Corbett said he and Barker were drawn together as two grammar school boys who had not gone to university.

Many of the jokes revolved around his lack of height, with him delivering many of them himself: when Barker said that the next part " does suit Ronnie C. right down to the ground ", Corbett replied " Mind you, that's not far is it ?".

On Ronnie Barker's death on 3 October 2005, Ronnie Corbett is reported to have said that throughout their many years of association there was never an angry word between them.

James J. Corbett said of Jeffries, " The thing the always impressed me was the speed the youngster had, and he weighed two-hundred-twenty-five pounds.

Corbett is known to have said that " the best actor was the tiger ".

Darrell is said to haunt the site of his death, known as Darrell's stile ( or Style, as well as the church at Ramsbury, two miles away ), although one famed clairvoyant, Tom Corbett, detected nothing of the sort.

Corbett was shown the staff appreciation, and said I ' read it with increasing wonder till at last I felt it my duty to convey to the Admiralty that such a grotesque account of the battle certainly ought not to go out as their considered verdict '.

Corbett was immediately arrested for violation of his orders, but Stanton later had the charges dropped.

A small sign also was placed to mark the dug hole where Corbett for a time had lived.

The Colorado Rockies have had Hi Corbett Field as their spring training home for many years.

However, in his autobiography, Fingleton claimed that Sydney Sun reporter Claude Corbett had received the information from Bradman.

The character of Zefram Cochrane had first appeared in the Original Series episode " Metamorphosis ", played by Glenn Corbett.

Mayor Daley was married to Margaret Corbett until her death after a ten-year battle with metastatic breast cancer ( which had spread to her bones and liver ) on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011.

Given this they would have qualified as Corbett summits had they been under 3, 000 feet.

By contrast, world heavyweight champion " Gentleman " Jim Corbett had used many of the same techniques a decade earlier, and was praised by the press as " the cleverest man in boxing.

The show starred David Frost, John Cleese and Barker's future comedy partner Ronnie Corbett, whom he had met in 1963 when Corbett was the barman at the Buckstone Club near the Haymarket Theatre, and the two became friends.

Corbett stated in his autobiography that the two had gravitated towards each other because of their similar backgrounds ; neither had attended university, while many of the other Frost Report cast and writers had.

Barker and Corbett had a greater role on the show than on The Frost Report and Corbett felt " more aware of what were doing.

In order to maintain the deception, Barker had criticised material he himself had submitted under the pseudonym ; when a Wiley-credited sketch about a ventriloquist had been poorly received by the audience Barker told Corbett " Well, Gerald Wiley let us down there ", and on another occasion, when looking at a script, " I don't understand this line.

Barker, who had told Corbett earlier in the day, stood up and announced he was Wiley, although initially nobody believed him.

Corbett, writing in the Alberta Law Quarterly, notes that with Hale's popularity at the time ( Parliamentary constituencies " fought over the privilege of returning him ") he could have been just as successful as Coke if he had chosen to take an active role in public affairs.

Appearing on TV from its earliest days, he was one of the cadets in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet from 1951 to 1954, had regular roles in three series between 1973 and 1984 and did countless cartoon voices, including that of Piglet for Disney.

While other televised science fiction programs such as Captain Video and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet had continually dwindling sets, Space Patrol sets grew larger and larger.

In addition, Corbett noted that while extramarital sex is also contrary to Catholic teaching, the school board had previously allowed pregnant, unmarried students to attend the prom.

White flags had been sighted in the port, and when Lieutenant Corbett of Lookout approached the port in a motor launch he was told that the island's garrison wished to surrender.

* 1925 – Harry H Corbett, English actor ( d. 1982 )

It was published on October 7, 2009 ( ISBN 978-0-393-06567-1 ) in German with " separate English translation along with Shamdasani's introduction and footnotes " at the back of the book, according to Sara Corbett for The New York Times.

* But I Digress: The Collected Monologues of Ramblin ' Ronnie Corbett David Renwick ( New English Library, 1989.

* Corbet, the old English or Anglo-Norman spellings of Corbett or Corbeau

Richard Corbet ( or Corbett ) ( 1582 – 28 July 1635 ) was an English bishop in the Church of England.

Frederick Corbett VC ( 17 September 1853 – 25 September 1912 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

* Bertie Corbett ( 1875 – 1967 ), English footballer, cricketer and educator.

* James Corbett ( author ) ( born 1978 ), English writer

* Jimmy Corbett ( born 1980 ), English footballer

Matthew Corbett ( born 28 March 1948 in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, England, born Peter Graham Corbett ) is an English television personality best known for presenting The Sooty Show and later Sooty and Co.

Corbett wrote several books, including Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook, The Elements of Reasoning, Style and Statement, and The Little English Handbook: Choices and Conventions.

Corbett taught and did research in the English departments of Creighton University and Ohio State University.

Susannah Corbett ( born 1968 ) is an English actress and author.

When asked later why he did it, Corbett answered that " Providence directed me ".

* Corbett, Greville ( 1994 ) " Gender and gender systems ".

( In the spoof-film version of Casino Royale, British comedian Ronnie Corbett comments that SMERSH includes among its agents not only Le Chiffre, but also " Peter Lorre and Bela Lugosi ".

* Basil Corbett is a rival politician who, though he is not seen, is central to the plot of " The Devil You Know ".

Glenn Corbett as Cochrane with Elinor Donahue as Nancy Hedford in the 1967 Star Trek: The Original Series | Star Trek episode " Metamorphosis ( Star Trek: The Original Series ) | Metamorphosis ".

John Corbett has suggested that dub could derive from duppie, a Jamaican patois word for ghost, as referenced by Burning Spear having named the dub version of his Marcus Garvey album Garvey's Ghost, and by Lee Perry stating that dub is " the ghost in me coming out ".

This spoof starred Ronnie Corbett as " Professor Martin Cratermouse ".

In 2005, Parkinson returned the compliment by appearing alongside other UK celebrities such as Ronnie Corbett, Jim Bowen, Geoffrey Hayes and Shakin ' Stevens on Kay's video with Tony Christie for their number one single, "( Is This the Way to ) Amarillo ".

Corbett appeared quieter, more often acting as a foil for Barker, but remained an important part of the " chemistry ".

Another popular sketch was a parody of the quiz show Mastermind with Barker as host Magnus Magnusson and Corbett as a contestant named Charlie Smithers, whose specialist subject was " answering the question before last ".

In a 1970 episode of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son, Harold ( Harry H. Corbett ) points out to an ex-girlfriend that her deceased husband was a " great Tory twit, always sneering about Clem Attlee and the Groundnut Scheme ".

Ronnie Corbett commented that the characters as portrayed in the radio series were " well drawn-out ".

" At the end of 15 rounds Braddock emerged the victor in a unanimous decision, outpointing Baer 8 rounds to 6 in the " most astounding upset since John L. Sullivan went down before the thrusts of Gentleman Jim Corbett back in the nineties ".

In addition Corbett was featured as a primary actor in Trisha Yearwood's music video of her 2008 single, " This Is Me You're Talking To ".

Professor Juliet Lodge of Leeds University has named Corbett as one of five " movers and shakers " in the European Parliament who " have brought the European Parliament from being a mere talking shop to a legislature with genuine power ".

In 1973, he was in another TV movie, a pilot for a proposed series called " The Stranger ," a science fiction film starring Glenn Corbett as an astronaut stranded on an alien planet, with Jagger as a leader of a corrupt deceptive government known as " The Perfect Order ".

In 1971, Corbett had a guest appearance with Mariette Hartley on the Gunsmoke episode entitled " Phoenix ".

In 1896, returning to New York to fight against Mike Donovan he was acclaimed by World Heavyweight Champion James J. Corbett as " the man to whom we owe the changes that have elevated the sport ".

Although appointed by the National Party government, Corbett was generally well liked by those in South Africa's new African National Congress-led government, and upon his retirement in 1996 was given a formal state banquet where President Mandela paid tribute to the Chief Justice's " passion for justice ", " sensitivity to racial discrimination ", " intellectual rigour " and " clarity of thought ".

Both were awarded the OBE on 1 January 1976, Harry Corbett being cited " for charitable services ".