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Ronald Balfour “Ronnie” Corbett, CBE (born 4 December 1930) is a Scottish actor and comedian who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the television comedy series The Two Ronnies. He achieved prominence in Sir David Frost’s 1960s satirical comedy programme, The Frost Report and later starred in the sitcoms Sorry! and No – That’s Me Over Here!. 

Full Name Ronnie Corbett
Net Worth $5 Million
Date Of Birth December 4, 1930
Died March 31, 2016, Shirley, London
Place Of Birth Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Height 4′ 11¾” (1.52 m)
Profession Actor, Writer, Producer
Education Royal High School, Edinburgh
Nationality British
Spouse Anne Hart
Children Andrew Corbett, Emma Corbett, Sophie Corbett
Parents Annie Elizabeth Corbett, William Balfour Corbett
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179196
Awards Order of the British Empire, British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, The British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominations British Comedy Award for the Best Sketch Show
Movies Burke & Hare, Fierce Creatures, No Sex Please, We’re British, Some Will, Some Won’t, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, Casino Royale, Operation Snatch, Rockets Galore!, You’re Only Young Twice, By the Sea, Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, The Picnic, Sleeper: A Vampire Movie
TV Shows The Two Ronnies, The Frost Report, Sorry!, No – That’s Me Over Here!, Small Talk, Monkey Trousers, Ant & Dec’s Push the Button, The Two Ronnies Sketchbook, Frost on Sunday, The Ronnie Corbett Show, The Ben Elton Show, Now Look Here, Ronnie Corbett’s Supper Club, The Prince Of Denmark
Trademark
1 His golf jumpers
2 His short stature
Quote
1 Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
2 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.
3 When I was small… well, when I was very small…
4 The definitive Eric (Eric Morecambe) and Ernie (Ernie Wise) show was a hugely popular number one and we were a close second. That was a nice time in one’s life.
5 Miranda Hart is outstandingly funny and different in a refreshing, sparkly way. She’s wordy and intelligent, yet broad and physical when she wants to be.
6 We live in the same world, Bercow (John Bercow) and me: not big enough to play James Bond; not small enough to be adopted by Madonna.
7 We knew what would upset the average man in the street. Our material was good-natured. There’s a lot of swearing on TV today. They even have documentaries with the f-word. You get fed up watching shows with not much care and love, reality programmes where they put people in a house for a fortnight and film them doing everything, or where participants arrive after lunch and do the programme at six. How long does it take to make They Think It’s All Over (1995)? It’s just laughing at each other and thinking, ‘Aren’t we clever?’
8 Ronnie Barker and I didn’t have to knock booze on the head, or go into the Priory to overcome drug addiction. We’re fortunate we were quite grown up, family men with children, and lucky with our wives before we had what you might call a touch of fame. We were never temperamental, fractious, or walked out slamming doors. We were fussy, though. We wanted everything doing properly.
Fact
1 Grandfather of Tom Corbett and Tilly Corbett.
2 He tells a story in his autobiography of how Stanley Kubrick wanted him for a part in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – as an alien.
3 Was on a tribute show to mark the BBC Television Centre’s closing in 2012, along with David Jason, Miranda Hart and John Cleese.
4 In 1979, he and Ronnie Barker took their families to Australia for a year for job opportunities.
5 A guest at the Royal Variety Performance in 1986.
6 He was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List for his services to entertainment and charity.
7 Firstborn son, Andrew Corbett, died only weeks old at St. Thomas Hospital in London, England of heart problems.
8 His father was a baker.
9 Was a guest panelist in a special celebrity edition of Blankety Blank on The Prince’s Trust 30th Birthday: Live.
10 Attended The Royal High School in Edinburgh, Scotland.
11 At the end of “The Two Ronnies”, they would always close with Ronnie Corbett saying “Well, it’s goodnight from me”, to which Ronnie Barker would reply “And it’s goodnight from him”.
12 Despite his small stature, Corbett served in the Royal Air Force as a commissioned officer during his National Service.
13 Father of Emma Corbett, Sophie Corbett and Andrew Corbett (b. March 1966, d. April 1966).
14 He was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1978 New Year’s Honours List for his services to entertainment.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
The One Ronnie 2010 TV Movie Various Characters
Burke and Hare 2010 Captain Tam McLintoch
The Sarah Jane Adventures 2009 TV Series Slitheen
The Sarah Jane Adventures Comic Relief Special 2009 TV Movie Ambassador Rahnius
Love Soup 2008 TV Series Gordon Bexter
Extras 2006 TV Series Ronnie Corbett
The Children’s Party at the Palace 2006 TV Special Mr. Tibbs (The BFG)
The All Star Comedy Show 2004 TV Movie Various Roles
Cinderella 2000/II TV Movie Griselda
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 1999 TV Movie Medieval Man
Timbuctoo 1998 TV Series
Fierce Creatures 1997 Reggie Sealions
Small Talk 1994-1996 TV Series
Call up the Stars 1995 TV Movie Arthur Askey
Sorry! 1981-1988 TV Series Timothy Lumsden
The Ronnie Corbett Show 1987 TV Series Various Roles
The Two Ronnies in Australia 1986 TV Series Various Roles
By the Sea 1982 TV Movie The Son (as The Two Ronnies)
Rubbish Tips 1980 Short
The Ronnie Corbett Special 1979 TV Series
The Control of Working Capital 1978 Video short Ron Scroggs
Ronnie Corbett’s Saturday Special 1977 TV Series
All This and Corbett Too 1975 TV Series
The Picnic 1975 TV Short The Son
The Prince of Denmark 1974 TV Series Ronnie
The Two Ronnies 1973 TV Series Various roles
No Sex Please: We’re British 1973 Brian Runnicles
Now Look Here 1971-1973 TV Series Ronnie
Ronnie Corbett in Bed 1971 TV Movie Various Characters
The Ronnie Barker Yearbook 1971 TV Movie Various Characters
No, That’s Me Over Here! 1967-1970 TV Series Ronnie
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer 1970 Interviewer
Jackanory 1970 TV Series Storyteller
Some Will, Some Won’t 1970 Herbert Russell
It’s Tommy Cooper 1970 TV Series Little Caesar
Frost on Sunday 1968-1970 TV Series Various
The Coward Revue 1969 TV Movie
The Bruce Forsyth Show 1966-1969 TV Series
Hark at Barker 1969 TV Series
The Corbett Follies 1969 TV Series
A Night Out with Danny La Rue 1968 TV Movie Various
Monsieur Lecoq 1967
The Frost Report 1966-1967 TV Series Various Roles
Casino Royale 1967 Polo
At Last the 1948 Show 1967 TV Series Saudi wrestling stage hand
Hugh and I 1966 TV Series
It’s Tarbuck 1964-1965 TV Series Various
The Saint 1963 TV Series Nicky
The Dickie Henderson Show 1962 TV Series
Operation Snatch 1962 Soldier (uncredited)
Three Live Wires 1961 TV Series
Alice Through the Looking Box 1960 TV Movie Dormouse
Mad Little Island 1958 Drooby
Sheep’s Clothing 1957 TV Series Valet
After the Ball 1957 Stage Entertainer (uncredited)
Fun at St Fanny’s 1955 Chumleigh (as Ronald Corbett)
The Vise 1955 TV Series
Man with a Million 1954 Photographer (uncredited)
Rheingold Theatre 1953 TV Series Young Hooligan
Top of the Form 1953 Student (uncredited)
You’re Only Young Twice 1952 Student (as Ronald Corbett)

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Crackerjack! 1957-1958 TV Series writer – 12 episodes

Producer

Title Year Status Character
All the Best for Christmas 1997 TV Series producer – 1997

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Cinderella 2000/II TV Movie performer: “Finale”

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman 2012 thanks
Acorn Antiques: The Musical 2006 Video a special thank you to
And It’s Goodnight from Him: The Very Best of Ronnie Barker 1996 Video documentary thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was 2013 TV Movie documentary Himself – Performer, ‘The Frost Report’
Frost on Sketch Shows 2013 TV Movie documentary Himself
Goodbye Television Centre 2013 TV Special documentary Himself
Clive Dunn: A Tribute 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself
100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Royal Variety Performance 2012 2012 TV Movie Himself
God Save the Queens 2012 Documentary Himself
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories 2009-2012 TV Series Himself
The Story of Musicals 2012 TV Series documentary Himself
Comedy Britain 2011 TV Movie documentary Himself – Presenter
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse 2011 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Unforgettable Danny La Rue 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself
Loose Women 2010 TV Series Himself
The Rob Brydon Show 2010 TV Series Himself
Ronnie Corbett’s Supper Club 2010 TV Series Himself – Presenter
Would I Lie to You? 2010 TV Series Himself
30 Years of ‘An Audience With…’ 2010 TV Series documentary Himself
Something for the Weekend 2010 TV Series Timothy
The One Show 2008-2010 TV Series Himself
Ant & Dec’s Push the Button 2010 TV Series Himself
Strictly Come Dancing 2009 TV Series Himself: Co – Host
Monty Python: Almost the Truth – The Lawyer’s Cut 2009 TV Mini-Series Himself
Raiders of the Lost Archive 2009 TV Series documentary Himself
The Paul O’Grady Show 2006-2009 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief 2009 2009 TV Special Rani Slitheen
TV Burp 2009 TV Series Himself
The Man Who Made Eric & Ernie 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Charlotte Church Show 2008 TV Series Himself
Comedy Connections 2005-2008 TV Series documentary Himself
Jonathan Ross Salutes ‘Dad’s Army’ 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Great British Menu 2008 TV Series Himself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2002-2008 TV Series Himself
The Frost Report Is Back 2008 TV Movie Himself
Happy Birthday Brucie! 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself
Love Soup: Out Takes 2008 Video documentary short Himself / Gordon Bexter (uncredited)
That’s What I Call Television 2007 TV Series Himself – Co-host
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself
The F Word 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
The Dame Edna Treatment 2007 TV Series Himself
Two Ronnies: Christmas Retrospective 2007 Video documentary short Himself
Little Britain 2006 TV Series Himself
The Best of the Royal Variety 2006 TV Series Himself
The Prince’s Trust 30th Birthday: Live 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
Eating with… 2006 TV Series documentary Himself
One O’Clock News 2005-2006 TV Series Himself / Various Characters
An Audience with Joan Rivers 2006 TV Movie Himself – Audience Member
The South Bank Show 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
The Two Ronnies Sketchbook 2005 TV Series Himself
And It’s Goodnight from Him 2005 TV Movie Himself – Interviewee
BBC News at Ten O’Clock 2005 TV Series Himself
Channel 4 News 2005 TV Series Himself
What Did ITV Do for Me? 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Ronnie Corbett OBE)
Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV 2005 TV Special Himself
Breakfast with Frost 2005 TV Series Himself
The Kumars at No. 42 2005 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief 2005: Is This the Way to Amarillo 2005 Video short Himself
Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 2005 TV Special Himself
Bruce Forsyth: A BAFTA Tribute 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself
Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute 2005 TV Movie Himself (uncredited)
Have I Got News for You 2004 TV Series Himself – Guest Presenter
Today with Des and Mel 2004 TV Series Himself
Richard & Judy 2004 TV Series Himself
The Keith Barret Show 2004 TV Series Himself
Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute 2004 TV Special documentary Himself
Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute 2004 TV Movie Himself – Host
Christmas Night with the Stars 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself
I’m Dreaming of a TV Christmas 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself
Des O’Connor Tonight 2003 TV Series
Parkinson 2003 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do 2003 TV Special Rubeus Hagrid
The Royal Variety Performance 2003 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself
Heroes of Comedy 2000-2002 TV Series documentary Himself
Being Dom Joly 2001 TV Movie Himself
The Unforgettable Eric Morecambe 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Sketch Show Story 2001 TV Series documentary Himself
Wild About Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe 2001 TV Special Himself
The Best of British 2000 TV Series Himself
The Royal Variety Performance 2000 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself
Night of a Thousand Shows 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself
A Tribute to the Two Ronnies 2000 TV Movie Himself
The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story 1999 TV Special short Himself
An Audience with Diana Ross 1999 TV Special Himself – Audience Member
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python 1999 TV Movie documentary Himself
Two Ronnies Night 1999 TV Special Himself
What a Performance! 1999 TV Series Himself
Noel’s House Party 1991-1998 TV Series The Butler / Himself
The Ben Elton Show 1998 TV Series Himself
Late Lunch 1998 TV Series Himself
All the Best for Christmas 1997 TV Series Himself
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett 1997 TV Movie Himself
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth 1997 TV Movie Himself
Clive Anderson All Talk 1997 TV Series Himself
And It’s Goodnight from Him: The Very Best of Ronnie Barker 1996 Video documentary Himself
Full Swing 1996 TV Series Himself
A Christmas Night with the Stars 1971-1994 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself
The Royal Variety Performance 1994 TV Movie Himself
Small Talk 1994 TV Series Himself – Host
This Is Your Life 1970-1994 TV Series documentary Himself
Guest Night 1992 TV Series
Television’s Greatest Hits 1992 TV Series documentary Himself
Masterchef 1991 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief 1991 TV Special Himself
Cilla’s Goodbye to the ’80s 1989 TV Movie
Bruce and Ronnie 1988 TV Movie documentary
The Royal Variety Performance 1988 1988 TV Special Himself
Live from Her Majesty’s 1988 TV Series Himself
Wogan 1985-1988 TV Series Himself
Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies 1987 TV Movie Himself – Host / Various
The Two Ronnies 1971-1987 TV Series Himself / Various Characters / Doyle
Omnibus 1986 TV Series documentary
Children in Need 1985 TV Series Himself
Seaside Special 1975-1977 TV Series Himself
The Andy Stewart Show 1976 TV Series Himself
Festival of Entertainment 1976 TV Movie Himself
The Good Old Days 1976 TV Series Himself
The Golden Shot 1974 TV Series Himself
2nd House 1973 TV Series Himself
It’s Lulu 1973 TV Series Himself
The Dean Martin Show 1971 TV Series Himself
The Val Doonican Show 1970 TV Series Himself
Frost on Sunday 1970 TV Series Himself
The Royal Variety Performance 1969 1969 TV Special Himself
The David Frost Show 1969 TV Series Himself
Billy Cotton Band Show 1968 TV Series Himself
Once More with Felix 1968 TV Series Himself
Juke Box Jury 1967 TV Series Himself – Panellist
ABC Stage 67 1967 TV Series Himself
The Eamonn Andrews Show 1966 TV Series Himself
Dan Farson Meets … 1962 TV Series Himself
Crackerjack! 1957-1960 TV Series Himself / Himself – Regular
The Yana Show 1956 TV Series Himself
Weird Celebrity Journeys with Bearsac in London 2016 TV Mini-Series Himself
The Many Faces of… 2016 TV Series documentary Himself / Various Characters
Christmas with the Double Acts 2015 TV Movie documentary Himself – Actor & Comedian
Comic Relief: National Treasures 2015 TV Movie Himself
The Fight for Saturday Night 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Ronnie Corbett CBE)
Pride of Britain Awards 2014 TV Special Himself
The Graham Norton Show 2009-2014 TV Series Himself – Guest
Britain’s Best Loved Double Acts 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself – The Two Ronnies
Ronnie’s Animal Crackers 2013 TV Series Himself – Presenter

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
BAFTA Televsion Awards 2016 2016 TV Special
The One Show 2016 TV Series Himself / Various Characters
The Graham Norton Show 2013-2014 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself
The Golden Age of Steam Railways 2012 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – Commercial filmed on Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman 2012 Thompson (uncredited)
Tales of Television Centre 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
The Syndicate 2012 TV Series The Two Ronnies
The Unforgettable Rod Hull 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1977 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
Ben Elton: Laughing at the 80s 2011 TV Movie documentary Timothy Lumsden (uncredited)
My Favourite Joke 2011 TV Series Shopkeeper
The Rob Brydon Show 2010 TV Series Himself
Would I Lie to You? 2010 TV Series Himself
30 Years of ‘An Audience With…’ 2010 TV Series documentary Himself
The Funny Side of… 2009 TV Series documentary Himself
The Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments 2008 TV Movie documentary Various Characters (uncredited)
Is Anybody There? 2008 Himself (uncredited)
Comedy Connections 2007-2008 TV Series documentary Various Characters / Charlie Smithers
50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
The Comedy Christmas 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself
All the Best from Denis Norden 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
The Story of Light Entertainment 2006 TV Mini-Series documentary
Acorn Antiques: The Musical 2006 Video The Father (uncredited)
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters – Volume 2 2005 Video Guest Presenter
Greatest TV Comedy Moments 2005 TV Movie documentary Bathroom Sketch (uncredited)
The Best of the Two Ronnies: Volume 2 2003 Video Himself / Various Characters (as Ronnie Corbett OBE)
The Best of the Two Ronnies 2002 Video Various Characters (as Ronnie Corbett O.B.E.)
A Perfect Two Ronnies Show 2001 TV Movie documentary
The Filth and the Fury 2000 Documentary Himself
The Two Ronnies at the Movies 1999 TV Movie
Hamlet: The Video 1992 Video short Cox
Life of Python 1990 TV Special documentary Various Roles

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2005 Special Award Television and Radio Industries Club Awards
1999 Lifetime Achievement Award British Comedy Awards
1972 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Light Entertainment Performance The Two Ronnies (1971)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2011 British Comedy Award British Comedy Awards Best Sketch Show The One Ronnie (2010)
1984 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Light Entertainment Performance The Two Ronnies (1971)
1976 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Light Entertainment Performance The Two Ronnies (1971)
1974 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Light Entertainment Performance The Two Ronnies (1971)
1971 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Light Entertainment Performance No, That’s Me Over Here! (1967)

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