Ronald Fraser
Acting

Ronald Fraser

Born 11 April 1930 · Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK · Died 13 March 1997

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.

Known for

Doctor Who
The Flight of the Phoenix
Trail of the Pink Panther
The Wild Geese
Scandal
In Search of the Castaways
Too Late the Hero
Absolute Beginners
The V.I.P.s
The Killing of Sister George
The Sundowners
Let Him Have It
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
The Willows in Winter
Heavy Weather
The Blackheath Poisonings
Let Him Have It
Obituaries
Oxford
Scandal
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Absolute Beginners
In the Secret State
Trail of the Pink Panther
Pygmalion
The Wild Geese
Come Play with Me
Ghosts
Hardcore
Paper Tiger
Swallows and Amazons
Percy's Progress
The Wood Demon
Fallen Angels
A Bit of a Lift
Pygmalion
Ooh...You Are Awful
Rentadick
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Too Late the Hero
Sinful Davey
The Killing of Sister George
Sebastian
Luther
Fathom
The Whisperers
The Flight of the Phoenix
Code 7, Victim 5
Crooks in Cloisters
The Beauty Jungle
The Counterfeit Constable
Daylight Robbery
The V.I.P.s
Girl in the Headlines
The Punch and Judy Man
In Search of the Castaways
The Pot Carriers
Private Potter
The Hellions
Don't Bother to Knock
The Long and the Short and the Tall
The Best of Enemies
There Was a Crooked Man
The Sundowners
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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