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	'''Ronald Baddiley''' (31 August 1922 – 29 November 1986) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in the early days of the long-running British radio drama ''[[w:The Archers\|The Archers]]'', and as Under-Secretary, Sir Gregory Pitkin, [[w:CBE\|CBE]] in the BBC comedy ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.		'''Ronald Baddiley''' (31 August 1922 – 29 November 1986) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in the early days of the long-running British radio drama ''[[The Archers\|The Archers]]'', and as Under-Secretary, Sir Gregory Pitkin, [[CBE\|CBE]] in the BBC comedy ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.

	Baddiley was born on 31 August 1922, in [[w:Doncaster\|Doncaster]] in Yorkshire, England, UK.<ref name="GRO: Births Sep 1922">{{cite web\|url= http://www.freebmd.org.uk/btnInfo.gif \|title=GRO: Births Sep 1922 – District: Doncaster, Vol: 9c, Page: 1610 \|publisher= ONS GRO Birth Index of England and Wales \|accessdate=14 September 2016 }}</ref>		Baddiley was born on 31 August 1922, in [[Doncaster\|Doncaster]] in Yorkshire, England, UK.<ref name="GRO: Births Sep 1922">{{cite web\|url= http://www.freebmd.org.uk/btnInfo.gif \|title=GRO: Births Sep 1922 – District: Doncaster, Vol: 9c, Page: 1610 \|publisher= ONS GRO Birth Index of England and Wales \|accessdate=14 September 2016 }}</ref>
	In December 1950 he married Noreen Richards – she later performed alongside him in several episodes of radio serial ''The Archers''.<ref name="Radio Times for 12 December 1953">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1953-12-12#at-19.30 \|title= Listings: The Archers 12 December 1953 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Radio Times for 2 June 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1956-06-02#at-20.15\|title= Listings: The Archers 2 June 1956 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>		In December 1950 he married Noreen Richards – she later performed alongside him in several episodes of radio serial ''The Archers''.<ref name="Radio Times for 12 December 1953">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1953-12-12#at-19.30 \|title= Listings: The Archers 12 December 1953 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Radio Times for 2 June 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1956-06-02#at-20.15\|title= Listings: The Archers 2 June 1956 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>

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	'''Ronald Baddiley''' (31 August 1922 – 29 November 1986) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in the early days of the long-running British radio drama ''[[The Archers]]'', and as Under-Secretary, Sir Gregory Pitkin, CBE in the BBC comedy ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.		'''Ronald Baddiley''' (31 August 1922 – 29 November 1986) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in the early days of the long-running British radio drama ''[[w:The Archers\|The Archers]]'', and as Under-Secretary, Sir Gregory Pitkin, [[w:CBE\|CBE]] in the BBC comedy ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.

	Baddiley was born on 31 August 1922, in Doncaster in Yorkshire, England, UK.<ref name="GRO: Births Sep 1922">{{cite web\|url= http://www.freebmd.org.uk/btnInfo.gif \|title=GRO: Births Sep 1922 – District: Doncaster, Vol: 9c, Page: 1610 \|publisher= ONS GRO Birth Index of England and Wales \|accessdate=14 September 2016 }}</ref>		Baddiley was born on 31 August 1922, in [[w:Doncaster\|Doncaster]] in Yorkshire, England, UK.<ref name="GRO: Births Sep 1922">{{cite web\|url= http://www.freebmd.org.uk/btnInfo.gif \|title=GRO: Births Sep 1922 – District: Doncaster, Vol: 9c, Page: 1610 \|publisher= ONS GRO Birth Index of England and Wales \|accessdate=14 September 2016 }}</ref>
	In December 1950 he married Noreen Richards – she later performed alongside him in several episodes of radio serial ''The Archers''.<ref name="Radio Times for 12 December 1953">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1953-12-12#at-19.30 \|title= Listings: The Archers 12 December 1953 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Radio Times for 2 June 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1956-06-02#at-20.15\|title= Listings: The Archers 2 June 1956 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>		In December 1950 he married Noreen Richards – she later performed alongside him in several episodes of radio serial ''The Archers''.<ref name="Radio Times for 12 December 1953">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1953-12-12#at-19.30 \|title= Listings: The Archers 12 December 1953 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Radio Times for 2 June 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1956-06-02#at-20.15\|title= Listings: The Archers 2 June 1956 \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>

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	==Death==		==Death==
	Baddiley died suddenly on 29 November 1986; his funeral service and cremation were held five days later at Breakspear Crematorium, [[Ruislip]], west London on Thursday 4 December.<ref name="Times 3 December 1986">{{cite news \| title= Births, Marriages, Deaths \| date= 3 December 1986\|newspaper= [[The Times]] \|location=London\| page= 19\| issue= 62631 }}</ref>		Baddiley died suddenly on 29 November 1986; his funeral service and cremation were held five days later at Breakspear Crematorium, Ruislip, west London on Thursday 4 December.<ref name="Times 3 December 1986">{{cite news \| title= Births, Marriages, Deaths \| date= 3 December 1986\|newspaper= The Times \|location=London\| page= 19\| issue= 62631 }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	Baddiley voiced the character of Percy Hood in BBC radio drama ''The Archers''<ref name="Telegraph 26 December 2015">{{cite news \|last= Payne \|first= Tom \|title= Peggy Woolley actress: 'The creator of The Archers thought he was God' \|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/peggy-woolley-actress-the-creator-of-the-archers-thought-he-was/\| date= 26 December 2015\|newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph]] \|location=London\| accessdate=8 September 2016 }}</ref> and first appeared on television in April 1956 playing the orchestra conductor in the TV short ''The Cobbler's Belle''.<ref name="Radio Times for 24 April 1956 ">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8fcee4a57a8f4709b79c425b60435d64\|title= The Cobbler's Belle\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> In the same year he played Mr. Hepton in dramatist [[David Turner (dramatist)\|David Turner]]'s ''Fresh as Paint''<ref name="Radio Times for 3 July 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dc28a750d8fa456a811561f1f1adbacd\|title= Fresh as Paint\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> and the policeman in ''One Fight More'' by David Campton and Stephen Joseph.<ref name="Radio Times for 18 December 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/140e6aa687ba458dae87c2ddb29aa61f\|title= One Fight More\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref>		Baddiley voiced the character of Percy Hood in BBC radio drama ''The Archers''<ref name="Telegraph 26 December 2015">{{cite news \|last= Payne \|first= Tom \|title= Peggy Woolley actress: 'The creator of The Archers thought he was God' \|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/peggy-woolley-actress-the-creator-of-the-archers-thought-he-was/\| date= 26 December 2015\|newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph]] \|location=London\| accessdate=8 September 2016 }}</ref> and first appeared on television in April 1956 playing the orchestra conductor in the TV short ''The Cobbler's Belle''.<ref name="Radio Times for 24 April 1956 ">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8fcee4a57a8f4709b79c425b60435d64\|title= The Cobbler's Belle\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> In the same year he played Mr. Hepton in dramatist [[David Turner (dramatist)\|David Turner]]'s ''Fresh as Paint''<ref name="Radio Times for 3 July 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dc28a750d8fa456a811561f1f1adbacd\|title= Fresh as Paint\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> and the policeman in ''One Fight More'' by David Campton and Stephen Joseph.<ref name="Radio Times for 18 December 1956">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/140e6aa687ba458dae87c2ddb29aa61f\|title= One Fight More\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref>

	The following year he played PC Sanders in 4 episodes of ''The Other Man'',<ref name="Radio Times for 20 March 1957">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3e6f8a53f9854a3ebe2049a553c0ad0f\|title= The Other Man: Episode 5\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> and in 1958 Baddiley appeared in two BBC radio productions of Shakespeare, playing the parts of an outlaw and Panthino in the comedy ''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'',<ref name="Two Gentlemen of Verona 1 April 1958">{{cite web \|url= http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av70934\|title= Two Gentlemen of Verona, The\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|website= [[British Universities Film & Video Council]] \| accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref> and Abram in the tragedy ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.<ref name="Romeo and Juliet 1958">{{cite web \|url= http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av70933\|title= Romeo and Juliet \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|website= [[British Universities Film & Video Council]] \| accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref>		The following year he played PC Sanders in 4 episodes of ''The Other Man'',<ref name="Radio Times for 20 March 1957">{{cite web \|url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3e6f8a53f9854a3ebe2049a553c0ad0f\|title= The Other Man: Episode 5\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| website= [[BBC Genome Project]] \|publisher= BBC\| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> and in 1958 Baddiley appeared in two BBC radio productions of Shakespeare, playing the parts of an outlaw and Panthino in the comedy ''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'',<ref name="Two Gentlemen of Verona 1 April 1958">{{cite web \|url= http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av70934\|title= Two Gentlemen of Verona, The\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|website= [[British Universities Film & Video Council]] \| accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref> and Abram in the tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''.<ref name="Romeo and Juliet 1958">{{cite web \|url= http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av70933\|title= Romeo and Juliet \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|website= [[British Universities Film & Video Council]] \| accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref>

	Baddiley performed alongside [[Arthur Lowe]] in the BBC Radio [[Third Programme]] production of ''Billy's Last Stand'', the first play written by English author [[Barry Hines]].<ref name="Sutton Elms Diversity website">{{cite web \|url= http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/alistair-billys-last-stand.html \|title= Billy's Last Stand, by Barry Hines \|last= Wyper\| first= Alistair\| date= October 2015 \|website= Sutton Elms Diversity website \| accessdate= 7 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Times 13 August 1965">{{cite news \|title= Some Corruptions of Power \| date= 13 August 1965\|newspaper= [[The Times]] \|location=London\| issue= 56399\| page= 11 }}</ref>		Baddiley performed alongside [[Arthur Lowe]] in the BBC Radio [[BBC Third Programme\|Third Programme]] production of ''Billy's Last Stand'', the first play written by English author [[Barry Hines]].<ref name="Sutton Elms Diversity website">{{cite web \|url= http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/alistair-billys-last-stand.html \|title= Billy's Last Stand, by Barry Hines \|last= Wyper\| first= Alistair\| date= October 2015 \|website= Sutton Elms Diversity website \| accessdate= 7 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Times 13 August 1965">{{cite news \|title= Some Corruptions of Power \| date= 13 August 1965\|newspaper= [[The Times]] \|location=London\| issue= 56399\| page= 11 }}</ref>

	He featured in two [[BBC Radio 2]] programmes on the same day in March 1968, appearing first in ''The Men from the Ministry'' and later alongside [[Clive Dunn]], [[Deryck Guyler]], [[Joan Sanderson]], and [[Patricia Hayes]] in the [[Esmonde and Larbey]] comedy ''You're Only Old Once''.<ref name="Radio Times Issue 2313">{{cite news \| author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title= Listings\| url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio2/1968-03-10\| date= 10 March 1968\|work= [[Radio Times]] \|location=London\| issue= 2313\| page= 18\| accessdate=16 September 2016 }}</ref>		He featured in two [[BBC Radio 2]] programmes on the same day in March 1968, appearing first in ''The Men from the Ministry'' and later alongside [[Clive Dunn]], [[Deryck Guyler]], [[Joan Sanderson]], and [[Patricia Hayes]] in the [[Esmonde and Larbey]] comedy ''You're Only Old Once''.<ref name="Radio Times Issue 2313">{{cite news \| author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title= Listings\| url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio2/1968-03-10\| date= 10 March 1968\|work= [[Radio Times]] \|location=London\| issue= 2313\| page= 18\| accessdate=16 September 2016 }}</ref>
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	In 1970, Baddiley appeared as Freddie Daring in the satirical film ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'', and as himself in ''A Career in Shipbuilding'' (1975), directed by John Reeve and written by Ronald Dunkley.<ref name="BFI filmography">{{cite web \|url= http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba37c1b01\|title= Ronald Baddiley: Filmography \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| publisher= [[British Film Institute]] \| accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref>		In 1970, Baddiley appeared as Freddie Daring in the satirical film ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'', and as himself in ''A Career in Shipbuilding'' (1975), directed by John Reeve and written by Ronald Dunkley.<ref name="BFI filmography">{{cite web \|url= http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba37c1b01\|title= Ronald Baddiley: Filmography \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| publisher= [[British Film Institute]] \| accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref>

	Baddiley was railway inspector Mr Bun in the early 1970s series ''[[Parsley Sidings]]'', which reunited him with Arthur Lowe, who played the stationmaster Horace Hepplewhite.<ref name="Parsley Sidings">{{cite web \|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pcz6r\|title= Parsley Sidings, Series 1 Episode 7 of 10: Cricket, Lovely Cricket\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| publisher= [[BBC]] \| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>		Baddiley was railway inspector Mr Bun in the early 1970s series ''[[Parsley Sidings]]'', which reunited him with [[Arthur Lowe]], who played the stationmaster Horace Hepplewhite.<ref name="Parsley Sidings">{{cite web \|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pcz6r\|title= Parsley Sidings, Series 1 Episode 7 of 10: Cricket, Lovely Cricket\|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \| publisher= [[BBC]] \| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>

	In January 1980, Baddiley was Bird One in [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the Tenth\|Fit the Tenth]] of the second series of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Later that year he played Cervantes in a two-part BBC radio adaptation of ''[[Don Quixote]]''.<ref name="Don Quixote">{{cite web \|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0d1\|title= Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|publisher= [[BBC]] \| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>		In January 1980, Baddiley was Bird One in [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the Tenth\|Fit the Tenth]] of the second series of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Later that year he played Cervantes in a two-part BBC radio adaptation of ''[[Don Quixote]]''.<ref name="Don Quixote">{{cite web \|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0d1\|title= Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote \|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|publisher= [[BBC]] \| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>

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'''Ronald Baddiley''' (31 August 1922 – 29 November 1986) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in the early days of the long-running British radio drama ''[[The Archers]]'', and as Under-Secretary, Sir Gregory Pitkin, CBE in the BBC comedy ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.

Baddiley was born on 31 August 1922, in Doncaster in Yorkshire, England, UK.<ref name="GRO: Births Sep 1922">{{cite web|url= http://www.freebmd.org.uk/btnInfo.gif |title=GRO: Births Sep 1922 – District: Doncaster, Vol: 9c, Page: 1610 |publisher= ONS GRO Birth Index of England and Wales |accessdate=14 September 2016 }}</ref>
In December 1950 he married Noreen Richards – she later performed alongside him in several episodes of radio serial ''The Archers''.<ref name="Radio Times for 12 December 1953">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1953-12-12#at-19.30 |title= Listings: The Archers 12 December 1953 |author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Radio Times for 2 June 1956">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1956-06-02#at-20.15|title= Listings: The Archers 2 June 1956 |author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>

==Career==
Baddiley voiced the character of Percy Hood in BBC radio drama ''The Archers''<ref name="Telegraph 26 December 2015">{{cite news |last= Payne |first= Tom |title= Peggy Woolley actress: 'The creator of The Archers thought he was God' |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/peggy-woolley-actress-the-creator-of-the-archers-thought-he-was/| date= 26 December 2015|newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London| accessdate=8 September 2016 }}</ref> and first appeared on television in April 1956 playing the orchestra conductor in the TV short ''The Cobbler's Belle''.<ref name="Radio Times for 24 April 1956 ">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8fcee4a57a8f4709b79c425b60435d64|title= The Cobbler's Belle|author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> In the same year he played Mr. Hepton in dramatist [[David Turner (dramatist)|David Turner]]'s ''Fresh as Paint''<ref name="Radio Times for 3 July 1956">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dc28a750d8fa456a811561f1f1adbacd|title= Fresh as Paint|author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> and the policeman in ''One Fight More'' by David Campton and Stephen Joseph.<ref name="Radio Times for 18 December 1956">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/140e6aa687ba458dae87c2ddb29aa61f|title= One Fight More|author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref>

The following year he played PC Sanders in 4 episodes of ''The Other Man'',<ref name="Radio Times for 20 March 1957">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3e6f8a53f9854a3ebe2049a553c0ad0f|title= The Other Man: Episode 5|author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> and in 1958 Baddiley appeared in two BBC radio productions of Shakespeare, playing the parts of an outlaw and Panthino in the comedy ''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'',<ref name="Two Gentlemen of Verona 1 April 1958">{{cite web |url= http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av70934|title= Two Gentlemen of Verona, The|author=  |website= [[British Universities Film & Video Council]] | accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref> and Abram in the tragedy ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.<ref name="Romeo and Juliet 1958">{{cite web |url= http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av70933|title= Romeo and Juliet |author=  |website= [[British Universities Film & Video Council]] | accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref>

Baddiley performed alongside [[Arthur Lowe]] in the BBC Radio [[Third Programme]] production of ''Billy's Last Stand'', the first play written by English author [[Barry Hines]].<ref name="Sutton Elms Diversity website">{{cite web |url= http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/alistair-billys-last-stand.html |title= Billy's Last Stand, by Barry Hines |last= Wyper| first= Alistair| date= October 2015 |website= Sutton Elms Diversity website | accessdate= 7 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Times 13 August 1965">{{cite news |title= Some Corruptions of Power | date= 13 August 1965|newspaper= [[The Times]] |location=London| issue= 56399| page= 11 }}</ref>

He featured in two [[BBC Radio 2]] programmes on the same day in March 1968, appearing first in ''The Men from the Ministry'' and later alongside [[Clive Dunn]], [[Deryck Guyler]], [[Joan Sanderson]], and [[Patricia Hayes]] in the [[Esmonde and Larbey]] comedy ''You're Only Old Once''.<ref name="Radio Times Issue 2313">{{cite news | author=  |title= Listings| url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio2/1968-03-10| date= 10 March 1968|work= [[Radio Times]] |location=London| issue= 2313| page= 18| accessdate=16 September 2016 }}</ref>

In 1970, Baddiley appeared as Freddie Daring in the satirical film ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'', and as himself in ''A Career in Shipbuilding'' (1975), directed by John Reeve and written by Ronald Dunkley.<ref name="BFI filmography">{{cite web |url= http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba37c1b01|title= Ronald Baddiley: Filmography |author=  | publisher= [[British Film Institute]] | accessdate= 9 September 2016 }}</ref>

Baddiley was railway inspector Mr Bun in the early 1970s series ''[[Parsley Sidings]]'', which reunited him with Arthur Lowe, who played the stationmaster Horace Hepplewhite.<ref name="Parsley Sidings">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pcz6r|title= Parsley Sidings, Series 1 Episode 7 of 10: Cricket, Lovely Cricket|author=  | publisher= [[BBC]] | accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>

In January 1980, Baddiley was Bird One in [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the Tenth|Fit the Tenth]] of the second series of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Later that year he played Cervantes in a two-part BBC radio adaptation of ''[[Don Quixote]]''.<ref name="Don Quixote">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0d1|title= Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote |author=  |publisher= [[BBC]] | accessdate= 14 September 2016 }}</ref>

In 1981, Baddiley voiced the (uncredited) role of the British news reel commentator in five episodes of the TV series ''[[Private Schulz]]'' and the following year appeared as Lt Col Walter Anderson in the [[ITV Granada]] series ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]''.<ref name="BFI filmography"/>

In 1983, Baddiley played Montague in the [[BBC Radio 3]] production of Romeo and Juliet.<ref name="Romeo and Juliet 16 June 1983">{{cite web |url= http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av67917|title= Romeo and Juliet|author=  |website= [[British Universities Film & Video Council]] | accessdate= 8 September 2016 }}</ref>

===''The Archers''===
Baddiley first appeared in ''The Archers'' on 12 December 1953<ref name="Radio Times for 12 December 1953"/> playing the part of the Squire; his final appearance on the programme was on 4 April 1966 in the role of Harvey Grenville.<ref name="Radio Times for 4 April 1966">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbchomeservice/basic/1966-04-04#at-13.30|title= Listings: The Archers 4 April 1966 |author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref> In between, he played other parts in the series, including that of Percy Hood in 1956.<ref name="Telegraph 26 December 2015"/><ref name="Radio Times for 30 June 1956">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1956-06-30#at-20.00|title= Listings: The Archers 30 June 1956 |author=  | website= [[BBC Genome Project]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref>

==Death==
Baddiley died suddenly on 29 November 1986; his funeral service and cremation were held five days later at Breakspear Crematorium, [[Ruislip]], west London on Thursday 4 December.<ref name="Times 3 December 1986">{{cite news | title= Births, Marriages, Deaths | date= 3 December 1986|newspaper= [[The Times]] |location=London| page= 19| issue= 62631 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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