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Educado en. London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Información profesional. Ocupación. Actor. Años activo. 1960–1991. [ editar datos en Wikidata] Ronald William Lacey (28 de septiembre de 1935-15 de mayo de 1991) fue un actor cinematográfico y televisivo británico.
Ronald Lacey was a British character actor whose career spanned more than thirty years; his was a face familiar from a variety of television and film appearances, but it was his performance as the evil Major Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark that gained him international recognition and a place in popular culture.
Ronald Lacey was a British character actor whose career spanned more than thirty years; his was a face familiar from a variety of television and film appearances, but it was his performance as the evil Major Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark that gained him international recognition and a place in popular culture.
Biography. Ronald Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30 year period and is perhaps best remembered for his villainous roles in Hollywood films, most famously Major Arnold Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Born in London, Lacey served in the military, and then studied drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He landed his first part in the British film The Boys in 1962. Hollywood called, and he was cast in the 1964 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage.
He is recognised for superb comedy as well a tremendous legacy of top quality dramatic performances. Ronald Lacey played "Horrible Harris" in the award winning BBC comedy series, Porridge. He was part of an outstanding cast headed by Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay.
Ronald Lacey began his acting career in 1960, cast in his first TV film (The Jelly End Strike) in 1961, with more film roles in films like Zulu Dawn, Nijinsky, Trenchcoat, Flesh and Blood, Lone Runner and Landlside.
