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.[1] Fraser was a familiar figure in West End clubs during the Sixties, having had a long-standing reputation as a heavy drinker.
He trained as an actor at RADA, graduating in 1953.[4] He appeared at Glasgow's Citizens' Theatre, and 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.[2]
He appeared in numerous television roles from 1954, and in nearly 50 films from 1957, mostly in comedies.[2] He was notable as Basil "Badger" Allenby-Johnson in the 1970s television series The Misfit (1970–1971).[1]
In 1996 Fraser voiced the chief judge in The Willows in Winter.[1]
Fraser was a resident of Hampstead, London. He was a heavy drinker and a well-known figure in the local hostelries.[3] He was married from 1956 to 1964 to Elizabeth Howe, and the couple had two daughters.[2]
He died of a haemorrhage, aged 66, in London on 13 March 1997.[6][2]
