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Ronald Graham (born Lionel Alfred Hosmer, 17 December 1926 – 2 April 2020) was a British-Australian character actor who appeared in many theatre and television roles from 1956 until retiring in 2003. He is best known for his roles in telemovies and guest roles in serials including many shows made by Crawford Productions and roles in popular serials Certain Women, A Country Practice and Home and Away. He was a regular in the short lived police-oriented soap opera Waterloo Station (1983) and featured in the film Gallipoli.
Ron Graham | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lionel Alfred Hosmer 17 December 1926 Aldershot, England |
| Died | 2 April 2020 (aged 93) Windsor, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Occupation | Character actor |
| Years active | Theatre 1956–2000,[1] Television and film 1961–2003 |
| Spouse | Aleda Klara Johnsen |
| Children | Marcus Graham |
Personal life
editRon Graham was born Lionel Alfred Hosmer, the second son of 3 boys to William Alfred Hosmer (1896-1953) and Doris Agatha (nee Green) (1897-1978) in Aldershot, UK. In 1928, the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lionel joined the British Army and in July 1948, his parents and two brothers emigrated to Australia from the United Kingdom. Lionel demobbed from the Army in 1949 and then migrated to Australia, settling in Perth. He changed his name by deed poll to Ron Graham. He first married in the early 1960s to Judith Schonell, a dancer with the West Australian State Ballet. Their son Marcus Graham is a well-known Australian stage, television and film actor and director. Ron later partnered with Aleda Klara Johnsen. He died in Windsor, New South Wales on 2 April 2020 at the age of 93.[2]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Merchant of Venice | Basanio | TV movie |
| 1969 | The Intruders | Peter Yordan | Film |
| 1970 | The Curious Female | Doorman | |
| 1981 | Gallipoli | Wallace Hamilton | Feature film |
| 1982 | Fluteman | Frank Timms | Feature film |
| 1984 | Silver City | Director | Feature film |
| 1986 | Whose Baby | Jack Galbsally | TV movie |
| 1996 | Acri | Norris | |
| 1998 | 13 Gantry Row | Loan's Manager | TV movie |
| 1999 | Time and Tide | Harry | TV movie |
| 2000 | Portrait of a Suspect | American Police Detective | TV movie |
| 2003 | BlackJack Murder Archive | Brian Kirsten | TV movie |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Whiplash | Alfred | TV series |
| 1967 | Contrabandits | Detective Sergeant Thomson | TV series |
| 1967 | Love and War | TV miniseries, episode: War 3: Sergeant Musgrave's Dance | |
| 1969 | Riptide | Chris Bolan | TV series |
| 1971 | Mrs. Finnegan | Joe Fagan | TV series |
| 1969–71 | Dynasty | John Mason | TV series |
| 1972 | Boney | Mike Taylor | TV series |
| 1972 | The Spoiler | Dave Sharpe | TV series |
| 1971–72 | Spyforce | Ron (pilot) (uncredited) | TV series |
| 1973 | A Taste for Blue Ribbons | TV series | |
| 1973 | Ryan | Sergeant Nelson | TV series |
| 1971–73 | Matlock Police | 4 roles: -Brian Woods -Ron Grey -Sam Winter -Leo "Bullfrog" Bennett |
TV series |
| 1968–73 | Homicide | 5 roles: -Allan Farrow -Sgt. Ron Lane -Don Carlisle -David Warner -Bill Young |
TV series |
| 1969–74 | Division 4 | 4 roles: -Chris Granger -Len Abbott -John Moore -Laurie Cornell |
TV series |
| 1973–76 | Certain Women | Alan Stone | TV series |
| 1978 | Young Ramsay | Bruce Watt | TV series |
| 1977–78 | Glenview High | Frank Faulkner | TV series |
| 1978 | Cass | TV series | |
| 1978 | Cop Shop | 2 roles -Ralph Curran -Peter Curran |
TV series |
| 1979 | Ride on Stranger | Darcey Jones | TV series |
| 1981 | Kingswood Country | Mr. GMH | TV series |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Trotter | TV series |
| 1981 | Sporting Chance | TV series | |
| 1982 | 1915 | Army Sergeant | TV miniseries |
| 1982 | M.P.S.I.B | Max Birch | TV series |
| 1983 | Waterloo Station | DS Jack Edwards | TV series |
| 1983 | Silent Reach | Father Vakldera | TV miniseries |
| 1985 | Winners | Abattoir Manager | TV series |
| 1986 | Alice to Nowhere | Denzil Leary | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Frank White | TV series |
| 1989 | Mission: Impossible | Challis | TV series |
| 1981–92 | A Country Practice | 5 roles: -Andy McKay -Harry Martin -Bill Jones -Tom Spencer -Bill Morrison |
TV series |
| 1994 | Time Trax | Casey | TV series |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High | Detective Monaghan | TV series |
| 1995 | Blue Murder | Senior Officer | TV miniseries |
| 1991–96 | G.P. | 2 roles: -Angus Sutton (1991) -Jim Stewart (1996) |
TV series |
| 1997 | Home and Away | Murray Watson | TV series |
| 1997 | Big Sky | Tom | TV series |
| 2001 | Outriders | Mr. Murray | TV series |
| 2003 | Snobs | Mr. Ford | TV series |
References
edit- ^ "RonGraham". AusStage.
- ^ "GRAHAM, Ronald". The Weekly Times. The Daily Telegraph. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
External links
edit- Ron Graham at IMDb
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