Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, CBE (born 4 December 1930) is a Scottish actor and comedian who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the television comedy series The Two Ronnies. He achieved prominence in Sir David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme The Frost Report and later starred in the sitcoms Sorry! and No – That's Me Over Here!.

Biography

Corbett married actress and dancer Anne Hart in 1965; they have two daughters, actresses Emma and Sophie Corbett. Their first child, Andrew, had a heart defect and died, six weeks old, at St Thomas' Hospital. He has lived in Shirley, Croydon, for many years. He also has a home in Gullane, East Lothian, in Scotland. He is a beekeeper and keeps hives at his second home in East Lothian.

Corbett is a golfer and appears in celebrity and pro–am events; in 2009 he made a documentary with Colin Montgomerie in which they played at Gleneagles. A keen cricket fan, Corbett is also a past president of the cricketing charity the Lord's Taverners (1982 and 1987). He also supports his local football club, Crystal Palace, as well as his hometown club, Heart of Midlothian.

In August 2014, Corbett was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.