2 Ronnie Barker was an English comedian who appeared in many films, radio and television shows, and advertisements.
Films
Year Film Role Notes 1958 Wonderful Things! Head waiter Uncredited 1962 Kill or Cure Burton1963 The Cracksman Yossle Doctor in Distress Man at railway station ticket counter Uncredited1964 Father Came Too! Josh The Bargee Ronnie A Home of Your Own Cement mixer 1965 Runaway Railway Mr. Galore 1967 The Man Outside George Venaxas 1968 A Ghost of a Chance Mr. Prendergast (Children's Film Foundation) 1969 Two Off the Cuff Voice 1970 Futtock's End Sir Giles Futtock 1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins Unnamed character (segment "Sloth") 1976 Robin and Marian Friar Tuck 1979 Porridge Norman Stanley Fletcher 1982 The Funny Side of Christmas Albert Arkwright
Television
Year Show Role Notes 1956 I'm Not Bothered Bit Part 2 episodes 1960 The Terrible Choice 2nd Murderer Episode 1.7: "Macbeth: Part 2" 1960–1964 It's a Square World Various characters 2 episodes 1961 Citizen James Unknown Episode: "Insurance" 1961–1963 Faces of Jim Various characters Series 1 named The Seven Faces of JimSeries 2 named Six More Faces of JimSeries 3 named More Faces of JimBarker appeared in several episodes in Series 1 and 2 and all six of Series 31962 Benny Hill Chef Episode: "A Pair of Socks" The Rag Trade Mr Goodwin Episode: The Bank Manager ITV Play of the Week Bundles Episode: "The Second Chef" Drama 61-67 Harrison Episode: "The Frightened Sky" ITV Television Playhouse Pickle's O'Toole Episode: "The Pinkness of It All"1962, 1972 Christmas Night with the Stars Various Characters 2 episodes1963 BBC Sunday-Night Play Henry Wallace Episode: "The Holly Road Rig"1964 How to be an Alien Various voice roles 6 episodes Sykes and A... Tramp Episode: "Sykes and a Log Cabin" Bold as Brass Mr. Oakroyd 4 episodes1965 Armchair Theatre Unknown Episode: "The Keys of the Cafe" The Walrus and the Carpenter Unknown Episode: "Luther and the Golden Fleece" A Tale of Two Cities Jerry Cruncher 7 episodes Gaslight Theatre Various characters 6 episodes Theatre 625 Crowther Rimington Episode: "Portraits from the North: Bruno" Barney Is My Darling Episode: "The 2000 Pounds a Year Man"1966 Foreign Affairs Grischa Petrovich The Saint Alphonse Episode 5.9: "The Better Mousetrap" 1966–1967 The Frost Report Various characters 28 episodes1967 The Gamblers Unknown Episode: "The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley" The Avengers Edwin Cheshire Episode: "The Hidden Tiger" Before the Fringe Various characters 6 episodes 1968 The Ronnie Barker Playhouse1969 The Coward Revue TV movie1969–1970 Frost on Sunday Various characters Hark at Barker Lord Rustless 15 episodes 1969, 1971, 1975 Play of the Month Stephen SpettigueBottomHenry Ormonroyd Episode 5.2: "Charley's Aunt"Episode 7.1: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"Episode 11.4: "When We Are Married"1970 Futtock's End Sir Giles Futtock TV film Not Only... But Also Poets Cornered segment Episode 3.5 Wiltons – The Handsomest Hall in Town Music Hall Performer1971 Six Dates with Barker Various characters 6 episodes The Ronnie Barker Yearbook Ronnie Corbett in Bed 1971–1987 The Two Ronnies 93 episodes1972 His Lordship Entertains Lord Rustless 7 episodes Comedy Playhouse George Idle/Johnnie Wetherby 2 episodes 1973 Seven of One Various characters 7 separate pilots 1974–1977 Porridge Norman Stanley Fletcher 20 episodes 1976 The Picnic The General TV film 1976–1985 Open All Hours Arkwright 26 episodes 1978 Going Straight Norman Stanley Fletcher 6 episodes 1979, 1988 The Two Ronnies in Australia Various characters1980 Rubbish Tips Director of Rubbish Short 1982 By the Sea The General TV film 1984 The Magnificent Evans Plantagenet Evans 6 episodes 1988 Clarence Clarence Sale 1999 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything Renaissance Man 2002 The Gathering Storm David Inches TV film2003 My House in Umbria The General Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher Norman Stanley Fletcher Mockumentary 2005 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook Various characters 7 episodes
Radio
Year Show Role Notes 1956 Floggit's Lord Russett 1959–67 The Navy Lark Voiced 40 characters including Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson, Lt.Cmdr (Archibald) Stanton, Lt. Queeg and a dimwitted member of Naval Intelligence and was in every episode up to November 1967 after which he left to concentrate on television 1963 The TV Lark Fatso One series Crowther's Crowd One episode 1964 One Night of Jim Pilot episode appearing in the first series of Comedy Parade Variety Playhouse Various Characters Two episodes 1971–1972 Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead Two series and Christmas special 1973 Frank Muir Goes Into Himself One episode Funny That Way 1995 The Comediennes Betty Marsden 1997 The Monkhouse Archive One episode 2000 The Hislop Vote 2004 Kington's Anatomy of Comedy
Self
Year Show Notes 1968 One More with Felix Episode 1.9 Tickertape Episode 1.1 The Corbett Follies Episode 1.8 1969 The David Frost Show Episode 1.3 1970 It's Tommy Cooper Episode 1.9 1970–77 This Is Your Life Four episodes 1971 The Harry Secombe Show Episode 2.7 1973 It's Lulu Episode 3.101974 Blue Peter One episode 1975, 1981 Parkinson Two episodes 1976 Festival of Entertainment TV movie 1978 Looks Familiar Episode dated 10 January 1978 BBC News One episode 1980 The Big Show 1983 Wogan Episode 2.1 The Bob Monkhouse Show Episode 1.2 Children in Need The fourth telethon 1996 Auntie's All-Time Greats TV movie 1997 An Audience with Ronnie Corbett Whatever Happened to... Clement and La Frenais? TV series 1999 What a Performance! Drag Two Ronnies Night TV movie The Comedy Trail 2000 The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale Funny Turns Episode: "Richard Briers: A Good Life" A Tribute to the Two Ronnies TV movie Night of a Thousand Shows 2000–2002 Heroes of Comedy Episode:" Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett" 2001 Ronnie Barker Interview Short The Sketch Show Story Episode 1.2 2003 Best of Barker Three intros The BAFTA TV Awards 2003 TV movie Comedy Connections Episode: "Porridge" I'm Dreaming of a TV Christmas TV movie Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute 2004 Britain's Best Sitcom Episode: "Porridge" Great Comedy Moments Introduction Intro
Advertisements
Year Advert for Notes 1978 Sekonda Three adverts Hovis One advert 1979 British Leyland Two adverts 1985 Walkers Crisps One advert 1988 Alpen 1999 Pizza Hut 2003 Marks and Spencer
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