Ronald William George Barker (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. Barker began acting in Oxford amateur dramatics while working as a bank clerk, having dropped out of higher education.

Filmography

• 2026Open All Hours: Inside Out
• 2022Comedy Classics: Porridge — (archive footage)
• 2019The Two Ronnies Unseen
• 2012The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker — Archive Footage
• 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years — Norman Stanley Fletcher (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Best of Ronnie Barker
• The Two Ronnies Sketchbook — Creator
• 2003Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher — Norman Stanley Fletcher
• 2003My House in Umbria — The General
• 2002The Gathering Storm — David Inches
• 2001The Best of The Two Ronnies - Volume 1 — Self/Various
• The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
• 1997An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
• Clarence — Clarence, Writer, Creator
• The Two Ronnies In Australia — Various Roles
• The Magnificent Evans — Plantagenet Evans
• 1982By the Sea — The General, Writer
• 1982The Funny Side of Christmas — Albert Arkwright
• 1979Porridge — Norman Stanley Fletcher
• Going Straight — Norman Stanley Fletcher
• 1977To See Such Fun
• Open All Hours — Albert Arkwright
• 1976Porridge: The Desperate Hours — Fletcher
• 1976Robin and Marian — Friar Tuck
• 1976The Picnic — The General, Writer
• 1975Porridge: No Way Out — Fletcher
• Porridge — Norman Stanley Fletcher
• Seven of One — Albert Arkwright, Norman Stanley Fletcher, Sam Cobbett, Albert Spanner, Harry Norvel, Alan Joyce, Evan Owen / Grandpa Owen, Writer, Creator
• 1973The Two Ronnies Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery — various roles, Writer
• His Lordship Entertains
• Sykes — Lord Towers
• 1971A Midsummer Night's Dream — Bottom
• Six Dates with Barker — Fred, Inspector Alexander, Arthur Harriman, Lola / Fritz Braun, Dr Swanton, Prince Boffo, Writer, Creator
• The Best Of The Two Ronnies
• 1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins — Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
• 1971The Odd Job — Arthur Harriman
• The Two Ronnies — Writer, Creator
• 1970Futtocks End — Gen. Futtock, Writer
• 1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town — George Bastow
• 1969Charley's Aunt — Stephen Spettigue
• Hark at Barker — Lord Rustless / Various Characters, Creator
• 1969The Bed Sitting Room — Underwater Vicar (voice) (uncredited)
• 1969Two off the Cuff
• The Ronnie Barker Playhouse — Tennyson Elias Williams, Lord Rustless, Ronald Winterbourne, Cyril Tanner, The Monk, Alexander, Creator
• 1967A Ghost of a Chance — Mr. Prendergast
• Before The Fringe
• The Gamblers
• 1967The Man Outside — George Venaxas
• The Frost Report
• A Tale of Two Cities — Jerry Cruncher
• BBC Play of the Month — Henry Ormonroyd, Stephen Spettigue, Nick Bottom
• 1965Runaway Railway — Mr. Galore
• 1964A Home of Your Own — The Cement Mixer
• 1964Father Came Too! — Josh Wicks
• 1964The Bargee — Ronnie
• Theatre 625 — Crowther Rimington
• 1963Doctor in Distress — Man at Railway Station Ticket Counter (uncredited)
• 1963The Cracksman — Yossle
• 1962Kill or Cure — Burton
• The Saint — Alphonse
• Drama 61-67 — Harrison
• Faces of Jim — Newsreader, Board Member, Sidney Biggins, Mr Harris, Inigo Pengallen, Ronnie, Ron Glum, The Psychiatrist, Lennie Padgett, Lascivius, Jonathan de Winter, Colonel Sanderson, George Butters MP
• Six More Faces of Jim
• The Avengers — Cheshire
• Christmas Night with the Stars
• 1958Wonderful Things — Waiter (uncredited)
• Theatre Night — Perigord
• Armchair Theatre — Grimwood
• By the Sea — Creator

Appearances as themselves (10)

• The Two Ronnies Spectacle — Himself
• 2009Is Anybody There? — Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2004Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute — Himself
• 1989Just Like That! — Self
• 1986A Tribute to Tommy Cooper — Self
• Wogan — Self
• The Big Show — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Frost on Sunday — Self / Various Characters
• Comedy Greats The Two Ronnies — Himself