
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.

Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979

No Hiding Place
TV • 1959

Sykes
TV • 1972

The Sooty Show
TV • 1955

Please Sir!
TV • 1968

Look at Life
TV • 1959

That's My Boy
TV • 1981

Adam Adamant Lives!
TV • 1966

Sykes and a...
TV • 1960

A Hard Day's Night
MOVIE • 1964

The Wrong Arm of the Law
MOVIE • 1963

Carry On Doctor
MOVIE • 1967

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
MOVIE • 1975

It's a Square World
TV • 1961

Best Of Enemies
TV

Mad About Men
MOVIE • 1954

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
MOVIE • 1981

Fred
TV • 1982