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Ronald Fraser
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Ronald Fraser
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-04-11,Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Ronald Gordon Fraser (11 April 1930 – 13 March 1997) was a British character actor, who appeared in numerous British plays, films and television shows from the 1950s to the 1990s. Fraser was a familiar figure in West End clubs during the 1960s, having had a long-standing reputation as a heavy drinker. His credits include The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961), ‘’The Best of Enemies (1961)’’Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Avengers (1965), The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Misfit (1970–1971), Pygmalion (1973), Swallows and Amazons (1974), Come Play With Me (1977), The Wild Geese (1978), Spooner's Patch (1979), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Tangiers (1982), Absolute Beginners (1986), Minder (1985–1989), Scandal (1989), Let Him Have It (1991), Taggart (1992), and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993) Ronald Fraser was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, the son of an interior decorator and builder from Scotland. He attended Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School. He was further educated in Scotland and did national service as a lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders. Whilst serving in Benghazi, North Africa, he appeared in the Terence Rattigan comic play French Without Tears. He trained as an actor at RADA, graduating in 1953. He appeared at Glasgow's Citizens' Theatre, and joined the Old Vic repertory company in 1954, making his first London appearance in The Good Sailor, a stage adaptation of Herman Melville's novel, Billy Budd. In the West End, he appeared in The Long and the Short and the Tall (1959), The Ginger Man, The Singular Man, Androcles and the Lion (1961), The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet (1961), Purple Dust by Seán O'Casey, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Joseph Papp's production of The Pirates of Penzance and High Society. He also played Falstaff in a production of The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. His only Broadway show was the flop La Grosse Valise by Robert Dhéry, Gérard Calvi and Harold Rome. He appeared in numerous television roles from 1954, and in nearly 50 films from 1957, mostly in comedies. He was notable as Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson in the 1970s television series The Misfit (1970–1971). In 1996 Fraser voiced the chief judge in The Willows in Winter.

Filmography

The Flight of the Phoenix

7.2

The Flight of the Phoenix
1965-12-15

6.8

The Wild Geese
1978-06-28

In Search of the Castaways

6.5

In Search of the Castaways
1962-12-01

Swallows and Amazons

7.7

Swallows and Amazons
1974-06-01

The Willows in Winter

6.6

The Willows in Winter
1996-12-26

6.042

The V.I.P.s
1963-09-01

5.9

Fathom
1967-08-25

In the Secret State

0

In the Secret State
1985-03-10

0

Obituaries
1990-08-16

6.4

The Whisperers
1967-07-18

The Killing of Sister George

6.2

The Killing of Sister George
1968-09-01

Girl in the Headlines

5.8

Girl in the Headlines
1963-11-15

Percy's Progress

3.364

Percy's Progress
1974-08-01

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

5.882

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970-11-12

Come Play with Me

4.6

Come Play with Me
1977-04-28

There Was a Crooked Man

6.1

There Was a Crooked Man
1960-08-31

0

Black Ice
1957-12-12

Code 7, Victim 5

4.333

Code 7, Victim 5
1964-07-10

5.115

Sinful Davey
1969-02-10

Ooh...You Are Awful

4.472

Ooh...You Are Awful
1972-12-01

Crooks in Cloisters

5.1

Crooks in Cloisters
1964-01-01

0

The Wood Demon
1974-11-17

6.1

The Hellions
1961-11-27

The Punch and Judy Man

7.8

The Punch and Judy Man
1963-04-08

0

Ghosts
1977-11-11

3.071

Hardcore
1977-03-17

3.818

Rentadick
1972-12-31

0

The Ginger Man
1962-01-01

The Beauty Jungle

4.688

The Beauty Jungle
1964-08-25

6.125

Sebastian
1968-01-24

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

5.7

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993-04-23

6.744

The Sundowners
1960-12-08

0

Oxford
1990-02-22

The Blackheath Poisonings

0

The Blackheath Poisonings
1992-12-07

The Brahmin Widow

0

The Brahmin Widow
1968-04-08

Murder on the Bluebell Line

0

Murder on the Bluebell Line
1987-01-01

Too Late the Hero

6.4

Too Late the Hero
1970-05-20

The Bass Player and the Blonde

0

The Bass Player and the Blonde
1977-06-14

Trail of the Pink Panther

5.2

Trail of the Pink Panther
1982-12-03

Don't Bother to Knock

4.5

Don't Bother to Knock
1961-05-28

The Counterfeit Constable

5.538

The Counterfeit Constable
1964-10-10

The Pot Carriers

6.1

The Pot Carriers
1962-03-10

The Fifty-Seventh Saturday

4

The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
1968-07-03

Daylight Robbery

0

Daylight Robbery
1964-12-01

0

Luther
1968-01-29

Absolute Beginners

5.4

Absolute Beginners
1986-04-04

6

Scandal
1989-03-03

7.5

Heavy Weather
1995-12-24

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

8

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988-11-16

Let Him Have It

6.6

Let Him Have It
1991-10-04

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

5.9

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999-10-26

A Bit of a Lift

8

A Bit of a Lift
1973-09-25

3.5

Private Potter
1962-01-01

10

Pygmalion
1973-12-16

5

Tangiers
1982-01-01

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

4.8

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971-11-01

0

Pygmalion
1981-12-27

The Long and the Short and the Tall

6.8

The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961-02-28

The Best of Enemies

6.9

The Best of Enemies
1961-10-26

2

Fallen Angels
1974-07-18

A Midsummer Night's Dream

0

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958-11-09

7.9

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

6.3

Taggart
1983-09-06

7.8

The Sweeney
1975-01-02

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

7.3

Lovejoy
1986-01-10

6.5

Virtual Murder
1992-07-24

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

7.3

Lovejoy
1986-01-10

BBC Play of the Month

5

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

The Famous Five

7.3

The Famous Five
1978-07-03

Life Without George

7

Life Without George
1987-03-12

Spooner's Patch

6

Spooner's Patch
1979-07-09

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

5

Melissa
1974-12-04

5

Follow Me...
1977-06-26

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.4

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20

The Play on One

6

The Play on One
1988-01-19

The Blackheath Poisonings

6

The Blackheath Poisonings
1993-02-14

The Comic Strip Presents...

7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982-11-02

The Bass Player and the Blonde

0

The Bass Player and the Blonde
1978-08-08

Armchair Theatre

5.8

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

BBC Play of the Month

5

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

BBC Play of the Month

5

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

0

The Misfit
1970-03-03

8

Festival
1963-10-09

Pennies from Heaven

7.7

Pennies from Heaven
1978-03-07

Sword of Honour

0

Sword of Honour
1967-01-02

Fortunes of War

6.077

Fortunes of War
1987-10-11

7.2

Theatre 625
1964-05-03

Sunday Night Theatre

3.5

Sunday Night Theatre
1950-01-01

3.3

Star Maidens
1976-09-08

Out of This World

4.3

Out of This World
1962-06-24