Ronnie Barker Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Comedy Awards for "The Two Ronnies" in 1999
• Won four BAFTA TV Awards for Best Light Entertainment Performance for "The Two Ronnies" in 1972, 1976, 1978, and 1979
• Was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1978
• Was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Personality for "Hark at Barker" in 1970
• Had a love for theatre as a child, once skipping school to see Laurence Olivier in "Henry V," and he often waited outside stage doors for autographs, his first coming from Celia Johnson
• Started out as an assistant stage manager for the Manchester Repertory Company
• Best known for his role as Albert Arkwright in "Open All Hours" and as Norman Stanley Fletcher in "Porridge․"
• After his retirement from acting in 1987, he opened an antique store with his wife, Joy