Acting

Ronald Shiner

Born June 8, 1903 · London, England, UK

Died June 29, 1966 · aged 63

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 t…

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A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford · 1938

A Yank at Oxford

MovieDramaRomance

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Laughing Anne

Laughing Anne · 1953

MovieAdventureDrama

Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra · 1945

Caesar and Cleopatra

MovieDramaHistory

At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.

Dry Rot

Dry Rot · 1956

Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.

I Live in Grosvenor Square

I Live in Grosvenor Square · 1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square

MovieComedyDrama

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.

Operation Bullshine

Operation Bullshine · 1959

Operation Bullshine

During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as him paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.

St. Martin's Lane

St. Martin's Lane · 1938

St. Martin's Lane

MovieComedyDrama

Pickpocket Libby is protected by aging street performer Charles, who takes her into his troupe. Libby's dancing leads her to meet songwriter Harley and launch a stage career, while Charles is seemingly spurned by the waif he has helped.

The Night We Got the Bird

The Night We Got the Bird · 1960

The Night We Got the Bird

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

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A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford · 1938

A Yank at Oxford

MovieDramaRomance

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Bicycle Repairman (uncredited)

Laughing Anne

Laughing Anne · 1953

MovieAdventureDrama

Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.

Nobby Clark

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra · 1945

Caesar and Cleopatra

MovieDramaHistory

At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.

2nd Porter

Dry Rot

Dry Rot · 1956

Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.

Alf Tubbe

I Live in Grosvenor Square

I Live in Grosvenor Square · 1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square

MovieComedyDrama

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.

Paratrooper

Operation Bullshine

Operation Bullshine · 1959

Operation Bullshine

During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as him paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.

Gunner Slocum

St. Martin's Lane

St. Martin's Lane · 1938

St. Martin's Lane

MovieComedyDrama

Pickpocket Libby is protected by aging street performer Charles, who takes her into his troupe. Libby's dancing leads her to meet songwriter Harley and launch a stage career, while Charles is seemingly spurned by the waif he has helped.

Barman (uncredited)

The Night We Got the Bird

The Night We Got the Bird · 1960

The Night We Got the Bird

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

Cecil Gibson

My Wife's Family

My Wife's Family · 1956

My Wife's Family

Doc Knott

Unpublished Story

Unpublished Story · 1942

Unpublished Story

Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.

Agitator

Let George Do It!

Let George Do It! · 1940

Let George Do It!

MovieComedyMusic

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.

Musician (uncredited)

Dinner at the Ritz

Dinner at the Ritz · 1937

Dinner at the Ritz

MovieMysteryRomance

The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.

Sydney

The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here · 1939

The Gang's All Here

John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.

Spider Ferris

Innocents in Paris

Innocents in Paris · 1953

Innocents in Paris

Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

Dicky Bird

The Case of the Frightened Lady

The Case of the Frightened Lady · 1940

The Case of the Frightened Lady

MovieMysteryThriller

A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

Sergeant Totty

Beauty and the Barge

Beauty and the Barge · 1937

Beauty and the Barge

A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.

Augustus

Up to His Neck

Up to His Neck · 1954

A maritime farce set in the South Seas. A strong supporting cast includes Brian Rix, Anthony Newley & Harry Fowler.

Jack Carter

Sabotage at Sea

Sabotage at Sea · 1942

Sabotage at Sea

The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.

Ernie (the cook)

Forbidden

Forbidden · 1949

MovieThrillerDrama

Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.

Dan Collins

Trouble Brewing

Trouble Brewing · 1939

Trouble Brewing

MovieComedyMusic

Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.

Bridgewater

Top of the Form

Top of the Form · 1953

Top of the Form

A con man hides out in a boys' school, posing as a professor. When the undisciplined and lazy boys have to pass a few tests, cheating becomes the only option.

'Professor' Fortescue

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt · 1942

The Young Mr. Pitt

MovieDramaHistory

In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.

Man in Stocks

The Magic Box

The Magic Box · 1952

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first wife's for the photographic portrait work he excelled at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.

Fairground Barker

The Man Within

The Man Within · 1947

MovieAdventureCrime

A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

Cockney Harry

Theatre Night

Theatre Night · 1957

A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.

Bertie Skidmore