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.
Filmography
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
as Donald Parks
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
as Donald Parks
The Willows in Winter
as Chief Judge
The Willows in Winter
as Chief Judge
Heavy Weather
as Sir Gregory Parsloe
Heavy Weather
as Sir Gregory Parsloe
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Blackheath Poisonings
as Doctor Porter
The Blackheath Poisonings
as Doctor Porter
Let Him Have It
as Niven's Judge
Let Him Have It
as Niven's Judge
Obituaries
as Timothy Apcar
Obituaries
as Timothy Apcar
Oxford
as Geoffrey
Oxford
as Geoffrey
Scandal
as Justice Marshall
Scandal
as Justice Marshall
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as Joseph C
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as Joseph C
Murder on the Bluebell Line
as Dr Watson
Murder on the Bluebell Line
as Dr Watson
Absolute Beginners
as Amberley Drove
Absolute Beginners
as Amberley Drove
In the Secret State
as Barnaby Tucker
In the Secret State
as Barnaby Tucker
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Dr. Longet
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Dr. Longet
Tangiers
as Jenkins
Tangiers
as Jenkins
Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
The Wild Geese
as Sgt. Jock McTaggart
The Wild Geese
as Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Ghosts
as Engstrand
Ghosts
as Engstrand
The Bass Player and the Blonde
as Charlie
The Bass Player and the Blonde
as Charlie
Come Play with Me
as Slasher
Come Play with Me
as Slasher
Hardcore
as Marty
Hardcore
as Marty
Paper Tiger
as Sergeant Forester
Paper Tiger
as Sergeant Forester
A Man in the Zoo
as Curator
A Man in the Zoo
as Curator
The Wood Demon
as Serbryakov
The Wood Demon
as Serbryakov
Percy's Progress
as Bleeker
Percy's Progress
as Bleeker
Fallen Angels
as Willy Banbury
Fallen Angels
as Willy Banbury
Swallows and Amazons
as Uncle Jim
Swallows and Amazons
as Uncle Jim
Pygmalion
Pygmalion
A Bit of a Lift
as Alec
A Bit of a Lift
as Alec
Rentadick
as Major Upton
Rentadick
as Major Upton
Ooh...You Are Awful
as Reggie Campbell Peek
Ooh...You Are Awful
as Reggie Campbell Peek
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as George (segment "Wrath")
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as George (segment "Wrath")
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Tom Hutchinson
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Tom Hutchinson
Too Late the Hero
as Private Campbell
Too Late the Hero
as Private Campbell
Sinful Davey
as MacNab
Sinful Davey
as MacNab
The Killing of Sister George
as Leo Lockhart
The Killing of Sister George
as Leo Lockhart
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
as Mr. McCarthy
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
as Mr. McCarthy
The Brahmin Widow
as Major-General Peter Howard
The Brahmin Widow
as Major-General Peter Howard
Luther
as Tetzel
Luther
as Tetzel
Sebastian
as Toby
Sebastian
as Toby
Fathom
as Col. Douglas Campbell, Chief of HADES
Fathom
as Col. Douglas Campbell, Chief of HADES
The Whisperers
as Charlie Ross
The Whisperers
as Charlie Ross
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Sergeant Watson
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Sergeant Watson
Daylight Robbery
as Taxi driver
Daylight Robbery
as Taxi driver
The Counterfeit Constable
as Sergent Timothy Reagan
The Counterfeit Constable
as Sergent Timothy Reagan
The Beauty Jungle
as Walter Carey
The Beauty Jungle
as Walter Carey
Code 7, Victim 5
as Inspector Dickie Lean
Code 7, Victim 5
as Inspector Dickie Lean
Crooks in Cloisters
as Walter Dodd
Crooks in Cloisters
as Walter Dodd
Girl in the Headlines
as Sergeant Saunders
Girl in the Headlines
as Sergeant Saunders
The V.I.P.s
as Joslin
The V.I.P.s
as Joslin
The Punch and Judy Man
as Mayor Palmer
The Punch and Judy Man
as Mayor Palmer
In Search of the Castaways
as Guard at Dockyard Gate
In Search of the Castaways
as Guard at Dockyard Gate
The Pot Carriers
as Red Band
The Pot Carriers
as Red Band
The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man
Private Potter
as Doctor
Private Potter
as Doctor
The Hellions
as Frank
The Hellions
as Frank
The Best of Enemies
as Perfect
The Best of Enemies
as Perfect
Don't Bother to Knock
as Fred
Don't Bother to Knock
as Fred
The Long and the Short and the Tall
as L / Cpl. Macleish
The Long and the Short and the Tall
as L / Cpl. Macleish
The Sundowners
as Ocker
The Sundowners
as Ocker
There Was a Crooked Man
as Gen. Cummins
There Was a Crooked Man
as Gen. Cummins
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Flute
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Flute
Black Ice
as Tom
Black Ice
as Tom