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.

From 1954 to 1955 he was at the Oxford Playhouse where he directed several notable young actors such as Ronnie Barker and Roderick Cook.

Following his demob, Hewlett trained at RADA and gained his first professional acting job in repertory theatre at the Oxford Playhouse where he worked alongside Ronnie Barker.

His television appearances included The Ronnie Corbett Show, The Ronnie Barker Playhouse, The Saint, The Avengers, The Dick Emery Show and the 1971 Doctor Who story The Claws of Axos.

Well-known actors who have appeared on the stage at the Playhouse include Rowan Atkinson, Ronnie Barker, Dirk Bogarde, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Ian McKellen, Dudley Moore, Bill Hicks and Maggie Smith.

Like Hardcore Logo, the 2005 Canadian film The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, about a country rock singer, was also done as a fake documentary with appearances by Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Hawkins, Merle Haggard and Levon Helm playing themselves.

Their son, Ronnie, became a near-regular on their television show, playing himself but cast as a young drama student who tended to look askance at his parents ' comedy style.

Sandra & Ronnie first appeared playing themselves in the 3rd season episode " Uncle Clyde Comes to Visit ," aired 1 / 1 / 53.

Ronnie later made a guest appearance on the October 18, 1954 episode (" Gracie Gives Wedding in Payment of a Favor ") playing a character named " Jim Goodwin " prior to his debut as a regular, and was formally introduced to the audience at the episode's conclusion.

) The album My Name Is Albert Ayler is a session of standards recorded for a Copenhagen radio station with local musicians including Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Ronnie Gardiner, with Ayler playing tenor and soprano on tracks like " Summertime ".

He moved to England in 1962 and became house bassist at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, playing with many greats including the guitarist Wes Montgomery and Sonny Stitt.

Roberts starred in the 2012 mystery thriller Deadline, playing the role of politically-incorrect reporter Ronnie Bullock.

The band has reformed and split a few times, and former members include bassists Ronnie Wooden, Glyn Warren, Tony Feedback ( now in Long Tall Shorty and Kiria's live band ), Ronnie Rocker and Max Splodge ( who also had a stint playing drums ).

In 1968, Miles Davis and Philly Joe Jones heard him at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, playing in a combo that opened for the Bill Evans Trio.

When Ronnie began playing bass guitar and singing with bands in clubs in the Abilene, Texas, area, the university gave him the choice of either quitting the band or the university.

The Dubliners, initially known as " The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group ", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O ' Donoghue's Pub in Dublin.

This was a joint send-up of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Professionals TV show, with Ronnie Corbett playing a bungling version of Martin Shaw's Doyle.

More opportunities followed, including playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.

In 1982 Ronnie Vannucci, now playing in Las Vegas-based The Killers, became the youngest musician to play with a band at age six in a lounge in Caesars Palace.

On ITV, he was playing naive medical student Alan Moore in Rising Damp ( voted ITV's best-ever sitcom in the Britain's Best Sitcom survey of 2004 ) while also starring in BBC's Porridge as Lennie Godber alongside Ronnie Barker.

In 1967 he joined The Jeff Beck Group, formed by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck with vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ronnie Wood and drummer Micky Waller, playing on the LPs Truth and Beck-Ola.

Magic Dick recently contributed his harmonica playing and some vocals as part of a live recording called Command Performance by the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring The Tommy Castro Band, Deanna Bogart, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and others.

" Jam # 1 " featured The Band minus Richard Manuel playing with Neil Young, Ronnie Wood and Eric Clapton on guitar, Dr. John on piano, Paul Butterfield on harmonica and Ringo Starr on drums.

Perhaps Ronnie will always be best remembered for playing Private Duke Slater on the Jim Nabors vehicle Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C ..

Charles Livingstone Mbabazi while playing for St. Patrick's Famous St. Pat's players include Paul McGrath ( affectionately nicknamed The Black Pearl of Inchicore ), Ronnie Whelan Snr., Shay Gibbons, Gordon Banks, Curtis Fleming, Ryan Guy, Paul Osam, Eddie Gormley and Charles Livingstone Mbabazi.

In recent years she has been best known for playing the role of Ronnie Branning in EastEnders, but made her name in the mid 1990s as Mandy Wilkins in Game On, and also represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991.

The Two Ronnies performed a sketch entitled " Jason King " with Ronnie Corbett putting on all the airs and graces of King and Ronnie Barker playing a suspect in a murder investigation from their third series in 1973.

Ronnie Scott's playing was much admired on both sides of the Atlantic.