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	~~{{short description\|British actor}}~~
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Ronald Lacey		\| name = Ronald Lacey
	\| image = Ronald Lacey IJ.jpg		\| image = Ronald Lacey IJ.jpg
	\| caption = Lacey as [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981)		\| caption = Lacey as [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981)
	\| birth_name = Ronald William Lacey		\| birth_name = Ronald William Lacey
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1935\|09\|28}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1935\|09\|28}}
	\| birth_place = [[w:Harrow, London\|Harrow]], [[w:Middlesex\|Middlesex]], England		\| birth_place = [[Harrow, London\|Harrow]], [[Middlesex\|Middlesex]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|1991\|05\|15\|1935\|09\|28}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|1991\|05\|15\|1935\|09\|28}}
	\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]], England		\| death_place = [[London\|London]], England
	\| education = [[w:Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]		\| education = [[Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]
	\| alma_mater = [[w:London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art\|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]		\| alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art\|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| yearsactive = 1959–1991		\| yearsactive = 1959–1991
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Mela White\|1962\|1969\|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage\|Joanna Baker\|1972\|1989\|end=divorced}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Mela White\|1962\|1969\|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage\|Joanna Baker\|1972\|1989\|end=divorced}}
	\| children = 3, including [[w:Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca]]		\| children = 3, including [[Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca]]
	}}		}}
	'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[w:The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[w:Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[w:Bud Spencer\|Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[w:Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[w:Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[w:Sturmbannführer\|Sturmbannführer]] [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[w:List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>		'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer\|Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[Sturmbannführer\|Sturmbannführer]] [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Lacey was born and raised in [[w:Harrow, Middlesex\|Harrow]]. He received his formal education at [[w:Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]. After a brief period of [[w:national service\|national service]] in the British Armed Forces, he enrolled at the [[w:London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art\|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] to train as an actor.		Lacey was born and raised in [[Harrow, Middlesex\|Harrow]]. He received his formal education at [[Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]. After a brief period of [[national service\|national service]] in the British Armed Forces, he enrolled at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art\|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] to train as an actor.

	==Career==		==Career==
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

	Lacey married twice, first to the actress Mela White in 1962 (she married him under the name Brompton as this was her second marriage). They had two children, actors [[w:Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca Lacey]]<ref>{{cite book\|author=Lynda Bellingham\|title=Lost and Found: My Story\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WagQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA256\|date=28 October 2014\|publisher=Ebury Publishing\|isbn=978-1-4464-0795-0\|pages=256}}</ref> and Jonathan Lacey. Following their divorce, he married Joanna Baker in 1972, with whom he had a son.		Lacey married twice, first to the actress Mela White in 1962 (she married him under the name Brompton as this was her second marriage). They had two children, actors [[Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca Lacey]]<ref>{{cite book\|author=Lynda Bellingham\|title=Lost and Found: My Story\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WagQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA256\|date=28 October 2014\|publisher=Ebury Publishing\|isbn=978-1-4464-0795-0\|pages=256}}</ref> and Jonathan Lacey. Following their divorce, he married Joanna Baker in 1972, with whom he had a son.

	==Death==		==Death==

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	* {{Find a Grave\|12811}}		* {{Find a Grave\|12811}}

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	* 1970 ''[[Tintin and the Temple of the Sun]]'' as Thompson (English version, voice, uncredited)		* 1970 ''[[Tintin and the Temple of the Sun]]'' as Thompson (English version, voice, uncredited)
	* 1971 ''[[Say Hello to Yesterday]]'' as Car Park Attendant (uncredited)		* 1971 ''[[Say Hello to Yesterday]]'' as Car Park Attendant (uncredited)
	* 1971 ''[[Macbeth (1971 film)\|Macbeth]]'' as ~~Macbeths~~ Man, Killed Banquo (uncredited)		* 1971 ''[[Macbeth (1971 film)\|Macbeth]]'' as Macbeth's Man, Killed Banquo (uncredited)
	* 1971 ''[[Crucible of Terror]]'' as Michael Clare		* 1971 ''[[Crucible of Terror]]'' as Michael Clare
	* 1972 ''[[Disciple of Death]]'' as Parson		* 1972 ''[[Disciple of Death]]'' as Parson

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	Lacey began his acting career in 1959 in a television play, ''[[The Secret Agent]]''. His first significant performance was at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in 1962's ''[[Chips with Everything]]''. Lacey had an unusual 'pug' look, with beady eyes, an upturned nose, liver lips, an overbite, receding chin and no brows. He could scream at a very high pitch. This unique combination of features landed him repeatedly in bizarre roles on both stage and screen, often as seedy, creepy villains. Together with his Welsh background, it helped qualify him for the role of [[Dylan Thomas]], which he played on BBC2 in what critic [[Clive James]] described as a "bravura performance".<ref name="James2017">{{cite book\|author=Clive James\|title=Clive James On Television\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qN4sDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT236\|date=6 April 2017\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-1-5098-3243-9\|pages=236}}</ref>		Lacey began his acting career in 1959 in a television play, ''[[The Secret Agent]]''. His first significant performance was at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in 1962's ''[[Chips with Everything]]''. Lacey had an unusual 'pug' look, with beady eyes, an upturned nose, liver lips, an overbite, receding chin and no brows. He could scream at a very high pitch. This unique combination of features landed him repeatedly in bizarre roles on both stage and screen, often as seedy, creepy villains. Together with his Welsh background, it helped qualify him for the role of [[Dylan Thomas]], which he played on BBC2 in what critic [[Clive James]] described as a "bravura performance".<ref name="James2017">{{cite book\|author=Clive James\|title=Clive James On Television\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qN4sDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT236\|date=6 April 2017\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-1-5098-3243-9\|pages=236}}</ref>

	~~[[File:Ronald Lacey.jpg\|thumb\|right]]~~
	Lacey performed on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with roles spanning from a part in [[Kenneth Clark]]'s ''[[Civilisation (TV series)\|Civilisation]]'' television series, as the gravedigger, in a re-enactment of the gravedigger scene from ''[[Hamlet]]'', with [[Ian Richardson]] as Hamlet and [[Patrick Stewart]] as Horatio, to a guest shot as the "Strange Young Man" in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)\|The Avengers]]'' episode "The Joker", and as [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'', with the latter finally landing him in the role for which his unusual physical characteristics could be repeatedly used to full advantage.<ref>{{Cite AV media \| people =Kenneth Clark\| title =Civilisation\| medium =Television production\| publisher =BBC \| location =London, UK\|year =1969}}</ref> Disappointed with his acting career by the late 1970s, he began to consider starting a talent agency. Spielberg then cast him as the [[Nazi]] agent [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. He followed this with a series of various villain roles for the next five to six years: ''[[Sahara (1983 film)\|Sahara]]'' with [[Brooke Shields]], and 1985's ''[[Red Sonja (1985 film)\|Red Sonja]]'' with [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], in addition to 1982's ''[[Firefox (film)\|Firefox]]'' with [[Clint Eastwood]], in which he played a Russian scientist helping the West behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. He then made two movies for Ice International Films: ''Assassinator'' starring alongside John Ryan and George Murcell, and ''Into the Darkness'', starring with [[Donald Pleasence]], John Ryan, and Brett Paul. He performed comic monologues on ''The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-02.html] The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog production website</ref>		Lacey performed on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with roles spanning from a part in [[Kenneth Clark]]'s ''[[Civilisation (TV series)\|Civilisation]]'' television series, as the gravedigger, in a re-enactment of the gravedigger scene from ''[[Hamlet]]'', with [[Ian Richardson]] as Hamlet and [[Patrick Stewart]] as Horatio, to a guest shot as the "Strange Young Man" in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)\|The Avengers]]'' episode "The Joker", and as [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'', with the latter finally landing him in the role for which his unusual physical characteristics could be repeatedly used to full advantage.<ref>{{Cite AV media \| people =Kenneth Clark\| title =Civilisation\| medium =Television production\| publisher =BBC \| location =London, UK\|year =1969}}</ref> Disappointed with his acting career by the late 1970s, he began to consider starting a talent agency. Spielberg then cast him as the [[Nazi]] agent [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. He followed this with a series of various villain roles for the next five to six years: ''[[Sahara (1983 film)\|Sahara]]'' with [[Brooke Shields]], and 1985's ''[[Red Sonja (1985 film)\|Red Sonja]]'' with [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], in addition to 1982's ''[[Firefox (film)\|Firefox]]'' with [[Clint Eastwood]], in which he played a Russian scientist helping the West behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. He then made two movies for Ice International Films: ''Assassinator'' starring alongside John Ryan and George Murcell, and ''Into the Darkness'', starring with [[Donald Pleasence]], John Ryan, and Brett Paul. He performed comic monologues on ''The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-02.html] The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog production website</ref>

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	==Filmography==		==Filmography==
			[[File:Ronald Lacey.jpg\|thumb\|right]]
	===Films===		===Films===
	* 1962 ''[[The Boys (1962 British film)\|The Boys]]'' as Billy Herne		* 1962 ''[[The Boys (1962 British film)\|The Boys]]'' as Billy Herne

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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Ronald Lacey		\| name = Ronald Lacey
	\| image = Ronald Lacey.jpg		\| image = Ronald Lacey IJ.jpg
	\| caption = Lacey as [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981)		\| caption = Lacey as [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981)
	\| birth_name = Ronald William Lacey		\| birth_name = Ronald William Lacey
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	Lacey began his acting career in 1959 in a television play, ''[[The Secret Agent]]''. His first significant performance was at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in 1962's ''[[Chips with Everything]]''. Lacey had an unusual 'pug' look, with beady eyes, an upturned nose, liver lips, an overbite, receding chin and no brows. He could scream at a very high pitch. This unique combination of features landed him repeatedly in bizarre roles on both stage and screen, often as seedy, creepy villains. Together with his Welsh background, it helped qualify him for the role of [[Dylan Thomas]], which he played on BBC2 in what critic [[Clive James]] described as a "bravura performance".<ref name="James2017">{{cite book\|author=Clive James\|title=Clive James On Television\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qN4sDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT236\|date=6 April 2017\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-1-5098-3243-9\|pages=236}}</ref>		Lacey began his acting career in 1959 in a television play, ''[[The Secret Agent]]''. His first significant performance was at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in 1962's ''[[Chips with Everything]]''. Lacey had an unusual 'pug' look, with beady eyes, an upturned nose, liver lips, an overbite, receding chin and no brows. He could scream at a very high pitch. This unique combination of features landed him repeatedly in bizarre roles on both stage and screen, often as seedy, creepy villains. Together with his Welsh background, it helped qualify him for the role of [[Dylan Thomas]], which he played on BBC2 in what critic [[Clive James]] described as a "bravura performance".<ref name="James2017">{{cite book\|author=Clive James\|title=Clive James On Television\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qN4sDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT236\|date=6 April 2017\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-1-5098-3243-9\|pages=236}}</ref>

			[[File:Ronald Lacey.jpg\|thumb\|right]]
	Lacey performed on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with roles spanning from a part in [[Kenneth Clark]]'s ''[[Civilisation (TV series)\|Civilisation]]'' television series, as the gravedigger, in a re-enactment of the gravedigger scene from ''[[Hamlet]]'', with [[Ian Richardson]] as Hamlet and [[Patrick Stewart]] as Horatio, to a guest shot as the "Strange Young Man" in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)\|The Avengers]]'' episode "The Joker", and as [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'', with the latter finally landing him in the role for which his unusual physical characteristics could be repeatedly used to full advantage.<ref>{{Cite AV media \| people =Kenneth Clark\| title =Civilisation\| medium =Television production\| publisher =BBC \| location =London, UK\|year =1969}}</ref> Disappointed with his acting career by the late 1970s, he began to consider starting a talent agency. Spielberg then cast him as the [[Nazi]] agent [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. He followed this with a series of various villain roles for the next five to six years: ''[[Sahara (1983 film)\|Sahara]]'' with [[Brooke Shields]], and 1985's ''[[Red Sonja (1985 film)\|Red Sonja]]'' with [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], in addition to 1982's ''[[Firefox (film)\|Firefox]]'' with [[Clint Eastwood]], in which he played a Russian scientist helping the West behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. He then made two movies for Ice International Films: ''Assassinator'' starring alongside John Ryan and George Murcell, and ''Into the Darkness'', starring with [[Donald Pleasence]], John Ryan, and Brett Paul. He performed comic monologues on ''The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-02.html] The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog production website</ref>		Lacey performed on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with roles spanning from a part in [[Kenneth Clark]]'s ''[[Civilisation (TV series)\|Civilisation]]'' television series, as the gravedigger, in a re-enactment of the gravedigger scene from ''[[Hamlet]]'', with [[Ian Richardson]] as Hamlet and [[Patrick Stewart]] as Horatio, to a guest shot as the "Strange Young Man" in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)\|The Avengers]]'' episode "The Joker", and as [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'', with the latter finally landing him in the role for which his unusual physical characteristics could be repeatedly used to full advantage.<ref>{{Cite AV media \| people =Kenneth Clark\| title =Civilisation\| medium =Television production\| publisher =BBC \| location =London, UK\|year =1969}}</ref> Disappointed with his acting career by the late 1970s, he began to consider starting a talent agency. Spielberg then cast him as the [[Nazi]] agent [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. He followed this with a series of various villain roles for the next five to six years: ''[[Sahara (1983 film)\|Sahara]]'' with [[Brooke Shields]], and 1985's ''[[Red Sonja (1985 film)\|Red Sonja]]'' with [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], in addition to 1982's ''[[Firefox (film)\|Firefox]]'' with [[Clint Eastwood]], in which he played a Russian scientist helping the West behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. He then made two movies for Ice International Films: ''Assassinator'' starring alongside John Ryan and George Murcell, and ''Into the Darkness'', starring with [[Donald Pleasence]], John Ryan, and Brett Paul. He performed comic monologues on ''The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-02.html] The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog production website</ref>

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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

	Lacey married twice, first to the actress Mela White in 1962 (she married him under the name Brompton as this was her second marriage). They had two children, actors [[Rebecca Lacey]]<ref>{{cite book\|author=Lynda Bellingham\|title=Lost and Found: My Story\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WagQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA256\|date=28 October 2014\|publisher=Ebury Publishing\|isbn=978-1-4464-0795-0\|pages=256}}</ref> and Jonathan Lacey. Following their divorce, he married Joanna Baker in 1972, with whom he had a son.		Lacey married twice, first to the actress Mela White in 1962 (she married him under the name Brompton as this was her second marriage). They had two children, actors [[w:Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca Lacey]]<ref>{{cite book\|author=Lynda Bellingham\|title=Lost and Found: My Story\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WagQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA256\|date=28 October 2014\|publisher=Ebury Publishing\|isbn=978-1-4464-0795-0\|pages=256}}</ref> and Jonathan Lacey. Following their divorce, he married Joanna Baker in 1972, with whom he had a son.

	==Death==		==Death==

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	'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[w:The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[w:Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[w:Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[w:Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[w:Sturmbannführer\|Sturmbannführer]] [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[w:List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>		'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[w:The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[w:Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[w:Bud Spencer\|Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[w:Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[w:Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[w:Sturmbannführer\|Sturmbannführer]] [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[w:List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	\| children = 3, including [[w:Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca]]		\| children = 3, including [[w:Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca]]
	}}		}}
	'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[Sturmbannführer]] [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>		'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[w:The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[w:Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[w:Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[w:Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[w:Sturmbannführer\|Sturmbannführer]] [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[w:List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Lacey was born and raised in [[Harrow, Middlesex]]. He received his formal education at [[Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]. After a brief period of [[national service]] in the British Armed Forces, he enrolled at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] to train as an actor.		Lacey was born and raised in [[w:Harrow, Middlesex\|Harrow]]. He received his formal education at [[w:Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]. After a brief period of [[w:national service\|national service]] in the British Armed Forces, he enrolled at the [[w:London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art\|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] to train as an actor.

	==Career==		==Career==

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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Ronald Lacey		\| name = Ronald Lacey
	\| image = Ronald Lacey ~~as Arnold Toht~~.jpg		\| image = Ronald Lacey.jpg
	\| caption = Lacey as [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981)		\| caption = Lacey as [[w:List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[w:Raiders of the Lost Ark\|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981)
	\| birth_name = Ronald William Lacey		\| birth_name = Ronald William Lacey
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1935\|09\|28}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1935\|09\|28}}
	\| birth_place = [[Harrow, London\|Harrow]], [[Middlesex]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Harrow, London\|Harrow]], [[w:Middlesex\|Middlesex]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|1991\|05\|15\|1935\|09\|28}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|1991\|05\|15\|1935\|09\|28}}
	\| death_place = [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| education = [[Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]		\| education = [[w:Harrow College\|Harrow Weald Grammar School]]
	\| alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]		\| alma_mater = [[w:London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art\|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| yearsactive = 1959–1991		\| yearsactive = 1959–1991
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Mela White\|1962\|1969\|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage\|Joanna Baker\|1972\|1989\|end=divorced}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Mela White\|1962\|1969\|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage\|Joanna Baker\|1972\|1989\|end=divorced}}
	\| children = 3, including [[Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca]]		\| children = 3, including [[w:Rebecca Lacey\|Rebecca]]
	}}		}}
	'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[Sturmbannführer]] [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>		'''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|title=Ronald Lacey\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39908/Ronald-Lacey/biography\|url-status=dead\|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|publisher=[[Baseline (database)\|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]\|author=Rose of Sharon Winter\|date=2014\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included [[Harris (Porridge)\|Harris]] in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)\|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[Charleston (1977 film)\|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[Sicherheitsdienst\|SD]] agent [[Sturmbannführer]] [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Arnold Ernst Toht\|Arnold Ernst Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and the [[List of Blackadder characters#Bishop of Bath and Wells\|Bishop of Bath and Wells]] in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' (1986).<ref name=NYT/>