Ronnie Barker
Acting
Biography
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. Barker began acting in Oxford amateur dramatics while working as a bank clerk, having dropped out of higher education.
Filmography 78
Movies (42)
Open All Hours: Inside Out2026
Comedy Classics: Porridge2022(archive footage)
The Two Ronnies Unseen Sketches2019
The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker2012Archive Footage
Is Anybody There?2009Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitler: The Comedy Years2007Norman Stanley Fletcher (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute2004Himself
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher2003Norman Stanley Fletcher
My House in Umbria2003The General
The Gathering Storm2002David Inches
The Best of The Two Ronnies - Volume 12001Self/Various
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett1997
Just Like That!1989Self
A Tribute to Tommy Cooper1986Self
The Funny Side of Christmas1982Albert Arkwright
By the Sea1982The General
Porridge1979Norman Stanley Fletcher
To See Such Fun1977
Porridge: The Desperate Hours1976Fletcher
The Picnic1976The General
Robin and Marian1976Friar Tuck
Porridge: No Way Out1975Fletcher
The Two Ronnies Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery1973various roles
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins1971Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
A Midsummer Night's Dream1971Bottom
The Odd Job1971Arthur Harriman
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town1970George Bastow
Futtocks End1970Gen. Futtock- Charley's Aunt1969Stephen Spettigue
The Bed Sitting Room1969Underwater Vicar (voice) (uncredited)
Shows (36)
The Two Ronnies Spectacle2013Himself
The Two Ronnies Sketchbook2005
The Best of Ronnie Barker2005
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything2000
Clarence1988Clarence
The Two Ronnies In Australia1986Various Roles
The Magnificent Evans1984Plantagenet Evans
Wogan1982Self
The Big Show1980Self
Going Straight1978Norman Stanley Fletcher
An Audience with...1978Self
Open All Hours1976Albert Arkwright
Porridge1974Norman Stanley Fletcher
Seven of One1973Albert Arkwright
Sykes1972Lord Towers- His Lordship Entertains1972
The Two Ronnies1971
The Best Of The Two Ronnies1971
Six Dates with Barker1971Fred
Hark at Barker1969Lord Rustless / Various Characters- Frost on Sunday1968Self / Various Characters
- The Ronnie Barker Playhouse1968Tennyson Elias Williams
- The Gamblers1967
- Before The Fringe1967
- The Frost Report1966
BBC Play of the Month1965Henry Ormonroyd- A Tale of Two Cities1965Jerry Cruncher
Theatre 6251964Crowther Rimington
The Saint1962Alphonse- Six More Faces of Jim1961