Ronald Chesney
- British
- Writer and musician
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Ronald Chesney obituary
Ronald Chesney, who has died aged 97, was one of Britain's best-known harmonica players before making a mid-life career change and becoming a successful comedy scriptwriter, creating (with his professional partner Ronald Wolfe) several popular television situation comedies including The Rag Trade (BBC, 1961), Meet The Wife (1963) and Romany Jones ([z]ITV[z], 1972).
Their biggest success was On The Buses, which ran on ITV for seven series between 1969 and 1973 and led to three feature films.
The Telegraph, 4th May 2018Ronald Chesney obituary
A harmonica player who was one half of the comedy-writing team that made On The Buses the biggest British sitcom of its day.
The Times, 30th April 2018Ronald Chesney obituary
Ronald Chesney, who has died aged 97, was one half of a comedy duo known as "the two Ronnies" before Barker and Corbett launched themselves as a TV double act with that name.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 23rd April 2018Comedy writer Ronald Chesney dies aged 98
Ronald Chesney - who co-wrote hit sitcoms including On The Buses, The Rag Trade and Meet The Wife with Ronald Wolfe - has died aged 98.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2018