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Ronald William George Barker (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as Porridge, The Two Ronnies, and Open All Hours.
Ronnie Barker was an English comedian who appeared in many films, radio and television shows, and advertisements. "I have to tell you that all through my fifty years in the business, two words have always been in my thoughts – these two words are 'What luck'.
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which aired in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The programme was developed from a television pilot broadcast in Ronnie Barker's Seven of One (1973) comedy anthology seri
Ronnie Barker, 72, and Beverly Barker, 69, were last spotted by a security camera in the Nevada desert town of Luning on March 27. Ronnie Barker, 72, and Beverly Barker, 69, were last spotted by a ...
Clarence is a 1988 BBC situation comedy starring Ronnie Barker and Josephine Tewson, written by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonym "Bob Ferris" as an acknowledgement to Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, creators of Porridge and the sitcom character Bob Ferris. It was Barker's final sitcom appearance before his retirement.
Albert E. Arkwright (born 1927) is played by Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours.. Arkwright is a pragmatic, miserly man with old-fashioned values, whose world seems to stop at his shop door, except for his lusting for Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, which prompts him on occasion to wander across the road, usually with a ladder, to gain access to her bedroom window.
In the last photo of the longtime The Price Is Right host, taken on Feb. 26, 2021, Barker is seen in a wheelchair. In the photo, Barker can be seen enjoying the sunlight while sitting in a whee
The Two Ronnies 1987 Christmas Special was first broadcast on BBC1 on Christmas Day 1987 as part of the 12th series of the show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, being also their last outing as Barker decided to retire from showbiz. Elton John was the show's musical guest, singing Candle In the Wind before its general release.