Ronald Shiner
Biography
Ronald Alfred Shiner (8 June 1903 in London – 29 June 1966 in London) was a British stand-up comedian and comedic actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall. A former Royal Northwest Mounted Police Officer, farmer, greengrocer, milkman, bookie's clerk, soldier and film extra, Shiner shot to fame appearing in 1,700 performances of the stage hit Worm's Eye View from 1945 to 1947 (he would later top his own record by appearing in the play Seagulls Over Sorrento for 2,000 performances between 1950 and 1954). At the height of his career Shiner insured his nose for £10,000 because he said "it's me beak which made 'em larf." In retirement he owned a pub at Blackboys in Sussex but was plagued by ill health in his final years and retired to Eastbourne. He died there in June 1966 leaving an estate of £30,955.
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Full filmography
- Theatre Night (1957) as Bertie Skidmore
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) as 2nd Porter
- Aunt Clara (1954) as Henry Martin
- The Magic Box (1952) as Fairground Barker
- Girls at Sea (1958) as Marine Ogg
- Forbidden (1949) as Dan Collins
- The Navy Lark (1959) as CPO Banyard
- St. Martin's Lane (1938) as Barman (uncredited)
- Up to His Neck (1954) as Jack Carter
- The Man Within (1947) as Cockney Harry
- The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) as Man in Stocks
- Bees in Paradise (1944) as Ronald Wild
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) as Bicycle Repairman (uncredited)
- The Gang's All Here (1939) as Spider Ferris
- The Gentle Sex (1943) as Racegoer
- Let George Do It! (1940) as Musician (uncredited)
- Unpublished Story (1942) as Agitator
- The Adventures of Dusty Bates (1947) as 'Squeaky' Watts
- Wild Boy (1934) as Bit
- They Flew Alone (1942) as Mechanic
- Dry Rot (1956) as Alf Tubbe
- My Wife's Family (1956) as Doc Knott
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) as Porter
- The Black Tulip (1937) as Hendrik