Ronald William George Barker OBE (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as Porridge, The Two Ronnies, and Open All Hours. More about Ronnie Barker
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Barker began acting in Oxford amateur dramatics while working as a bank clerk, having dropped out of higher education. He moved into repertory theatre with the Manchester Repertory Company at Aylesbury and decided he was best suited to comic roles. He had his first success at the Oxford Playhouse and in roles in the West End including Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound. During this period, he was in the cast of BBC radio and television comedies such as The Navy Lark. He got his television break with the satirical sketch series The Frost Report in 1966, where he worked with future collaborator, Ronnie Corbett. He joined David Frost's production company and starred in ITV shows.In total, we tracked 433 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Ronnie Barker ( RICHARD BECKINSALE RONNIE BARKER 40th Year PORRIDGE Signed Montage AFTAL) was sold in June 2016 for £365.00 while the cheapest item (OPEN ALL HOURS GENUINE SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING RONNIE BARKER AND DAVID JASON) found a new owner for £0.99 in December 2023. The month with the most items sold (14) was July 2018 with an average selling price of £6.50 for an autographed item of Ronnie Barker. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2023 with £65.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.59 was November 2016. In average, an autographed item from Ronnie Barker is worth £18.50.
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A Pennyworth of Art: The Green Album by Ronnie Barker - Signed by Author - 1986 | £15.00 | ||
Ronnie Barker - signed photograph - dedicated 'To Nicholas - Congratulations!' | £9.99 | ||
Ronnie Barker All I Ever Wrote ISBN 1 902963 01 6 SIGNED (674) | £11.50 | ||
Ronnie Barker genuine signed autograph - collector selling collection | £5.50 | ||
RONNIE BARKER PEBBLES ON THE BEACH Signed Copy TO THE SEASIDE GIRL 1985 | £13.00 | ||
Ronnie Barker Signed Card -See Other Listings Most In-person | £25.00 | ||
Ronnie Barker Signed Card -See Other Listings Most In-person | £25.00 | ||
Ronnie Barker Signed Copy All I Ever Wrote ISBN 1902963016 Hardback Book -CP | £32.00 | ||
Ronnie Barker Signed The British Seaside Bradbury Limited Ed First Day Cover | £24.99 | ||
Ronnie Barker vintage signed card AFTAL#145 | £16.67 |
BBC announces annual Ronnie Barker lecture (03/08/15): Top comic to spray a few worms about the spate of comedy
BBC announces annual talk on comedy, named after Ronnie Barker (03/05/15): Speakers for the lectures will be unveiled later in the year.
BBC to host Ronnie Barker comedy lectures (03/04/15): The BBC has unveiled plans for an annual lecture about comedy that will honour the memory of the late Ronnie Barker.
BBC to host Ronnie Barker lecture (03/04/15): The BBC has unveiled plans for an annual lecture about comedy named in honour of the late Ronnie Barker.
Ronnie Barker's sex offender son in £450k windfall after selling London home (07/15/14): Adam Barker, 45, has sold his home in Ealing for £550,000 - more than five times what it cost his father in 2001, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.
Ronnie Barker's paedophile son sells house where he hoarded child pornography fo (03/2014): Adam Barker, 45, has reportedly sold the property in Ealing, West London, for £550,000 - making a profit of £450,000.
Still Open All Hours hailed as 'warmly nostalgic' and 'a fitting tribute to Ronn (12/2013): On Boxing Day night, fans of classic British sitcom Open All Hours sat down to watch what was literally a trip down memory lane hailing its return as 'warmly nostalgic'
I, Ronnie: how Ronnie Barker almost beat Derek Jacobi to his most famous role (09/2013): Sir Derek Jacobi has revealed that he was in fact the fifth actor to be offered the starring role in I, Claudius, behind Charlton Heston and Ronnie Barker among others.