Ronald Shiner

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: London, England, UK, 1903-06-08

Died: 1966-06-29

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Wild Boy	Bit	0
2	1934	Doctor's Orders	Miggs	60
3	1935	Gentlemen's Agreement	Jim Ferrin	73
4	1935	It's a Bet	Fair Man	0
5	1935	Squibs	Bill	37
6	1935	Once a Thief	Alice's Young Man	50
7	1936	Limelight	Asst. Stage Manager	80
8	1936	Excuse My Glove	Perky Pat	0
9	1937	London Melody	Pickpocket on Trial	50
10	1937	Beauty and the Barge	Augustus	64
11	1937	Dinner at the Ritz	Sydney	55
12	1938	A Yank at Oxford	Bicycle Repairman (uncredited)	67
13	1938	St. Martin's Lane	Barman (uncredited)	71
14	1938	They Drive by Night	Charlie	58
15	1939	The Nursemaid Who Disappeared		0
16	1939	Trouble Brewing	Bridgewater	62
17	1939	The Gang's All Here	Spider Ferris	50
18	1939	The Mind of Mr. Reeder	Sam Hackett	0
19	1939	Flying Fifty-Five	Scrubby Oaks	76
20	1939	The Missing People	Sam Hackett	0
21	1939	Come on George!	Nat	54
22	1940	Salvage with a Smile	Dustman	0
23	1940	The Middle Watch	Engineer	50
24	1940	Let George Do It!	Musician	58
25	1940	The Case of the Frightened Lady	Sergeant Totty	65
26	1940	Spare a Copper	Piano Mover	70
27	1941	Old Bill and Son	Bert	65
28	1941	South American George	Swifty	60
29	1942	The Black Sheep of Whitehall	Porter	72
30	1942	They Flew Alone	Mechanic	60
31	1942	Unpublished Story	Agitator	63
32	1942	Sabotage at Sea	Ernie (the cook)	50
33	1942	The Young Mr. Pitt	Man in Stocks	55
34	1942	The Balloon Goes Up	Sergeant Shiner	53
35	1942	King Arthur Was a Gentleman	Sergeant	52
36	1943	Thursday's Child	Joe	53
37	1943	Get Cracking	Everett Manley	65
38	1943	The Gentle Sex	Racegoer	70
39	1943	Miss London Ltd.	Sailor Meredith	52
40	1943	My Learned Friend	Man in Wilson's Bar	60
41	1944	Bees in Paradise	Ronald Wild	53
42	1945	I Live in Grosvenor Square	Paratrooper	71
43	1945	Caesar and Cleopatra	2nd Porter	61
44	1946	George in Civvy Street	Fingers	75
45	1947	The Man Within	Cockney Harry	57
46	1947	The Adventures of Dusty Bates	'Squeaky' Watts	40
47	1949	Forbidden	Dan Collins	69
48	1951	Worm's Eye View	Sam Porter	0
49	1952	Little Big Shot	Henry Harkwood	45
50	1952	The Magic Box	Fairground Barker	63
51	1952	Reluctant Heroes	Sergeant Bell	0
52	1953	Top of the Form		50
53	1953	Innocents in Paris	Dicky Bird	51
54	1953	Laughing Anne	Nobby Clark	43
55	1954	Up to His Neck	Jack Carter	0
56	1954	Aunt Clara	Henry Martin	45
57	1956	Keep It Clean	Bert Lane	45
58	1956	Dry Rot	Alf Tubbe	71
59	1957	Carry on Admiral	Salty Simpson	60
60	1957	Not Wanted on Voyage	Higgins	65
61	1958	Girls at Sea	Marine Ogg	60
62	1959	The Navy Lark	CPO Banyard	68
63	1959	Operation Bullshine	Gunner Slocum	51
64	1960	The Night We Got the Bird	Cecil Gibson	45

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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