Ronald Fraser

Ronald Fraser

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.

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1996

The Willows in Winter
The Willows in Winter
as Chief Judge
Movie - Released: 12/26/1996

1995

Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather
as Sir Gregory Parsloe
Movie - Released: 12/24/1995

1993

Movie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Movie - Released: 4/23/1993
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
as Donald Parks
Movie - Released: 6/5/1993
The Blackheath Poisonings
The Blackheath Poisonings
as Doctor Porter
TV - Released: 2/14/1993

1992

The Blackheath Poisonings
The Blackheath Poisonings
as Doctor Porter
Movie - Released: 12/7/1992
Virtual Murder
Virtual Murder
TV - Released: 7/24/1992

1991

Let Him Have It
Let Him Have It
as Niven's Judge
Movie - Released: 10/4/1991

1990

Obituaries
Obituaries
as Timothy Apcar
Movie - Released: 8/16/1990
Oxford
Oxford
as Geoffrey
Movie - Released: 2/22/1990

1989

Scandal
Scandal
as Justice Marshall
Movie - Released: 3/3/1989

1988

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as Joseph C
Movie - Released: 11/16/1988
The Play on One
The Play on One
as Apcar
TV - Released: 1/19/1988

1987

Movie
Murder on the Bluebell Line
as Dr Watson
Movie - Released: 1/1/1987
Fortunes of War
Fortunes of War
TV - Released: 10/11/1987
Life Without George
Life Without George
TV - Released: 3/12/1987

1986

Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners
as Amberley Drove
Movie - Released: 4/4/1986
Lovejoy
Lovejoy
as Drummer
TV - Released: 1/10/1986
Lovejoy
Lovejoy
as Michael Edwards
TV - Released: 1/10/1986

1985

In the Secret State
In the Secret State
as Barnaby Tucker
Movie - Released: 3/10/1985
Movie
Tangiers
as Jenkins
Movie - Released: 1/1/1985

1983

Taggart
Taggart
TV - Released: 9/6/1983

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Dr. Longet
Movie - Released: 12/3/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Geoffrey
TV - Released: 11/2/1982

1981

Pygmalion
Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
Movie - Released: 12/27/1981
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
as Red-Haired Man
TV - Released: 10/12/1981

1979

Minder
Minder
as Albert Goddard
TV - Released: 10/29/1979
Spooner's Patch
Spooner's Patch
as Inspector Spooner
TV - Released: 7/9/1979
Minder
Minder
as Self-Inflicted Sid
TV - Released: 10/29/1979

1978

The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese
as Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Movie - Released: 6/28/1978
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven
as Major Archibald Paxville
TV - Released: 3/7/1978
The Famous Five
The Famous Five
as Mr Barling
TV - Released: 7/3/1978
TV
The Bass Player and the Blonde
as Charlie
TV - Released: 8/8/1978

1977

Come Play with Me
Come Play with Me
as Slasher
Movie - Released: 4/28/1977
Ghosts
Ghosts
as Engstrand
Movie - Released: 11/11/1977
Hardcore
Hardcore
as Marty
Movie - Released: 3/17/1977
Movie
The Bass Player and the Blonde
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 6/14/1977
Follow Me...
Follow Me...
as Sid Dawes
TV - Released: 6/26/1977

1976

Star Maidens
Star Maidens
TV - Released: 9/8/1976

1975

The Sweeney
The Sweeney
as Titus Oates
TV - Released: 1/2/1975

1974

Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons
as Uncle Jim
Movie - Released: 6/1/1974
Percy's Progress
Percy's Progress
as Bleeker
Movie - Released: 8/1/1974
The Wood Demon
The Wood Demon
as Serbryakov
Movie - Released: 11/17/1974
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
as Willy Banbury
Movie - Released: 7/18/1974
Melissa
Melissa
as Felix Hepburn
TV - Released: 12/4/1974

1973

A Bit of a Lift
A Bit of a Lift
as Alec
Movie - Released: 9/25/1973
Pygmalion
Pygmalion
Movie - Released: 12/16/1973

1972

Ooh...You Are Awful
Ooh...You Are Awful
as Reggie Campbell Peek
Movie - Released: 12/1/1972
Rentadick
Rentadick
as Major Upton
Movie - Released: 12/31/1972

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as George (segment "Wrath")
Movie - Released: 11/1/1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Horrocks
TV - Released: 9/20/1971

1970

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Tom Hutchinson
Movie - Released: 11/12/1970
Too Late the Hero
Too Late the Hero
as Private Campbell
Movie - Released: 5/20/1970
The Misfit
The Misfit
TV - Released: 3/3/1970

1969

Sinful Davey
Sinful Davey
as MacNab
Movie - Released: 2/10/1969

1968

The Killing of Sister George
The Killing of Sister George
as Leo Lockhart
Movie - Released: 9/1/1968
Sebastian
Sebastian
as Toby
Movie - Released: 1/24/1968
Movie
The Brahmin Widow
as Major-General Peter Howard
Movie - Released: 4/8/1968
Movie
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
as Mr. McCarthy
Movie - Released: 7/3/1968
Luther
Luther
as Tetzel
Movie - Released: 1/29/1968

1967

Fathom
Fathom
as Col. Douglas Campbell, Chief of HADES
Movie - Released: 8/25/1967
The Whisperers
The Whisperers
as Charlie Ross
Movie - Released: 7/18/1967

1965

The Flight of the Phoenix
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Sergeant Watson
Movie - Released: 12/15/1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
as Serebryakov
TV - Released: 10/19/1965

1964

Code 7, Victim 5
Code 7, Victim 5
as Inspector Dickie Lean
Movie - Released: 7/10/1964
Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters
as Walter Dodd
Movie - Released: 1/1/1964
The Beauty Jungle
The Beauty Jungle
as Walter Carey
Movie - Released: 8/25/1964
The Counterfeit Constable
The Counterfeit Constable
as Sergent Timothy Reagan
Movie - Released: 10/10/1964
Daylight Robbery
Daylight Robbery
Movie - Released: 12/1/1964

1963

The V.I.P.s
The V.I.P.s
as Joslin
Movie - Released: 9/1/1963
Girl in the Headlines
Girl in the Headlines
as Sergeant Saunders
Movie - Released: 11/15/1963
The Punch and Judy Man
The Punch and Judy Man
as Mayor Palmer
Movie - Released: 4/8/1963
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Joseph C.
TV - Released: 11/23/1963

1962

In Search of the Castaways
In Search of the Castaways
as Guard at Dockyard Gate
Movie - Released: 12/1/1962
Movie
The Ginger Man
Movie - Released: 1/1/1962
The Pot Carriers
The Pot Carriers
as Red Band
Movie - Released: 3/10/1962
Private Potter
Private Potter
as Doctor
Movie - Released: 1/1/1962
Out of This World
Out of This World
TV - Released: 6/30/1962

1961

The Hellions
The Hellions
as Frank
Movie - Released: 11/27/1961
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
as Fred
Movie - Released: 5/28/1961
The Long and the Short and the Tall
The Long and the Short and the Tall
as L / Cpl. Macleish
Movie - Released: 2/28/1961
The Best of Enemies
The Best of Enemies
as Perfect
Movie - Released: 10/26/1961

1960

There Was a Crooked Man
There Was a Crooked Man
as Gen. Cummins
Movie - Released: 8/31/1960
The Sundowners
The Sundowners
as Ocker
Movie - Released: 12/8/1960

1959

No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place
TV - Released: 9/16/1959

1957

Movie
Black Ice
Movie - Released: 12/12/1957

1956

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
TV - Released: 7/8/1956