Edinburgh has been home to the actor Sir Sean Connery, famed as the first cinematic James Bond ; Ronnie Corbett, a comedian and actor, best known as one of The Two Ronnies ;, actor Brian Cox and Dylan Moran, the Irish comedian.

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.

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 ).

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

( 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 ".

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.

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

A bronze statue of Barker, in character as Norman Stanley Fletcher, sculpted by Martin Jennings, was unveiled in a public area at the entrance of the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre in September 2010 by his widow Joy, David Jason and Ronnie Corbett.

The Village has also long been popular with people in show business ; Ronnie Corbett lived there for years.

He was memorably described by comedian Ronnie Corbett as a " sad-faced actor, with the voice of a fastidious ghoul ", in Corbett's autobiography High Hopes.

Then in the first London production of the musical The Boys from Syracuse ( Antipholus of Syracuse ) in 1963 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, alongside Ronnie Corbett.

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.

* Ronnie Corbett as Reggie Sea Lions

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

Quilley played in the first London production of the musical The Boys from Syracuse ( Antipholus of Ephesus ) in 1963 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, alongside Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Corbett.

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 ".

More notable was The Frost Report, 1966 and 1967, which launched the television careers of John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.

" The Sign of the Southern Cross " is a song by Black Sabbath written in 1981 which was sung by Ronnie James Dio.

* 1942 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer ( Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf ) ( d. 2010 )

At the turn of the 21st century, well-established artists such as Sir Anthony Caro, Lucian Freud, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Agnes Martin, Al Held, Ellsworth Kelly, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, James Rosenquist, Alex Katz, Philip Pearlstein, and younger artists including Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Sam Gilliam, Isaac Witkin, Sean Scully, Mahirwan Mamtani, Joseph Nechvatal, Elizabeth Murray, Larry Poons, Richard Serra, Walter Darby Bannard, Larry Zox, Ronnie Landfield, Ronald Davis, Dan Christensen, Joel Shapiro, Tom Otterness, Joan Snyder, Ross Bleckner, Archie Rand, Susan Crile, and dozens of others continued to produce vital and influential paintings and sculpture.

James Brown hosted all the events with help from his fellow Fox NFL Sunday cast members Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Ronnie Lott.

The scene also helped 1970s hard rock artists such as AC / DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, KISS, Ronnie James Dio, and Judas Priest reach a new generation of fans.

** Ronnie James Dio, American singer ( d. 2010 )

In July 2010 Hughes appeared as a guest vocalist ( together with Masterplan singer Jørn Lande ) fronting Heaven & Hell at the High Voltage Rock Festival in London as a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio.

* Ronnie James Dio, former frontman for Rainbow and Black Sabbath.

* Yngwie Malmsteen, Ronnie James Dio, for Not The Same Old Song and Dance, an Aerosmith tribute album, track # 6, " Dream On " ( 1999 )

In 2003, DeMartini was hired to replace guitarist Doug Aldrich in the band Dio but after several rehearsals he decided to leave the band due to musical differences with band leader Ronnie James Dio.

Ronald James Padavona ( July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010 ), better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American rock and heavy metal vocalist and songwriter.

Ronnie James Dio was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Italian parents.

Wanting to continue together as a band, Ronnie James Dio and Vinnie Appice formed Dio, the band, in 1982.

Ronnie James Dio performing at the Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, June 20, 2007, with Heaven and Hell.

Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice at the Spodek arena, June 20, 2007.

Long live rock and roll, long live Ronnie James Dio.

Rolling Stone magazine eulogized Dio with these words: " It wasn't just his mighty pipes that made him Ronnie James Dio — it was his moral fervor ... what always stood out was Dio's raging compassion for the lost rock & roll children in his audience.

Ronnie James Dio provided the vocals for Dr. X, the villain.

* Ronnie James Dio – vocals

After the 1979 tour to promote the album, Osbourne was asked to leave, and was replaced by Ronnie James Dio.

He is replaced in May by Ronnie James Dio.

* April 25 – Black Sabbath release Heaven and Hell, their first album to feature new vocalist Ronnie James Dio.

* August 31 – Ronnie James Dio plays his final show with Black Sabbath ( until 1992 ).