Ronald Fraser

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Ronald Fraser (11 April 1930 – March 13, 1997) was an English character actor who appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, he also appeared in many popular TV shows.
Fraser was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.

• Film Credits
  • The Long and the Short and the Tall (1960)
  • Too Late the Hero (1970)
  • The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (Wrath segment) (1971)
  • Come Play With Me
  • The Wild Geese (1978)
  • Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
  • Let Him Have It (1991)

• Television Credits
  • Pygmalion
  • The Sweeney
  • The Famous Five
  • Pennies From Heaven
  • Danger Man
  • Minder
  • Life Without George
  • Lovejoy
  • Brideshead Revisited
  • Doctor Who (The Happiness Patrol)
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
  • The Chris Evans show "TFI Friday"

A heavy drinker, he died of a haemorrhage, aged 66 on 13 March 1997. The pallbearers at his funeral were Sean Connery, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward (star of Young Winston) and Chris Evans.

[edit] External link

• Ronald Fraser at the Internet Movie Database