Among a host of mismatched fellow birthday celebrants including Pedro Almodóvar, Felicity Kendal, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones [bizarrely, spouses who share a birthday], Juliet Prowse, Dmitri Shostakovich, Mark Hamill, Sir Colin Davis, Christopher Reeve, Mark Rothko, Aldo Ray and - ahem - Heather Locklear, the "national treasure" that was Mr Ronnie Barker would have been 90 years old today.
Here are just a few of his shining comedy moments:
There'll never be another...
Ronald William George Barker OBE (25th September 1929 – 3rd October 2005)
For the legendary "Four Candles" sketch, see my tribute to Mr Barker's "Ronnie-in-crime", Mr Corbett.
All the silly money poured into genetic hanky-panky when, really, they could have just cloned Mr.Barker. Such a talent. And I'm glad youtube still has him
ReplyDeleteNow there's a project for modern science... Jx
DeleteI like that people who worked with him always emphasise what a generous man he was. Such a clever bloke.
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He was a natural. Jx
DeleteWell, those clips have cheered me up no end! Thank you, Jon - and Ronnies Barker & Corbett, John Cleese, and Biggins et al.
ReplyDeleteOnly Cleese, Biggins and Jason are left, I believe. Which is rather sad. Jx
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