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The Navy Lark

as CPO Banyard

1959
Laughing Anne

as Nobby Clark

1953
Forbidden

as Dan Collins

1949
The Adventures of Dusty Bates

as 'Squeaky' Watts

1947
The Balloon Goes Up

as Sergeant Shiner

1942
Old Bill and Son

as Bert

1941
The Case of the Frightened Lady

as Sergeant Totty

1940
The Missing People

as Sam Hackett

1939
They Drive by Night

as Charlie

1938
Ronald Shiner Ronald Shiner

Birthday

1903-06-08

Place of Birth

London, England

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.
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