Ronald Shiner
Ronald Alfred Shiner ( born June 8, 1903 in London, United Kingdom, † June 29, 1966 ) was an English actor and stage director who has made a name as a character comedian in film.
Life and work
Ronald Alfred Shiner attended in his hometown of London, and St. Aloysius College Cathcart. From 1920 to 1922 he served with the North West Mounted Police, 1924 to 1927 the Royal Corps of signal.
In 1928 he moved to the stage and performed at the Hippodrome Theatre in London - Margate in the play Dr Syn first time. From 1929 to 1931, Shiner tried several times as a director, including at the pieces Down Our Street, The Way to Treat a Woman and Duke of York 's. Between 1931 and 1934 he could be seen at the Whitehall Theatre in 1935 at the Cambridge Theatre. At that time undertook Ronald Shiner his first steps in the film; first with tiny supporting roles. Although drafted during the Second World War - he said, among other things, in radio broadcasts for the British troops on the Mediterranean stronghold of Malta - Shiner movie was extremely active in the first half of the 40s. In 1943 he took his long time neglected theater activity (units Something in the Air) again. From 1945 to 1950 Shiner returned to the Whitehall Theatre back, then went for three years at the Apollo Theatre ( 1950-53 ), and finally appeared at the Adelphi Theatre and Coliseum Theatre.
With the beginning of the 50s film starring roles were offered to him for the first time. Shiner was the star of some B- comedies of directors Jack Raymond and John Paddy Carstairs. In 1952, he was considered a top earner among Britain's film actors, in the years 1953 and 1954, he was among the highest-earning ten. Occasionally you could Ronald Shiner also seen in TV movies (eg in Seagulls Over Sorrento).