Royston Tickner (8 September 1922 - 7 July 1997) was a British actor. Born Roy A. Tickner in Leicester, a tailor's son, he trained as an actor at Scarborough repertory theatre. He served in the Royal Navy in World War II: however in 1942 he was touring in the southern English counties, principally in H. F. Maltby's The Rotters with Frank Crawshaw ...