Ronald Fraser
Apr 11, 1930 — Mar 13, 1997 (66 years)
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK
44 Movies
27 Series
Ronald Fraser, an actor from Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK, began their career in the 1950s. They appeared in The Flight of the Phoenix as Sergeant Watson. Their work further includes Trail of the Pink Panther and The Wild Geese. Over more than 69 years they have gathered close to 44 films and 27 TV productions, working mainly across genres like adventure, drama, comedy.
66R.I.P.
44Movies
27Series
Ronald Fraser
44 Movies
27 Series
Ronald Fraser, an actor from Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK, began their career in the 1950s. They appeared in The Flight of the Phoenix as Sergeant Watson. Their work further includes Trail of the Pink Panther and The Wild Geese. Over more than 69 years they have gathered close to 44 films and 27 TV productions, working mainly across genres like adventure, drama, comedy.
66 R.I.P.
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27
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Come Play with Me
1977
The Wild Geese
1978
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
Too Late the Hero
1970
The Counterfeit Constable
1964
Hardcore
1977
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Scandal
1989
Absolute Beginners
1986
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961
In Search of the Castaways
1962
Girl in the Headlines
1963
The Whisperers
1967
The Best of Enemies
1961
Sinful Davey
1969
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
Percy's Progress
1974
The Killing of Sister George
1968
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
The V.I.P.s
1963
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
Crooks in Cloisters
1964
The Sundowners
1960
Don't Bother to Knock
1961
Code 7, Victim 5
1964
The Beauty Jungle
1964
There Was a Crooked Man
1960
Swallows and Amazons
1974
Fathom
1967
The Hellions
1961
Rentadick
1972
The Pot Carriers
1962
Sebastian
1968
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988
Private Potter
1962
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
TV Shows
The Misfit
1970
Follow Me...
1977
Spooner's Patch
1979
Doctor Who
1963
Melissa
1974
The Blackheath Poisonings
1993
Theatre 625
1964
The Sweeney
1975
Minder
1979
Lovejoy
1986
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Famous Five
1978
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Pennies from Heaven
1978
Fortunes of War
1987
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Star Maidens
1976
Out of This World
1962
Madson
1996
Armchair Theatre
1956
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
Virtual Murder
1992
Danger Man
1960
Half Hour Story
1967
The Play on One
1988
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Sir Richard Gregory
1996
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Madson
Walter Gardner
1996
TV
The Blackheath Poisonings
Doctor Porter
1993
TV
The Blackheath Poisonings
Doctor Porter
1992
Film
Virtual Murder
Van Helsing
1992
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Oxford
Geoffrey
1990
Film
Scandal
Justice Marshall
1989
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Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Joseph C
1988
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The Play on One
Timothy Apcar
1990
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ronald Fraser still alive?
Ronald Fraser passed away on March 13, 1997 at age 66.
What are the most famous roles of Ronald Fraser?
Ronald Fraser is best known for roles in The Flight of the Phoenix, Trail of the Pink Panther, The Wild Geese.
How many movies has Ronald Fraser been in?
Over a 40-year career (since 1957), Ronald Fraser has appeared in 62 movies and 37 TV shows.
What was Ronald Fraser's first movie?
The career of Ronald Fraser began with Black Ice (1957).
What is Ronald Fraser's most recent movie or series?
Ronald Fraser's most recent release is The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom, which premiered on October 26, 1999.
What TV shows has Ronald Fraser appeared in?
On television, Ronald Fraser has appeared in Doctor Who, Lovejoy, Minder, The Sweeney.
Ronald Fraser
1930-04-11 · Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK
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.