Barker, Ronnie

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Name (Hebrew)
בארקר, רוני
Name (Latin)
Barker, Ronnie
Other forms of name
Barker, Ronald William George
Cobbald, Jonathan
Ferris, Bob, 1929-2005
Huggett, David
Wiley, Gerald
Date of birth
1929-09-25
Date of death
2005-10-03
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Acting
Comedy sketches
Comedy
Postcards--Collectors and collecting
Occupation
Actors
Comedians
Television comedy writers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2676198
Wikidata: Q963893
Library of congress: n 50017409
HAI10: 000709600
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, 21 April 2016(Ronnie Barker was an English actor, comedian and writer; born on 25 September 1929 in Bedford, Bedfordshire; he was known for roles in British comedy television series such as Porridge, The Two Ronnies and Open All Hours; He was an avid collector of antiques, books and posters and amassed a collection of over 53,000 postcards; he produced several compilation books of them including Ronnie Barker's Book of Bathing Beauties, A Pennyworth of Art and Sauce; died in Adderbury Oxfordshire on 3rd October 2005)
  • His Ronnie Barker's Book of ... 1974.
  • Internet movie database, Feb. 28, 2003(Ronnie Barker; b. 25 September 1929 in Bedford, England; sometimes credited as: Jonathan Cobbald, Bob Ferris, David Huggett, Gerald Wiley; awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire); perhaps best known for his longstanding comic double-act with Ronnie Corbett as "The Two Ronnies"; English actor)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, Oct. 4, 2005(Ronald William George Barker, OBE; popularly known as Ronnie Barker; b. Sept. 25, 1929, Bedford; d. Oct. 3, 2005; British comic actor)