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Ronald Balfour Corbett (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster and comedian. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show The Two Ronnies.
Best known as half of the hit television double act 'The Two Ronnies,' Corbett has died at the age of 85.
The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. It was created by Bill Cotton and aired on BBC1 from 10 April 1971 to 25 December 1987. The usual format included sketches, solo sections, serial stories and musical finales.
He got his television break with the satirical sketch series The Frost Report in 1966, where he worked with future collaborator Ronnie Corbett. He joined David Frost's production company and starred in ITV shows. After rejoining the BBC, Barker achieved significant success with the sketch show The Two Ronnies (1971–87
Anne Maud Corbett (née Hart; 26 April 1933 – 5 November 2023) was an English actress, dancer, singer and comedian. She was the wife of comedian and actor Ronnie Corbett. [1] Hart, as an actress, was often referred to as Britain's answer to both Hollywood's Jane Russell and Broadway's Ethel Merman. [2]
Ronnie Buckhurst (Jess Chanliau), one of Kate's employees, also died from the explosion. Meanwhile, Hal and Kate's deputy chief Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh) were both critically injured.
The couple met in 2008 when Molly Corbett worked as an au pair, caring for two children from Jason Corbett's first marriage. His first wife had died of an asthma attack in 2006.
Ronnie Corbett, comic actor, lived for many years in Addington, London; Frederick George Creed (1871–1957), electrical engineer and inventor of the teleprinter; lived and died at 20 Outram Road, Addiscombe; Peter Cushing (1913–1994), actor; born in Kenley, lived in Purley; Kit Connor (2003-), actor