Ronald Shiner Film Stage Comedian as Mad and 50 similar items

PFAS156 Antique 4" x 3.4" hand signed photo for historic comedian Ronald Shiner here shown as a mad teacher who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait bar very slight small places this is outstanding condition (ex minus to ex) and the autograph undedicated too. Ronald Alfred Shiner was a British stand-up comedian and comedy actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall. Shiner's career received a massive boost when he appeared in a stage hit Worm's Eye View which ran from 1945 to 1947. Shiner performed in it over 1,700 times. On screen, George Formby gave Shiner another good part in George in Civvy Street (1946) and Shiner had a decent role in The Man Within (1947). He was in a children's film Dusty Bates (1947) and had a good part in Forbidden (1949). Shiner had another huge stage success when he headlined the wartime play Seagulls Over Sorrento (195054) which he played for almost 2,000 performances. His film stardom began when he was cast as a drill sergeant in the comedy Reluctant Heroes (1951) which he had played on stage. Directed by Jack Raymond, this was one of the most popular films in British cinemas in 1952. Also popular was Worm's Eye View (1952), the film version of the stage comedy, with Diana Dors, also directed by Raymond. These two films saw Shiner voted Britain's most popular local male star in cinemas in 1952 having never made the list before. Shiner made a cameo in The Magic Box (1951) then starred in his third and final film for Raymond Little Big Shot (1952) (Raymond died in 1953).Shiner remained a star for Top of the Form (1953), directed by John Paddy Carstairs, his first film for the Rank Organisation. He was in Innocents in Paris (1953) with Alastair Sim and supported Margaret Lockwood and two Hollywood names (Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker) in Laughing Anne (1953). He was voted the third biggest British star of 1953, after Jack Hawkins and Alec Guinness.