir, Starstruck
Pat Evison
2 titles together
Starstruck, Caddie
Melissa Jaffer
2 titles together
Starstruck, Caddie

Full filmography · 9

Ginger Meggs
as Stablehand
1982
Starstruck
as Pub Regular
1982
Mad Max 2
as Curmudgeon
19817.4
Stir
as Old Bob
19806.6
Caddie
as Billy
1976