Ronald Fraser(1930-1997)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ronald Fraser, the British movie and television character actor, was
born on April 11, 1930 in Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England. He began his
professional acting career in 1954 and began appearing in small roles
in movies and television in 1957. His first major movie credit was as a
soldier, Lance Corporal 'Mac' Macleish in La patrouille égarée (1961). He specialized in
playing nasty, brutish types, such as the piggish Private Campbell in
Robert Aldrich's World War II drama Trop tard pour les héros (1970), who robs a corpse, kills a fellow
British solder, and deserts his compatriots to surrender to the
Japanese before being strung up like a slaughtered hog by the enemy. He
also appeared in Aldrich's Faut-il tuer Sister George? (1968) and gave a memorable performance as
Sergeant Watson in the original Le vol du Phénix (1965), also directed by Aldrich. He
was versatile enough as an actor to occasionally break type, such as
his turn as Colonel Pickering in the 1981 Pygmalion (1981), which starred
Twiggy as Eliza Dolittle.
Ronald Fraser died on March 13, 1997, a month shy of his 67th birthday.
Ronald Fraser died on March 13, 1997, a month shy of his 67th birthday.
