[2] During the early 1930s he appeared in a number of West End plays at the Whitehall Theatre by Walter C. Hackett including Good Losers, Take a Chance, Afterwards and Road House.

He could also be seen in Gentlemen's Agreement (1935), Royal Cavalcade (1935), Squibs (1935), Once a Thief (1935), While Parents Sleep (1935), Line Engaged (1935), Invitation to the Waltz (1936), King of Hearts (1936), Limelight (1936) with Anna Neagle and Arthur Tracy, Excuse My Glove (1936) and Dreaming Lips (1937).

Shiner was in another with Neagle, London Melody (1937), then was in Doctor Syn (1937), The Black Tulip (1937), Beauty and the Barge (1937), and Silver Blaze (1937).

He had smaller roles in Miss London Ltd. (1943) with Askey, Thursday's Child (1943), My Learned Friend (1943) with Hay, The Butler's Dilemma (1943), and The Night Invader (1943).

Shiner's career received a massive boost when he appeared in a stage hit Worm's Eye View which ran from 1945 to 1947.

Also popular was Worm's Eye View (1952), the film version of the stage comedy, with Diana Dors, also directed by Raymond.

[9] Shiner remained a star for Top of the Form (1953), directed by John Paddy Carstairs, his first film for the Rank Organisation.

[10] 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).

"[5] Shiner back to leads for Up to His Neck (1954) with Carstairs, Aunt Clara (1954) with Margaret Rutherford, See How They Run (1955), Keep It Clean (1956), Dry Rot (1956) and My Wife's Family (1956).