Acting
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
Film · 1999
The Willows in Winter
Film · 1996
Madson
Series · 1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Series · 1996
Heavy Weather
Film · 1995
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Film · 1993
The Blackheath Poisonings
Series · 1993
The Blackheath Poisonings
Film · 1992
Virtual Murder
Series · 1992
Let Him Have It
Film · 1991
Obituaries
Film · 1990
Oxford
Film · 1990
Scandal
Film · 1989
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Film · 1988
The Play on One
Series · 1988
Murder on the Bluebell Line
Film · 1987
Life Without George
Series · 1987
Fortunes of War
Series · 1987
Absolute Beginners
Film · 1986
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
In the Secret State
Film · 1985
Taggart
Series · 1983
Trail of the Pink Panther
Film · 1982
Tangiers
Film · 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Series · 1982
Pygmalion
Film · 1981
Celebrity Playhouse
Series · 1981
Minder
Series · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Spooner's Patch
Series · 1979
The Wild Geese
Film · 1978
The Famous Five
Series · 1978
The Bass Player and the Blonde
Series · 1978
Pennies from Heaven
Series · 1978
Come Play with Me
Film · 1977
Ghosts
Film · 1977
Hardcore
Film · 1977
The Bass Player and the Blonde
Film · 1977
Follow Me...
Series · 1977
Mr Big
Series · 1977
Star Maidens
Series · 1976
A Man in the Zoo
Film · 1975
Paper Tiger
Film · 1975
The Sweeney
Series · 1975
Swallows and Amazons
Film · 1974
Percy's Progress
Film · 1974
The Wood Demon
Film · 1974
Fallen Angels
Film · 1974
Melissa
Series · 1974
Dial M for Murder
Series · 1974
A Bit of a Lift
Film · 1973
Pygmalion
Film · 1973
Between the Wars
Series · 1973
Ooh...You Are Awful
Film · 1972
Rentadick
Film · 1972
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Film · 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1971
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Film · 1970
Too Late the Hero
Film · 1970
The Misfit
Series · 1970
Conceptions of Murder
Series · 1970
Sinful Davey
Film · 1969
The Killing of Sister George
Film · 1968
Sebastian
Film · 1968
The Brahmin Widow
Film · 1968
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
Film · 1968
Luther
Film · 1968
Fathom
Film · 1967
The Whisperers
Film · 1967
Sword of Honour
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
Half Hour Story
Series · 1967
The Flight of the Phoenix
Film · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Code 7, Victim 5
Film · 1964
Crooks in Cloisters
Film · 1964
The Beauty Jungle
Film · 1964
The Counterfeit Constable
Film · 1964
Daylight Robbery
Film · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
The V.I.P.s
Film · 1963
Girl in the Headlines
Film · 1963
The Punch and Judy Man
Film · 1963
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Festival
Series · 1963
In Search of the Castaways
Film · 1962
The Ginger Man
Film · 1962
The Pot Carriers
Film · 1962
Private Potter
Film · 1962
Out of This World
Series · 1962
The Hellions
Film · 1961
Don't Bother to Knock
Film · 1961
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Film · 1961
The Best of Enemies
Film · 1961
There Was a Crooked Man
Film · 1960
The Sundowners
Film · 1960
Danger Man
Series · 1960
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Film · 1958
Black Ice
Film · 1957
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Sunday Night Theatre
Series · 1950