RONALD SHINER
ACTING
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).
- Limelight 1936
- The Case of the Frightened Lady 1940
- Forbidden 1949
- The Gang's All Here 1939
- A Yank at Oxford 1938
- Dry Rot 1956
- Laughing Anne 1953
- Flying Fifty-Five 1939
- Get Cracking 1943
- Girls at Sea 1958
- The Navy Lark 1959
- St. Martin's Lane 1938
- Trouble Brewing 1939
- Come on George! 1939
- Carry on Admiral 1957
- Beauty and the Barge 1937
- It's a Bet 1935
- Bees in Paradise 1944
- The Magic Box 1952
- Operation Bullshine 1959
- The Gentle Sex 1943
- Unpublished Story 1942
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall 1942
- My Learned Friend 1943
- Miss London Ltd. 1943
- I Live in Grosvenor Square 1945
- Caesar and Cleopatra 1945
- They Drive by Night 1938
- They Flew Alone 1942
- Thursday's Child 1943
- Dinner at the Ritz 1937
- The Man Within 1947