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	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Ashton-under-Lyne\|~~Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[~~w:Lancashire\|~~Lancashire]], England		\| birth_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]], England
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Fraser was a resident of [[~~w:Hampstead\|~~Hampstead]], London. He was a heavy drinker and a well-known figure in the local hostelries.<ref>[http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm Gary Russell on ''The Famous Five'' – First season – ''Five Go to Smuggler's Top''] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215020615/http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm \|date=15 February 2009 }}</ref> He was married from 1956 to 1964 to Elizabeth Howe, and the couple had two daughters.<ref name=IndepObit/>		Fraser was a resident of [[Hampstead]], London. He was a heavy drinker and a well-known figure in the local hostelries.<ref>[http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm Gary Russell on ''The Famous Five'' – First season – ''Five Go to Smuggler's Top''] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215020615/http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm \|date=15 February 2009 }}</ref> He was married from 1956 to 1964 to Elizabeth Howe, and the couple had two daughters.<ref name=IndepObit/>

	He died of a [[~~w:haemorrhage\|~~haemorrhage]], aged 66, in London on 13 March 1997.<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: Mar 1997 D44A 2501D 255 Camden, DoB = 11 April 1930 aged 66</ref>		He died of a [[haemorrhage]], aged 66, in London on 13 March 1997.<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: Mar 1997 D44A 2501D 255 Camden, DoB = 11 April 1930 aged 66</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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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.<ref>[http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm Gary Russell on ''The Famous Five'' – First season – ''Five Go to Smuggler's Top''] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215020615/http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm \|date=15 February 2009 }}</ref> He was married from 1956 to 1964 to Elizabeth Howe, and the couple had two daughters.<ref name=IndepObit/>		Fraser was a resident of [[w:Hampstead\|Hampstead]], London. He was a heavy drinker and a well-known figure in the local hostelries.<ref>[http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm Gary Russell on ''The Famous Five'' – First season – ''Five Go to Smuggler's Top''] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215020615/http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm \|date=15 February 2009 }}</ref> He was married from 1956 to 1964 to Elizabeth Howe, and the couple had two daughters.<ref name=IndepObit/>

	He died of a [[haemorrhage]], aged 66, in London on 13 March 1997.<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: Mar 1997 D44A 2501D 255 Camden, DoB = 11 April 1930 aged 66</ref>		He died of a [[w:haemorrhage\|haemorrhage]], aged 66, in London on 13 March 1997.<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: Mar 1997 D44A 2501D 255 Camden, DoB = 11 April 1930 aged 66</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	\| birth_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Ashton-under-Lyne\|Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[w:Lancashire\|Lancashire]], England
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	'''Ronald 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003887\|title=Ronald Fraser\|work=BFI}}</ref> An unusual appearance and unique delivery made him a natural comedic actor. Fraser was a familiar figure in West End clubs during the sixties, and despite a long-standing reputation as one of the hardest drinking of British actors he was still working in his last years. He was perhaps best known as Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson in the 1970s television series ''[[The Misfit (TV series)\|The Misfit]]''.		'''Ronald 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003887\|title=Ronald Fraser\|work=BFI}}</ref> An unusual appearance and unique delivery made him a natural comedic actor. Fraser was a familiar figure in West End clubs during the sixties, and despite a long-standing reputation as one of the hardest drinking of British actors he was still working in his last years. He was perhaps best known as Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson in the 1970s television series ''[[The Misfit (TV series)\|The Misfit]]''.
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'''Ronald 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003887|title=Ronald Fraser|work=BFI}}</ref> An unusual appearance and unique delivery made him a natural comedic actor. Fraser was a familiar figure in West End clubs during the sixties, and despite a long-standing reputation as one of the hardest drinking of British actors he was still working in his last years. He was perhaps best known as Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson in the 1970s television series ''[[The Misfit (TV series)|The Misfit]]''.

==Background==
Ronald Fraser was born in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], Lancashire, the son of an interior decorator and builder from [[Scotland]]. He attended [[Ashton Sixth Form College|Ashton Grammar School]]. He was educated in Scotland and did [[national service]] as a lieutenant in the [[Seaforth Highlanders]].

While serving in [[Benghazi]] in North Africa, he appeared in the comic play ''[[French Without Tears (play)|French Without Tears]]'' by [[Terence Rattigan]]. He trained as an actor at [[RADA]] until 1953 and soon appeared at [[Glasgow]]'s [[Citizens' Theatre]]. He 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]]''.<ref name=IndepObit>Hayward, Anthony. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ronald-fraser-1272946.html "Obituary: Ronald Fraser"], ''The Independent'', 15 March 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2012</ref>

In the [[West End theatre|West End]], he appeared in ''[[The Long and the Short and the Tall (play)|The Long and the Short and the Tall]]'', ''[[The Ginger Man]]'', ''[[The Singular Man]]'', ''[[Androcles and the Lion (play)|Androcles and the Lion]]'', ''[[The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet]]'', ''Purple Dust'' by [[Seán O'Casey]], ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'', [[Joseph Papp]]'s production of ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' and ''[[High Society (musical)|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 theatre|Broadway]] show was the flop ''La Grosse Valise'' by [[Robert Dhéry]], [[Gérard Calvi]] and [[Harold Rome]].<ref name=IndepObit/>

He appeared in numerous television roles from 1954, and in nearly 50 films from 1957, mostly in comedies.<ref name=IndepObit/>

==Selected filmography==

===Film credits===
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* ''Black Ice'' (1957) – Tom
* ''[[Bobbikins]]'' (1959) – Sailor Joe (uncredited)
* ''[[There Was a Crooked Man (film)|There Was a Crooked Man]]'' (1960) – Gen. Cummins
* ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]'' (1960) – Ocker
* ''[[The Long and the Short and the Tall (film)|The Long and the Short and the Tall]]'' (1961) – L / Cpl. Macleish
* ''[[Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)|Don't Bother to Knock]]'' (1961) – Fred
* ''[[The Best of Enemies (1961 film)|The Best of Enemies]]'' (1961) – Perfect
* ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The Hellions (film)|The Hellions]]'' (1961) – Frank
* ''[[The Pot Carriers]]'' (1962) – Red Band
* ''[[The Girl on the Boat (film)|The Girl on the Boat]]'' (1962) – Colonel (uncredited)
* ''[[In Search of the Castaways (film)|In Search of the Castaways]]'' (1962) – Guard at Dockyard Gate
* ''[[Private Potter]]'' (1962) – Doctor
* ''[[The Punch and Judy Man]]'' (1963) – Mayor Palmer
* ''[[The V.I.P.s (film)|The V.I.P.s]]'' (1963) – Joslin
* ''[[Girl in the Headlines]]'' (1963) – Sgt. Saunders
* ''[[The Beauty Jungle]]'' (1964) – Walter Carey
* ''[[Victim Five]]'' (1964) – Inspector Lean
* ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964) – Walt
* ''[[The Counterfeit Constable]]'' (1964) – Sergent Timothy Reagan
* ''Daylight Robbery'' (1964)
* ''[[The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)|Flight of the Phoenix]]'' (1965) – Sergeant Watson
* ''[[The Whisperers]]'' (1967) – Charlie Ross
* ''[[Fathom (1967 film)|Fathom]]'' (1967) – Colonel Campbell
* ''[[Sebastian (1968 film)|Sebastian]]'' (1968) – Toby
* ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1968) – Leo Lockhart
* ''[[Sinful Davey]]'' (1969) – MacNab
* ''[[The Bed Sitting Room (film)|The Bed Sitting Room]]'' (1969) – The Army
* ''[[Too Late the Hero (film)|Too Late the Hero]]'' (1970) – Pvt. Campbell
* ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' (1970) – Tom Hutchinson
* ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971) – George (segment "Wrath")
* ''[[Ooh... You Are Awful]]'' (1972) – Reggie Campbell Peek
* ''[[Rentadick]]'' (1972) – Major Upton
* ''[[Swallows and Amazons (1974 film)|Swallows and Amazons]]'' (1974) – Uncle Jim
* ''[[Percy's Progress]]'' (1974) – Bleeker
* ''[[Paper Tiger (1975 film)|Paper Tiger]]'' (1975) – Sergeant Forster
* ''[[Hardcore (1977 film)|Hardcore]]'' (1977) – Marty
* ''[[Come Play with Me (1977 film)|Come Play With Me]]'' (1977) – Slasher
* ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978) – Jock McTaggart
* ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' (1982) – Dr. Longet
* ''[[Tangiers (1982 film)|Tangiers]]'' (1985) – Jenkins
* ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]'' (1986) – Amberley Drove
* ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]'' (1989) – Justice Marshall
* ''[[Let Him Have It]]'' (1991) – Niven's Judge
* ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993 film)|The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]'' (1993) – Dean
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===Television credits===
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* ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1959) – Sharp
* ''[[Danger Man]]'' (1961) – Giuseppe Morelli
* ''[[The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon]]'' (1962) – Dr. James Mathers
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (''[[The Gravediggers (The Avengers)|The Gravediggers]]'') (1965) – Sir Horace Winslip
* ''[[Sword of Honour]]'' (1967) – Apthorpe
* ''[[The Misfit (TV series)|The Misfit]]'' (1970–1971) – Basil Allenby-Johnson
* ''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1973) – Horrocks
* ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' (1973) – Col. Pickering
* ''Melissa'' (1974) – Felix Hepburn
* ''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1976) – Titus Oates
* ''[[Pennies From Heaven (TV series)|Pennies From Heaven]]'' (1978) – Major Archibald Paxville
* ''[[The Famous Five (characters)#Television series|The Famous Five]]'' (1978) – Mr. Barling
* ''[[Spooner's Patch]]'' (1979) as Inspector Spooner (1979)
* ''[[Brideshead Revisited (TV serial)|Brideshead Revisited]]'' (1981) – Red-Haired Man
* ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1985–1989) – Self-Inflicted Sid / Albert Goddard
* ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (1986–1991) – Michael Edwards / Drummer
* ''Life Without George'' (1987–1989) – Harold Chambers
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'') (1988) – Joseph C.
* ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]'' (1992) – Angus Collins
* ''[[The Blackheath Poisonings (TV series)|The Blackheath Poisonings]]'' (1992) – Doctor Porter
* ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' (1993) – Donald
* ''[[TFI Friday]]'' (1996) – Himself
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==Personal life==
Fraser was a resident of [[Hampstead]], London. He was a heavy drinker and a well-known figure in the local hostelries.<ref>[http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm Gary Russell on ''The Famous Five'' – First season – ''Five Go to Smuggler's Top''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215020615/http://home.arcor.de/lgfb/ffreunde/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm |date=15 February 2009 }}</ref> He was married from 1956 to 1964 to Elizabeth Howe, and the couple had two daughters.<ref name=IndepObit/>

He died of a [[haemorrhage]], aged 66, in London on 13 March 1997.<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: Mar 1997 D44A 2501D 255 Camden, DoB = 11 April 1930 aged 66</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{IBDB name|41223}}
* {{tcmdb name|id=65520|name=Ronald Fraser}}
* {{Find a Grave|7468719}}

{{Authority control}}

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