Chrys was born in Aberdeen. After war service in the RAF as a pilot-instructor, he attended Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen. He later produced sporting cartoons for the Scottish Daily Mail before joining the Daily Mail as a political cartoonist and in 1960 the News of the World. He also contributed to Punch and drew regularly for Farmer & Stockbreeder and its successor British Farmer & Stockbreeder from the 1950s. His work was heavily influenced by Carl Giles.
Cartoons for sale:
- "COME ON IN - THE W-W-WATER'S F-F-F-FINE!", 1961
- £275
- 34cm x 23cm
- Farmers Weekly
- STORMY WEATHER, 1965
- £295
- 35cm x 22cm
- Farmers Weekly25/5/1965
- No Caption, 1966
- £295
- 38cm x 22cm
- Farmers Weekly
- "Cherie - I simply won't take no for an answer!"
31st Oct. 1967 - £375
- 38cm x 22cm
- Farmers' Weekly