Ronald Shiner
Actor
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.
Filmography
St. Martin's Lane
as Barman (uncredited) 1938
The Magic Box
as Fairground Barker 1952
The Case of the Frightened Lady
as Sergeant Totty 1940
They Drive by Night
as Charlie 1938
Innocents in Paris
as Dicky Bird 1953
My Learned Friend
as Man in Wilson's Bar 1943
Let George Do It!
as Musician (uncredited) 1940
The Gentle Sex
as Racegoer 1943
A Yank at Oxford
as Bicycle Repairman (uncredited) 1938
Forbidden
as Dan Collins 1949
Carry On Admiral
as Salty Simpson 1957
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Paratrooper 1945
The Young Mr. Pitt
as Man in Stocks 1942
Dry Rot
as Alf Tubbe 1956
Trouble Brewing
as Bridgewater 1939
Bees in Paradise
as Ronald Wild 1944