Guyler was born in Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, and brought up on the other side of the River Mersey in Liverpool, Lancashire, where his father was a jeweller. He attended Liverpool College and originally planned a career in the church. During the Second World War he was called up and joined the RAF Police but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and then (on 4 May 1942) the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester.
Commissionaire
Self
PC Corky Turnbull
Norman Potter
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Police Inspector
Mr. Hardcastle
Police Constable at Scotland Yard (uncredited)
Milkman
Police Sergeant
Park Keeper
Harris
Editor
Driving Examiner
Bruce McMouse (voice)
Angry Man in Ferry Queue
Norman Potter
Dr Blake
Himself - Narrator
Traffic Warden
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Station Master
Police Constable
Sergeant Ying Tong
Vicar
John Elliot
Self - Commentator
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