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Cryer
Cryer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ann Cryer JP (born 1939), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Keighley from 1997 to 2010 *Barry Cryer OBE (1935–2022), British writer and comedian * Bob Cryer (1934–1994), politician in the United Kingdom * David Cryer (born 1936), veteran American stage, television, and film actor and singer * George E. Cryer (1875–1961), American lawyer and politician *Gretchen Cryer (born 1935), American playwright, lyricist and actress *John Cryer (born 1964), English Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead since 2010 *Jon Cryer (born 1965), American actor, screenwriter, and film producer * LJ Cryer (born 2001), American basketball player * Max Cryer MBE (1935–2021), New Zealand television producer, broadcaster, entertainment producer, singer, cabaret performer and author * Rebecca Cryer (1946–2020), Oklahoma attorney, tribal officer and judge * Sherwood Cryer (1927–2009) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Cryer
Constance Ann Cryer JP (''née'' Place; born 14 December 1939) is a British former politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley from the 1997 general election up until she stood down at the 2010 general election. Early life Born Constance Ann Place in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, she comes from a political family. Her father, Allen Place, was an activist in the Independent Labour Party, as was his mother, Dinah Place, a suffragette. Ann Cryer was educated at St John's Primary School in Darwen and Spring Bank Secondary Modern School in the same town, before attending the Bolton Institute of Technology. She began her career as a clerk for Imperial Chemical Industries in 1955, moving to the General Post Office as a telephonist 1960 to 1964. Politics Cryer joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament when she was 18 and in 1961 became the youngest serving councillor in the country. She was selected as the prospective Labour candidate for the Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Cryer
Barry Charles Cryer (23 March 1935 – 25 January 2022) was an English writer, comedian, and actor. As well as performing on stage, radio and television, Cryer wrote for many performers including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Ronnie Corbett, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike Yarwood, ''The Two Ronnies'' and Morecambe and Wise. Early life Barry Charles Cryer was born on 23 March 1935 in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to John Cryer, an accountant, who died when Barry was five, and his wife, Jean. After an education at Leeds Grammar School, he began studying English literature at the University of Leeds. He later described himself as a university dropout: "I was supposed to be studying English Literature at Leeds, but I was in the bar and chasing girls and my first-year results showed it. So I'm 'BA E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Cryer
George Robert Cryer (3 December 1934 – 12 April 1994) was an English Labour Party politician from Yorkshire. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley from 1974 until his defeat in 1983. He then served as the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Sheffield from 1984 to 1989, and returned to the Commons as MP for Bradford South from 1987 until his death in 1994. He was one of the founders of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Early life Born in Bradford, Cryer was educated at Salt High School, Shipley, and the University of Hull. He worked as a teacher and lecturer. After British Railways closed the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway line in 1962, Cryer was one of a group of people who formed the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, KWVR Preservation Society, which bought the line and reopened it. As the society's first chairman, he helped to facilitate the shooting of the film ''The Railway Children (1970 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cryer
Donald David Cryer Jr. (born March 8, 1936) is an American stage, television and film actor and one of the founders of San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater which began in Pittsburgh and New York's Mirror Repertory Theatre. He may be best known for the role of Firmin in ''The Phantom of the Opera'', which he has played for nearly 19 years on the road and on Broadway. He has also played more performances of the Bernstein Mass, as The Celebrant (including at the Metropolitan Opera and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) and more performances as Juan Peron in '' Evita'' than any other actor. He is the father of actor Jon Cryer. Early life Cryer was born Donald David Cryer Jr. in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Pauline (née Spitler) (1910–1952) and Donald Walter Cryer (1909–1988), a well-known Methodist minister in the West Ohio Conference. At the time of his birth, his father was attending Garrett Biblical Institute at Northwestern University. He grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George E
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretchen Cryer
Gretchen Cryer ( Kiger; born October 17, 1935) is an American playwright, lyricist, and actress. Along with Nancy Ford, she created several successful stage musicals, including '' Shelter'', '' I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road'', and '' The Last Sweet Days of Isaac''. Early life Cryer was born Gretchen Kiger in Dunreith, Indiana, the daughter of Louise Geraldine (née Niven; 1911-1991) and Earl William "Bill" Kiger, Jr. (1911-2004), who sold school supplies and ran a home printing business. Cryer attended DePauw University as an English major. Career In one of her music classes, she met Nancy Ford, and the two forged a friendship that eventually led to a number of professional collaborations as the first female composer-lyricist team in Off-Broadway and Broadway New York theater. Their first work, ''For Reasons of Royalty'', was produced at DePauw University and their musical ''Rendezvous'' was done at Boston University. Their first professional New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cryer
John Robert Cryer, Baron Cryer (born 11 April 1964), is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 1997 to 2005 and the MP for Leyton and Wanstead from 2010 to 2024. Cryer was Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2015 to 2024, and was a lord-in-waiting in the House of Lords from 2024 until 2025. Early life and career John Robert Cryer was born on 11 April 1964 to Bob Cryer and Ann Cryer (). Both of his parents were Labour Party members of Parliament, and Cryer served alongside his mother in the Commons from 1997 to 2005. As a child, he appeared in the 1970 film ''The Railway Children''. A journalist by profession, Cryer was educated at Oakbank School, Keighley, Hatfield Polytechnic, and the London College of Printing. He has worked for ''Tribune'', the '' Morning Star'', the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), and the Transport and General Workers' Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor. Born into a show business family, he made his film debut with a lead role in ''No Small Affair'' (1984); his breakout role was as Duckie in the John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes-written film ''Pretty in Pink'' (1986). Cryer then had lead roles in the films ''Morgan Stewart's Coming Home'' (1987) and ''Hiding Out'' (1987), starring roles in ''Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987) and ''Hot Shots!'' (1991), and the lead role of Teddy Zakalokis on the CBS sitcom ''The Famous Teddy Z'' (1989–1990). In the late 1990s and 2000s, Cryer transitioned to television, with main roles as Bob on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox sitcom ''Partners (1995 TV series), Partners'' (1995–1996), Sam Wagner on the Fox sitcom ''Getting Personal'' (1998), and Zack Mango on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''The Trouble with Normal (TV series), The Trouble with Normal'' (2000–2001). He also starred in the film ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LJ Cryer
Lionel "LJ" Cryer Jr. (born October 9, 2001) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Houston Cougars and Baylor Bears. High school career Cryer played basketball for Morton Ranch High School in Katy, Texas. As a junior, he averaged 27.5 points, 5.8 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game, earning District 19-6A MVP honors. In the regular season finale of his senior season, Cryer had a 50-point, 10-assist game against Mayde Creek High School. In his senior season, Cryer averaged 34.2 points, 5.3 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. He finished with 3,488 career points, the most in Houston area public school history. Cryer was selected as All-Greater Houston Player of the Year by the ''Houston Chronicle'', and repeated as District 19-6A MVP. A four-star recruit, he committed to playing college basketball for Baylor over offers from Houston, Colorado, LSU, Purdue and Stephen F. Austin, among others. College career Cryer received limited playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Cryer
John Maxwell Cryer (10 December 1935 – 25 August 2021), generally known as Max Cryer, was a New Zealand television producer and presenter, radio broadcaster, entertainment producer, singer, cabaret performer and writer. Early life and education Cryer was born in Ōtāhuhu in 1935, the son of East Tāmaki farmer Arthur John "Jack" Cryer and his wife Jane Stewart, who farmed on Cryers Road, Tamaki, Auckland. He began learning the piano at the age of five and later played the double bass in the Auckland Junior Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1958, and a Master of Arts with second-class honours in etymology and linguistics in 1959. After graduating in 1960, Cryer spent a year in Perugia, Italy studying singing and Italian. Career While studying in Italy in 1960, Cryer earned money as a model and film extra. He then moved to London where he sang with the Sadlers Wells Company. Returning to New Zealand, he taught Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Cryer
Rebecca Alice Cryer ( Schoemann; October 9, 1946 – September 29, 2020) was an American attorney, tribal officer, and Oklahoma judge who survived the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995. Early life and education Born Rebecca Alice Schoemann in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Cryer was a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Shawnee. She was raised in the small town of Wanette, Oklahoma, where she met David Cryer while in high school; they married when she was 18. Due to her husband's military service, they moved frequently for the first several years of their marriage, but then settled in Norman, Oklahoma. Cryer received her undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1973, followed by a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1977. She passed the bar examination that same year, and served as the Tribal Administrator for the Potawatomi Nation from 1977 to 1978. Legal and judicial career Cryer became an Assistant District Attorney for C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwood Cryer
Charley Sherwood Cryer (September 2, 1927 – August 13, 2009) was an American entrepreneur. After forming a partnership with Mickey Gilley, Cryer became co-owner of Gilley's, a Pasadena, Texas-based western nightclub and bar. Personal life Charles Sherwood Cryer was from Diboll, Texas, and worked as a welder for Shell Oil for a few years after his service in the Air Force during World War II. In addition to operating Gilley's, Cryer owned and managed convenience stores, bars, sign shops, and vending machines in the Houston area. He wore overalls, collected old coins, and enjoyed listening to classic country music. Cryer married twice and had children. He was of French and German descent. Gilley's Club Cryer settled in Pasadena, where his large tent-style honky tonk concept developed into what became Gilley's in 1971, located on a sprawling parcel of land at 4500 Spencer Highway, Pasadena, Texas 77504. It was named after country music artist Mickey Gilley. Cryer met Gilley in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
