Ronnie Barker - Revision history

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	==External links==		==External links==
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	* {{IMDb name\|id=0054985\|name=Ronnie Barker}}		* {{IMDb name\|id=0054985\|name=Ronnie Barker}}
	* {{Screenonline name\|id=462765\|name=Ronnie Barker}}		* {{Screenonline name\|id=462765\|name=Ronnie Barker}}
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	* [http://oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/barker.html Blue Plaque to Ronnie Barker] at his childhood home in Church Cowley Road, Oxford.		* [http://oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/barker.html Blue Plaque to Ronnie Barker] at his childhood home in Church Cowley Road, Oxford.

	~~{{British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance}}~~
	~~{{Authority control}}~~

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Ronnie}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Ronnie}}

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Filmography

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	==Filmography==		==Filmography==
	~~{{More citations needed section\|date=September 2019}}~~{{quote box2\|width=30em\|bgcolor=transparent\|align=right\|halign=left\|quote="I have to tell you that all through my fifty years in the business, two words have always been in my thoughts – these two words are 'What luck'. What luck to have met, in the far-off days of weekly rep, a marvellous comedian called Glenn Melvyn, who gave me my first TV job and taught me how to stutter. What luck to have been in Oxford rep when a young [[Peter Hall (director)\|Peter Hall]] arrived as director and brought me to London's West End. What luck that [[James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] saw me do a radio show and put me in ''[[The Frost Report]]''. What luck that the star of that show, [[David Frost]], put me under contract, that resulted in ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'' and ''[[Open All Hours]]'', and who paired me with the wonderful [[Ronnie Corbett]]. What luck to have had a wife for forty-five years, who throughout my television career, sat in the audience of every show and laughed louder than anyone else. And finally, standing here before you, with this most honoured award bestowed upon me by you, what luck, what wonderful luck, to be flanked on either side by my two best friends, Ronnie Corbett and [[David Jason]]. And I might cry, [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], watch out."\|source=—Excerpt from Barker's speech at ''Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute''<ref name=baftatrib/> Corbett said the speech was "the first time there truly was no mask. Ronnie Barker spoke as himself, truthfully, simply and from the heart."<ref>{{harvnb\|Corbett\|Nobbs\|2007\|p=275}}</ref>}}		{{quote box2\|width=30em\|bgcolor=transparent\|align=right\|halign=left\|quote="I have to tell you that all through my fifty years in the business, two words have always been in my thoughts – these two words are 'What luck'. What luck to have met, in the far-off days of weekly rep, a marvellous comedian called Glenn Melvyn, who gave me my first TV job and taught me how to stutter. What luck to have been in Oxford rep when a young [[Peter Hall (director)\|Peter Hall]] arrived as director and brought me to London's West End. What luck that [[James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] saw me do a radio show and put me in ''[[The Frost Report]]''. What luck that the star of that show, [[David Frost]], put me under contract, that resulted in ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'' and ''[[Open All Hours]]'', and who paired me with the wonderful [[Ronnie Corbett]]. What luck to have had a wife for forty-five years, who throughout my television career, sat in the audience of every show and laughed louder than anyone else. And finally, standing here before you, with this most honoured award bestowed upon me by you, what luck, what wonderful luck, to be flanked on either side by my two best friends, Ronnie Corbett and [[David Jason]]. And I might cry, [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], watch out."\|source=—Excerpt from Barker's speech at ''Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute''<ref name=baftatrib/> Corbett said the speech was "the first time there truly was no mask. Ronnie Barker spoke as himself, truthfully, simply and from the heart."<ref>{{harvnb\|Corbett\|Nobbs\|2007\|p=275}}</ref>}}

	===Films===		===Films===

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	{{Short description\|English actor, comedian and writer}}		{{Short description\|English actor, comedian and writer}}
	~~{{Use British English\|date=August 2014}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2014}}~~
	~~{{good article}}~~
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Ronnie Barker<br>~~<small>~~[[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]~~</small>~~		\| name = Ronnie Barker<br>
	\| image = Ronnie Barker ~~(cropped)~~.jpg		\|honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]
	\| caption = ~~Barker in the 1980s~~		\| image = Ronnie Barker.jpg
			\| caption =
	\| birth_name = Ronald William George Barker		\| birth_name = Ronald William George Barker
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date~~\|df=yes~~\|1929\|9\|25}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1929\|09\|25\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Bedford]], [[Bedfordshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Bedford\|Bedford]], [[w:Bedfordshire\|Bedfordshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2005\|10\|3\|1929\|9\|25}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2005\|10\|3\|1929\|9\|25}}
	\| death_place = [[Adderbury]], [[Oxfordshire]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Adderbury\|Adderbury]], [[w:Oxfordshire\|Oxfordshire]], England
	\| resting_place = Banbury Crematorium, [[Banbury, Oxfordshire\|Banbury]], Oxfordshire, England		\| resting_place = Banbury Crematorium, [[w:Banbury, Oxfordshire\|Banbury]], Oxfordshire, England
	\| other_names = Bob Ferris<br />Jack Goetz<br />Gerald Wiley<br />David Huggett<br />Jonathan Cobbald		\| other_names = Bob Ferris<br />Jack Goetz<br />Gerald Wiley<br />David Huggett<br />Jonathan Cobbald
	\| education = [[City of Oxford High School for Boys]]		\| education = [[w:City of Oxford High School for Boys\|City of Oxford High School for Boys]]
	\| occupation = Actor, comedian, writer		\| occupation = Actor, comedian, writer
	\| years_active = 1946–1988, 1999–2005		\| years_active = 1946–1988, 1999–2005
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Joy Tubb\|1957}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Joy Tubb\|1957}}
	\| children = 3, including [[Charlotte Barker]]		\| children = 3, including [[w:Charlotte Barker\|Charlotte Barker]]
	\| module = {{Infobox comedian\|embed=yes		\| module = {{Infobox comedian\|embed=yes
	\| medium = Books, film, stand-up comedy, television, theatre		\| medium = Books, film, stand-up comedy, television, theatre
	\| genre = [[Black comedy]], [[improvisational comedy]], [[insult comedy]], [[observational comedy]], [[ribaldry]], [[shock humour]]		\| genre = [[w:Black comedy\|Black comedy]], [[w:improvisational comedy\|improvisational comedy]], [[w:insult comedy\|insult comedy]], [[w:observational comedy\|observational comedy]], [[w:ribaldry\|ribaldry]], [[w:shock humour\|shock humour]]
	}}		}}
	}}		}}

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