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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Character:Donald Parks
Release Date:26/10/1999
The Willows in Winter
Character:Chief Judge
Release Date:26/12/1996
Heavy Weather
Character:Sir Gregory Parsloe
Release Date:24/12/1995
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Character:
Release Date:23/04/1993
The Blackheath Poisonings
Character:Doctor Porter
Release Date:07/12/1992
Let Him Have It
Character:Niven's Judge
Release Date:04/10/1991
Obituaries
Character:Timothy Apcar
Release Date:16/08/1990
Oxford
Character:Geoffrey
Release Date:22/02/1990
Scandal
Character:Justice Marshall
Release Date:03/03/1989
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Character:Joseph C
Release Date:16/11/1988
Murder on the Bluebell Line
Character:Dr Watson
Release Date:01/01/1987
Absolute Beginners
Character:Amberley Drove
Release Date:04/04/1986
In the Secret State
Character:Barnaby Tucker
Release Date:10/03/1985
Trail of the Pink Panther
Character:Dr. Longet
Release Date:03/12/1982
Tangiers
Character:Jenkins
Release Date:01/01/1982
Pygmalion
Character:Colonel Pickering
Release Date:27/12/1981
The Wild Geese
Character:Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Release Date:28/06/1978
Ghosts
Character:Engstrand
Release Date:11/11/1977
The Bass Player and the Blonde
Character:Charlie
Release Date:14/06/1977
Come Play with Me
Character:Slasher
Release Date:28/04/1977
Hardcore
Character:Marty
Release Date:17/03/1977
The Wood Demon
Character:Serbryakov
Release Date:17/11/1974
Percy's Progress
Character:Bleeker
Release Date:01/08/1974
Fallen Angels
Character:Willy Banbury
Release Date:18/07/1974
Swallows and Amazons
Character:Uncle Jim
Release Date:01/06/1974
Pygmalion
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1973
A Bit of a Lift
Character:Alec
Release Date:25/09/1973
Rentadick
Character:Major Upton
Release Date:31/12/1972
Ooh...You Are Awful
Character:Reggie Campbell Peek
Release Date:01/12/1972
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Character:George (segment "Wrath")
Release Date:01/11/1971
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Character:Tom Hutchinson
Release Date:12/11/1970
Too Late the Hero
Character:Private Campbell
Release Date:20/05/1970
Sinful Davey
Character:MacNab
Release Date:10/02/1969
The Killing of Sister George
Character:Leo Lockhart
Release Date:01/09/1968
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
Character:Mr. McCarthy
Release Date:03/07/1968
The Brahmin Widow
Character:Major-General Peter Howard
Release Date:08/04/1968
Luther
Character:Tetzel
Release Date:29/01/1968
Sebastian
Character:Toby
Release Date:24/01/1968
Fathom
Character:Col. Douglas Campbell, Chief of HADES
Release Date:25/08/1967
The Whisperers
Character:Charlie Ross
Release Date:18/07/1967
The Flight of the Phoenix
Character:Sergeant Watson
Release Date:15/12/1965
Daylight Robbery
Character:Taxi driver
Release Date:01/12/1964
The Counterfeit Constable
Character:Sergent Timothy Reagan
Release Date:10/10/1964
The Beauty Jungle
Character:Walter Carey
Release Date:25/08/1964
Code 7, Victim 5
Character:Inspector Dickie Lean
Release Date:10/07/1964
Crooks in Cloisters
Character:Walter Dodd
Release Date:01/01/1964
Girl in the Headlines
Character:Sergeant Saunders
Release Date:15/11/1963
The V.I.P.s
Character:Joslin
Release Date:01/09/1963
The Punch and Judy Man
Character:Mayor Palmer
Release Date:08/04/1963
In Search of the Castaways
Character:Guard at Dockyard Gate
Release Date:01/12/1962
The Pot Carriers
Character:Red Band
Release Date:10/03/1962
The Ginger Man
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1962
Private Potter
Character:Doctor
Release Date:01/01/1962
The Hellions
Character:Frank
Release Date:27/11/1961
The Best of Enemies
Character:Perfect
Release Date:26/10/1961
Don't Bother to Knock
Character:Fred
Release Date:28/05/1961
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Character:L / Cpl. Macleish
Release Date:28/02/1961
The Sundowners
Character:Ocker
Release Date:08/12/1960
There Was a Crooked Man
Character:Gen. Cummins
Release Date:31/08/1960
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Flute
Release Date:09/11/1958
Black Ice
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1957
Television Appearances
The Blackheath Poisonings
Character:Doctor Porter
Virtual Murder
Character:
The Play on One
Character:Apcar
Fortunes of War
Character:Commander Sheppy
Life Without George
Character:
Lovejoy
Character:Drummer
Lovejoy
Character:Michael Edwards
Taggart
Character:
The Comic Strip Presents...
Character:Geoffrey
Minder
Character:Albert Goddard
Minder
Character:Self-Inflicted Sid
Spooner's Patch
Character:Inspector Spooner
The Bass Player and the Blonde
Character:Charlie
The Famous Five
Character:Mr Barling
Pennies from Heaven
Character:Major Archibald Paxville
Follow Me...
Character:Sid Dawes
Star Maidens
Character:Kipple
The Sweeney
Character:Titus Oates
Melissa
Character:Felix Hepburn
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Horrocks
The Misfit
Character:Basil Allenby-Johnson
Sword of Honour
Character:Apthorpe
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Serebryakov
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Squire
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Col. Pickering
Theatre 625
Character:Apthorpe
Doctor Who
Character:Joseph C.
Festival
Character:Tom Broadbent
Out of This World
Character:Oscar Raebone
No Hiding Place
Character:
Armchair Theatre
Character:
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Flute
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