They were also in the team of writers working for The Frost Report, whose other members included Frank Muir, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Dick Vosburgh and future Monty Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle.

Similarly, Ronnie Barker submitted comedy material under the name of Gerald Wiley.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads ?, a sequel to the earlier show, surpassed the original, while the same writers ( Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais ) provided Ronnie Barker with his most successful sitcom vehicle, Porridge ( 1974 – 77 ).

He co-wrote the much-repeated Class sketch with John Law, in which Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett faced the audience, with their descending order of height suggesting their relative social status as upper class ( Cleese ), middle class ( Barker ) and working class ( Corbett ).

Jason appeared in variety shows in support of stars such as Dick Emery, and his performances caught the attention of Ronnie Barker, who soon became a mentor to Jason.

In 1969 Jason was recruited to appear in Hark At Barker, starring Ronnie Barker as Lord Rustless, as Dithers, the hundred-year old gardener.

He also appeared with Ronnie Barker in various disguises in the Two Ronnies Show with the main character being the Voice of The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town.

" Idle originally wrote " Nudge, Nudge " for Ronnie Barker, but it was rejected because there was ' no joke in the words '.

Examples of performers who went on to universal recognition are Jeremy Brett, Judi Dench, Rosemary Harris, Ian McKellen, Christopher Plummer, Harold Pinter, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Geraldine McEwan, Ronnie Barker, Dirk Bogarde, who wrote about his start at tiny Amersham rep in 1939, and Michael Caine, who recounts his time spent at Horsham rep in the early fifties, to present just a few.

Ronald William George " Ronnie " Barker, OBE ( 25 September 19293 October 2005 ) was an English actor, comedian, writer, critic, broadcaster and businessman.

Barker got his television break with the satirical sketch series The Frost Report in 1966 where he met future collaborator Ronnie Corbett.

After rejoining the BBC Barker found fame with the sketch show The Two Ronnies ( 1971 – 1987 ) with Ronnie Corbett.

Barker, who had previously been known by his birth name " Ronald ", was now referred to as the shortened form " Ronnie ", after a director changed it in the credits, although he did not tell Barker.

As part of the deal Barker was given his own show in 1968, The Ronnie Barker Playhouse, which comprised six separate, thirty minute plays.

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse had been designed to find a successful idea for a sitcom, and the episode " Ah, There You Are " by Alun Owen, which introduced the bumbling aristocratic character Lord Rustless, was chosen.

They each were given a one-off variety special ; Barker's, called The Ronnie Barker Yearbook, featured a sketch for each month of the year, although because of time constraints the first two had to be cut.

Corbett explained that Barker was a " perfectionist " and " as he wrote it Ronnie knew how he wanted every shot to look.

In 2004 he was given a special BAFTA lifetime achievement award at Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute, a televised celebratory tribute evening.

* 2003: DVD Exclusive Award for Best Original Song in a DVD, Premiere Movie-Run Ronnie Run: " How High the Mountain "

In Hong Kong, with the support of Ronnie Chan, Yau set up the Hang Lung Award for high school students.

* Ronnie Barker Award: Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer

* Ronnie Barker Award: Simon Pegg

* Ronnie Barker Award: David Renwick

He was awarded the Writers Guild Ronnie Barker Award at the British Comedy Awards 2008.

In 1979, both Stritch and Sinden were nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Two's Company, in the category " Best Light Entertainment Performance ", losing out to Ronnie Barker.

In 1982 he received the Irish Hall Of Fame Award, presented by Olympic gold medallist Ronnie Delany.

He received an Emmy for his film produced with filmmaker Haskell Wexler, Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang ( 1980 ); the Edgar Allan Poe Award 1981 for " Best Fact Crime " for Assassination on Embassy Row ( with John Dinges ; Pantheon 1980 ) about the murder of TNI Director, Orlando Letelier and their colleague and friend Ronnie Karpen-Moffitt.

Essendon had tough, but talented players with the likes of " Rotten Ronnie " Ron Andrews and experienced players such as Barry Davis, Ken Fletcher, Geoff Blethyn, Neville Fields and West Australian import Graham Moss.

Some of these agencies are The City Of Gray Volunteer Fire Department ( Ronnie Malcolm, Chief ), The City Of Gray Police Department ( Adam Lowe, Chief ), Jones County Volunteer Fire Department Alan Green, Director ), Jones County Sheriff's Office ( Butch Reese, Sheriff ), Jones County Volunteer Emergency Management Agency / Rescue ( Don Graham, Director ) The Georgia State Patrol Post 33 in Milledgeville ( SFC Greg L. Wiley, Post Commander )

These included leading Northern Irish musician Van Morrison, British blues pioneer Alexis Korner as well as Ronnie Wood, Alex Harvey and Mick Jagger ; folk musicians Martin Carthy, John Renbourn and Ashley Hutchings ; rock musicians Roger Daltrey, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Robin Trower and David Gilmour ; and popular beat music successes Graham Nash and Allan Clarke of The Hollies.

Ronnie Graham, an historian who specialises in West Africa, has attributed the success of the Nigerian music industry to the country's culture — its " thirst for aesthetic and material success and a voracious appetite for life, love and music, a huge domestic market, big enough to sustain artists who sing in regional languages and experiment with indigenous styles ".

* Graham, Ronnie.

Among the students in the early to mid 1960s were artists Ronald Davis, Robert Graham, Forrest Myers, Leo Valledor, Michael Heizer, Ronnie Landfield, Peter Reginato, Gary Stephan, and John Duff and in the late ' 60s Annie Leibovitz, who would soon begin photographing for Rolling Stone magazine ; Paul McCarthy, well-known for his performance and sculpture works ; and Charles Bigelow, who would be among the first typographers to design fonts for computers.

While in jail, Atkins befriended two middle-aged career criminals, Virginia Graham and Veronica " Ronnie " Howard, to whom she confessed her participation in the Tate / LaBianca murders, for example telling the women that she stabbed Tate and that she had tasted Tate's blood.

Parry originally co-presented the Sports Breakfast with Alan Brazil, but after the onset of health problems, he was replaced by Graham Beecroft and subsequently Ronnie Irani.

After Mime Troupe leader Ronnie Davis was arrested on obscenity charges during an outdoor performance, Graham organized a benefit concert to cover the troupe's legal fees.

Neil Williams, Larry Zox, Forrest ( Frosty ) Myers, Larry Poons, Brice Marden, Bob Neuwirth, Dan Christensen, Ronnie Landfield, Peter Reginato, Carl Andre, Dan Graham, Lawrence Weiner, Robert Smithson, Joseph Kosuth, Brigid Berlin, David R. Prentice, Roy Lichtenstein, Peter Forakis, Peter Young, Mark di Suvero, Larry Bell, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra, Lee Lozano, Robert ( Tex ) Wray, Carlos Villa, Jack Whitten, Philip Glass, Max Neuhaus, Ray Johnson, Malcolm Morley, Marjorie Strider, Edward Avedisian, Carolee Schneemann, Dorothea Rockburne, David Budd, Norman Bluhm, Kenneth Showell, Tiger Morse, Colette Justine, Lenore Jaffee, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Marisol were just a few of the artists seen regularly at Max's.

* Graham, Ronnie and Simon Kandela Tunkanya.

Practice was eventful – Graham Hill spun on oil dropped from Ronnie Peterson's car and destroyed his car, opting to sit out the race.

Between 1972 and 1974 he faced the top competition in Formula Two, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson, and Graham Hill.

* Directors: Brian Adams, Jim Bailie, Tom Graham, Ivor Edgar, Ronnie Bailie, Timmy Clarke, Tom Beggs

Pattison recorded his first music in 1969, and his career took off after arrival in the United States in 1979, on invitation from Bill Graham, to front the band Gamma, formed by Bay Area guitarist Ronnie Montrose.

He started off co-presenting with Station Director, Mike Parry, then Graham Beecroft and currently co-presents with Ronnie Irani.

They included future Goodies members Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor, and also Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Dick Vosburgh, Anthony Jay ( Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister ) and future Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

* Vocals: Joe Lynn Turner ( 1-7, 11, 12 ), Graham Bonnet ( 8, 9 ), Ronnie James Dio ( 13, 14 )

Rudi formed in 1975 as a covers band with members Brian Young, Ronnie Matthews, Graham Marshall, Leigh Carson and Gordon Blair, playing rock ' n ' roll and glam rock hits.

Crowder collected seven tackles against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 16 and also recovered an Earnest Graham fumble that led to a Ronnie Brown eight-yard TD run on the next play from scrimmage.