Unfortunately, Charboneau was out of baseball by 1983 after falling victim to back injuries and Barker, who was also hampered by injuries, never became a consistently dominant starting pitcher.

Laika (, literally meaning " Barker "; c. 1954 – November 3, 1957 ) was a Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth – as well as the first animal to die in orbit.

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.

Barker, aged 20, then spent some time as a porter at Wingfield Hospital ; he became distressed through his contact with polio patients and so opted to take on the persona of " Charlie " so as not to be himself.

There he met actor Glenn Melvyn ; the two became firm friends and Barker stated Melvyn taught him everything he " ever learned about comedy.

Prisoner and Escort became Porridge, airing from 1974 – 1977, with Barker starring as the cynical and cunning prisoner Norman Stanley Fletcher.

The site became an inn and was then rebuilt on a grander scale from the 18th century by the Vere Barker family in a neo-gothic Victorian style.

51 women in Edenton, led by Penelope Barker, signed a protest petition agreeing to boycott English tea and other products, in what became known, decades later, as the Edenton Tea Party.

As they extended their network to airports on the east coast like Washington-Dulles, Newark and Boston, and Chicago, Western Airlines became a prominent sponsor of the Bob Barker television show The Price is Right, to make customers in the East more aware of their presence.

Simon Barker became a photographer, using the nickname ' Six '.

The part was originally written without the stammer — Barker suggested it and it became part of Arkwright's character.

When his wife Dorothy Jo died, Barker became an advocate for animal rights.

It was on Truth or Consequences that the salute became his trademark sign-off ; he ended each episode with " Bob Barker saying goodbye, and hoping all your consequences are happy ones!

Barker became a vegetarian in 1979.

The show was based on the complementary personalities of Barker and Corbett, who never became an exclusive pairing, but continued to work independently in television outside of the editions of the Two Ronnies.

Barker Ranch now became home for the Family, including Krenwinkel.

During its run, the list of authors interviewed became increasingly prestigious, including Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, David Brin, Charles de Lint, Harlan Ellison, William Gibson, Frederik Pohl, Terry Pratchett, Anne Rice, Spider Robinson, and Robert J. Sawyer, who was the most frequent guest on the program.

The foundation principal was Mr J Wolfe who served until May 1967 when Mr Lindsay Barker became principal.

In 1935 Barker became an American citizen but he returned to Cuba in order to study at the University of Havana.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, triggering American entry into World War II, Barker joined the U. S. Air force, where he became a B-17 crewman and a Second Lieutenant bombardier.

Laika ( Лайка, " Barker "), became the first living Earth-born creature ( other than microbes ) in orbit, aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957.

Hart became the tenth actress to portray Jane when she appeared opposite Lex Barker as Tarzan in Tarzan's Savage Fury.

Foodstuffs ’ founder, Mr J Heaton Barker, became concerned at the activities of the grocery chain stores of the day that were making life very difficult for independent grocers in Auckland.

Barker gave Cole the job, and he soon became one of rock's most respected tour managers, working for The Who in 1965 and The New Vaudeville Band in 1966.

Studios launched in May a monthly Garfield comic book, with the first issue featuring a story written by Mark Evanier ( who has supervised Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show ) and illustrated by Davis's long-time assistant Gary Barker.

Prior to working in the film industry, the Wachowskis wrote comic books for Marvel Comics ' Razorline imprint, namely Ectokid ( created by horror novelist Clive Barker ) in 1993 as well as writing for Epic Comics ' Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Clive Barker's Nightbreed comic series.

Barker failed to get into the Young Vic School, but joined the Manchester Repertory Company, which was based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, often taking comic roles in their weekly shows.

He went on to play the organist in When We Are Married and by his third role, the chauffeur Charles in Miranda, Barker realised he wanted to be a comic actor.

" They concluded " it says much about the decline of the British television industry that Ronnie Barker, one of its most creative comic talents, should have turned his back on it long before he died at the age of 76.

The show featured comic sketches in which Barker and Corbett appeared both together and separately, with various additions giving the programme the feeling of a variety show.

There were four modern-day mystery serials featuring the comic detective characters " Piggy Malone " ( Barker ) and " Charley Farley " ( Corbett ).

Another regular feature of the shows was an elaborate musical finale in which Barker and Corbett – often in drag – and company would sing a medley of songs in character, in barbershop, music hall, Gilbert and Sullivan or other styles, with the original words altered to suit whatever comic situation they were portraying.

Bergman loved reading books by authors Anne Rice, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Amy Tan, Carrie Fisher, Leonard Maltin and Douglas Adams, and in genres such as mystery, science fiction, horror, comedy, biography, and comic books.

He was played by Ronnie Barker and is widely renowned as one of the great comic creations.

Studios Hellraiser comic series ( 2011 ), also written by Clive Barker, Kirsty Cotton receives some artifacts to help her combat the Cenobites.

# Comedian's Moon-an alternative comic, after an encounter with one of his former comedy heroes finds himself turning into something hideous ... It featured Stephen Tompkinson as Kevin Scorch, Adjoa Andoh as Ali, Ronald Herdman as Bernie Cladding and Alan Barker as Sidney Grease.

* 3 October-Ronnie Barker, comic actor ( born 1929 )

Apart from a great number of covers for Dark Horse Comics and adaptations of horror movies, the main work of this period is his collaboration with writer Clive Barker ( including the Hellraiser comic book version ).

" The review was read by Daily News editor Ana Barker who immediately contacted Williamson, hired him to script a similar comic strip and teamed him with illustrator Elias.

* 1919 – Lex Barker, American actor ( d. 1973 )

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* May 11 – Lex Barker, American actor ( b. 1919 )

After the war he made a name for himself as a comedy actor, notably on radio in Waterlogged Spa, alongside Eric Barker and Puffney Post Office in which he played a hapless old postman with the catch-phrase " It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you tears them up ".

In 1928, Colbert married Norman Foster, an actor and director, who appeared with Colbert in the Broadway show The Barker.

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

Barker harboured dreams of becoming an actor, and took up amateur dramatics, although initially he just saw the pastime as a chance to meet girls.

Barker remained a West End actor for several years, appearing in numerous plays between 1955 and 1968.

" Peter Hall spoke of Barker's skills as a dramatic actor, calling him " the great actor we lost " and lamented that Barker was unable to take a role in one of his Shakespearean productions.

Mackay is remembered for his namesake role as the comically ferocious prison warder, Mr Mackay, in the British sitcom Porridge alongside the comedian and comedy actor Ronnie Barker.

Comedian and actor Ronnie Barker ( 1929 – 2005 ) began his acting career in the town in the late 1940s and in September 2010, almost five years after his death, a bronze statue of him was unveiled by actor David Jason and Barker's one time co-star Ronnie Corbett ( the other half of the Two Ronnies ) on a new public place in Exchange Street.

Arjan Singh ( born August 12, 1974 ), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American stand-up comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California.

Grace Pace ( the mother of Captain James Cook ), the novelist Pat Barker, actor, Richard Griffiths and ventriloquist, Dean Atkinson were all born in Thornaby, as well as Paul Curran-the championship cyclist.

Ronald Balfour " Ronnie " Corbett, CBE ( born 4 December 1930 ) is a Scottish actor and comedian who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the television comedy series The Two Ronnies.

In all the following movies, Winnetou was played by French actor Pierre Brice who was usually teamed with Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand.

The character of Old Shatterhand was played in the German Karl May movies of the 1960s by American actor Lex Barker.

In 1973 Maynard worked with television actor and comedian Ronnie Barker in the ( original ) " Football Blues " which aired as " Spanners Eleven " and was part of a series called Seven of One.

She further alleged that she was subject to a series of sexual assaults at the hands of her stepfather and her mother's fourth husband, actor Lex Barker.

In most of the film versions the novels were reworked to a great extent, some movies using only the names of characters invented by Karl May For example, in the book Der Schatz im Silbersee ( The Treasure of Silver Lake ) the main character was called " Old Firehand " – in the movie he was renamed " Old Shatterhand " ( played by American actor Lex Barker ) after the more famous character.

* Lex Barker – American actor best known for playing Tarzan in Tarzan of the Apes.