Ronnie Corbett
Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, CBEwas a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer and broadcaster, best known for his long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show The Two Ronnies. He achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme The Frost Reportand subsequently starred in sitcoms such as No – That's Me Over Here!, Now Look Here and Sorry!...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth4 December 1930
gold pure ronnie writer
Ronnie was pure gold in triplicate - as a performer, a writer and a friend.
criminals prison vans
A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Pass. Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for 16 hardened criminals.
boys long athletic
I wasn't a very athletic boy. I was once lapped in the long jump
nice thinking people
I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily.
memories heart scotland
I certainly treasure the memory and indeed the picture, which still hangs in my house in Scotland, of Ronnie Barker and I with the Choir when we came to Wales to shoot our Welsh choir section of the "Two Ronnies" programme. You are very close to my heart.