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Ronald Fraser is a Actor British born on 11 april 1930 at Ashton-under-Lyne (United-kingdom)
Ronald Fraser (11 April 1930 – 13 March 1997) was an English born Scottish character actor, who appeared in numerous British plays, films and television shows from the 1950s to the 1990s. He was perhaps best known as Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson in the 1970s television series The Misfit.
He died of a haemorrhage, aged 66, in London. The pallbearers at his funeral were Sean Connery, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward (who had played his son in The Misfit) and Chris Evans. Nicholas Whittaker, author of Platform Souls and Blue Period, worked in the Belsize Tavern in 1979 and 1980 and recalls Fraser's regular visits to the pub, usually in the company of actor James Villiers.
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Birth name Ronald Gordon Fraser
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 april 1930 at Ashton-under-Lyne (United-kingdom)
Death 13 march 1997 (at 66 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 april 1930 at Ashton-under-Lyne (United-kingdom)
Death 13 march 1997 (at 66 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Ronald Fraser (11 April 1930 – 13 March 1997) was an English born Scottish character actor, who appeared in numerous British plays, films and television shows from the 1950s to the 1990s. He was perhaps best known as Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson in the 1970s television series The Misfit.
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Fraser was a resident of Hampstead, London. He was a heavy drinker and a well-known figure in the local hostelries. He was married from 1956 to 1964 to Elizabeth Howe, and the couple had two daughters.He died of a haemorrhage, aged 66, in London. The pallbearers at his funeral were Sean Connery, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward (who had played his son in The Misfit) and Chris Evans. Nicholas Whittaker, author of Platform Souls and Blue Period, worked in the Belsize Tavern in 1979 and 1980 and recalls Fraser's regular visits to the pub, usually in the company of actor James Villiers.
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, 1h27Directed by David Attwood
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Alex Kingston, Geoffrey Beevers, Lucy Evans, Neville Phillips, Maureen O'Brien, Daniel Craig
Rating76%
Ce téléfilm est une adaptation du roman Heurs et Malheurs de la fameuse Moll Flanders écrit par Daniel Defoe en 1722.
Heavy Weather (1995)
Directed by Jack Gold
Genres Comedy
Actors Judy Parfitt, Richard Briers, Peter O'Toole, David Bamber, Rebecca Lacey, Richard Johnson
Roles Sir Gregory Parsloe
Rating69%
Though abridged for a 90-minute film, Heavy Weather followed closely the novel of 1933, the fourth in the Blandings series. Many of the familiar elements of the Blandings books were present: the wish of Lord Emsworth's nephew, Ronnie Fish, to marry a chorus girl, Sue Brown; the concern of Emsworth's sisters, the imperious Lady Constance Keeble and Ronnie's mother Lady Julia Fish, to ensure that the reminiscences of their other brother, the Hon. Galahad Threepwood, were not published; Galahad's protectiveness towards Miss Brown, the daughter of his long lost love Dolly Henderson; the sustained efforts of the publisher Lord Tilbury (a character probably based on Lord Northcliffe) to gain possession of the reminiscences; Lord Emsworth's determination that his prize Berkshire pig, the Empress of Blandings, should win the silver medal in the fat pigs class at the Shrewsbury agricultural show; Lord Emsworth's employment of a private detective, P. Frobisher Pilbeam, to protect the Empress and his rivalry with his neighbour, Sir Gregory Parsloe, of Matchingham Hall, who had not only his own designs on the fat pigs class, but, as a prospective Parliamentary candidate, an interest in suppressing Galahad's reminiscences; and the employment as Lord Emsworth's secretary of Monty Bodkin, who, as with most holders of that office, had an ulterior motive (in this instance, the need to hold down paid employment for a year in order to be considered suitable to marry one Gertrude Butterwick).
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993)
, 1h52Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Powell, Jonny Phillips, Finty Williams, Nanette Newman, Freddie Jones, Gemma Craven
Roles Dean
Rating64%
Let Him Have It (1991)
, 1h55Directed by Peter Medak
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Tom Bell, Edward Hardwicke
Roles Niven's Judge
Rating70%
The film is based on the true story of Derek Bentley. Within the film, Bentley (Eccleston) is an illiterate young adult with developmental disabilities who falls into a gang led by a younger teenager named Chris Craig (Reynolds). The two become trapped by the police, who tell Chris to put down his gun. Bentley says, "Let him have it, Chris." Chris begins firing, killing one officer and wounding another. Because he is a minor (under 18), Chris is given a minor sentence, but Bentley, although he did not shoot anyone, is sentenced to death, on the basis that his statement to Chris was an instigation to begin shooting.
Scandal (1989)
, 1h55Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Politic, Romance
Actors John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen, Leslie Phillips, Britt Ekland
Roles Justice Marshall
Rating63%
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his wide range of contacts and his parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. A scandal develops when her affair with the Minister of War comes to public attention.
Absolute Beginners (1986)
, 1h48Directed by Julien Temple
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, James Fox, Mandy Rice-Davies, Edward Tudor-Pole, Bruce Payne
Roles Amberley Drove
Rating56%
The film takes place in 1958, a time in which pop culture is transforming from 1950s jazz and early rock to a new generation on the verge of the 1960s. London is post-World War II, but pre-Beatles/Stones. The storyline incorporates elements of the 1958 Notting Hill race riots.
Tangiers (1985)
Directed by Michael E. Briant
Actors Ronny Cox, Billie Whitelaw, Glynis Barber, Ronald Lacey, Jack Watson, Ronald Fraser
Roles Jenkins
Rating67%
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
, 1h36Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Lumley, Capucine
Roles Dr. Longet
Rating48%
When the famous Pink Panther diamond is stolen again from Lugash, Chief Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is called on the case despite protests by Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom). While on the case, Clouseau is pursued by the Mafia. Clouseau first goes to London to interrogate Sir Charles Lytton (having forgotten that he lives in the South of France). Traveling to the airport, he accidentally blows up his car, but mistakenly believes it an assassination attempt, and disguises himself in a heavy cast on the flight, which causes complications in the air and on land and leads to an awkward introduction to the Scotland Yard detectives at Heathrow. Meanwhile, Dreyfus learns from Scotland Yard that Libyan terrorists have marked Clouseau for assassination; but permits him to continue.
The Wild Geese (1978)
, 2h10Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, John Glen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Films about racism
Actors Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger, Frank Finlay
Roles Sgt. Jock McTaggart
Rating67%
Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), a British mercenary and former army colonel, arrives in London to meet the rich and ruthless merchant banker Sir Edward Matherson (Stewart Granger). The latter proposes a risky operation to rescue Julius Limbani (Winston Ntshona), the imprisoned leader of a central African nation who is due to be executed by General Ndofa, the man who deposed him. Limbani is currently being held in a remote prison in Zembala, guarded by a unit of Ndofa's personal troops known as the "Simbas".
Come Play with Me (1977)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Pornographic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Musical films
Actors Alfie Bass, Irene Handl, Ronald Fraser, Tommy Godfrey, Sue Longhurst, Cardew Robinson
Roles Slasher
Rating37%
Cornelius Clapworthy (Harrison Marks) and his sidekick Maurice Kelly (Alfie Bass) are two elderly forgers responsible for flooding the UK with fake banknotes. On the run from their gangster boss Slasher (Ronald Fraser) and effeminate, cross dressing government official Podsnap (Ken Parry) the pair escape to the Scottish Highlands and posing as musicians hide out at Bovington Manor, a B&B run by Lady Bovington (Irene Handl).
Hardcore (1977)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Anthony Steel, Victor Spinetti, Ronald Fraser, Graham Stark, Graham Crowden, Percy Herbert
Roles Marty
Rating42%
Paper Tiger (1975)
, 1h39Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors David Niven, Toshiro Mifune, Hardy Krüger, Irene Tsu, Ivan Desny, Miiko Taka
Roles Sergeant Forster
Rating58%
Mr Bradbury (David Niven), an apparently well-educated, ex-military Englishman is hired as tutor to Koichi Kagoyama (played by Kazuhito Ando), the son of a Japanese ambassador. Bradbury becomes a trusted friend, who boasts about himself during his British Army service being a hero telling him "war stories", but some painful truths are revealed after he and the boy are kidnapped by political terrorists. It comes to the point when Mr Bradbury has to live up to the "action man" he makes himself out to be.
Percy's Progress (1974)
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Leigh Lawson, Elke Sommer, Judy Geeson, Denholm Elliott, Adrienne Posta, Anthony Andrews
Roles Bleeker
Rating38%
Percy is well known in England as the man with the world's first penis transplant, and is exceptionally well endowed. His rampant conquests of married women cause him to escape incarceration by local authorities.
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
, 1h37Directed by Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Pat Coombs, William Leo Franklyn, Norman Bird
Roles Reggie Campbell Peek
Rating56%
Conmen Charlie Tully and Reggie Peek have successfully conned a couple of Italian men, and are making an easy escape with £500,000. Flushed with success, Tully is unable to resist running a "quick and easy" minor con on a passing American tourist. But "quick and easy" unexpectedly goes awry, and Tully is arrested. While Tully is imprisoned, Peek manages to escape and deposit the £500,000 in a Swiss bank account. Eventually, when Tully is finally released, he is met by Peek, intending to give him the bank account number. But Peek has been having an affair with the sister of London crime lord Sid Sabbath, and his reunion with Tully is cut short when Peek is murdered, on the orders of Sabbath.
Rentadick (1972)
Directed by Jim Clark
Genres Comedy
Actors James Booth, Richard Briers, Julie Ege, Ronald Fraser, Donald Sinden, Tsai Chin
Roles Major Upton
Rating40%