Syd Heylen

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