Barker, Ronnie

Ronnie Barker a British actor, comedian, writer, critic, collector, broadcaster and businessman was born in 1929.

His first role on stage was A Murder has Been Arranged by Emlyn Williams in Oxford, 1946, where he was very active in amateur dramatics. Despite failing to get in to the Young Vic School, he began his career in theatre in the Manchester Repertory Theatre, his first professional role being that of Lieutenant Spicer in Quality Street by Sir J.M. Barrie in 1948. In 1951 he joined the Oxford Playhouse Theatre Players. Peter Hall worked with him in Oxford and brought him to London's West End.

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