Royston Tickner was born 8 September 1922 in Leicester, [[wikipedia:|Leicestershire]], England, Great Britain. He trained as an actor at Scarborough repertory theatre in North Yorkshire. He served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War and, from 1947 took a break from the theatre to work as a lighthouse keeper, miner, fireman and publican, before returning to acting in 1958. He died on 7 July 1997.