John Ronane

John Ronane
John Ronane
	in Granada TV play Green Rub (1963)
Born	11 December 1933; Kensington, England
Died	15 May 2019 (aged 85); Eureka, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor

John Ronane (11 December 1933 – 15 May 2019)^[1] was a British actor.

He appeared on stage in the West End, in films made in Hollywood and in Europe, and on television and radio. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he appeared in the original production of Harold Pinter's The Collection at the Aldwych Theatre in 1962.^[2]^[3]

Ronane's films include King Rat (1965), Charlie Bubbles (1967), Some May Live (1967), Sebastian (1968), Nobody Ordered Love (1972), and the 1975 remake of The Spiral Staircase.^[4]

On television Ronane had starring roles in the 1960s in ATV's Drama 61-67, and in "The Hooded Terror", "The Taxi's For Johnny," and "Two Love Stories." He appeared in the miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R as Thomas Seymour.^[5]^[6] He starred in the Emmy-nominated A War of Children for CBS.^[7]^[8] He was a regular character in Granada TV's series Strangers^[9] between 1978 and 1982, playing Detective Sergeant Singer. Ronane's other TV credits include: Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, The Avengers, Department S, Two in Clover, Strange Report, The Persuaders!, Out of the Unknown, Survivors, starred in 'Trust Red' in The Sweeney, 1990, All Creatures Great and Small, Only When I Laugh, Juliet Bravo, Howards' Way and Press Gang.^[10]^[11]

He also appeared on stage at the Apollo Theatre, Peoria, Illinois, as Marc in Art.

Ronane taught drama and acting at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Illinois Central College.^[12]

He wrote, directed and starred in the play Words and Pictures, and wrote two novels: Hank Goes Dancing, about National Service in Britain in the 1950s, and Gone for a Soldier, a thriller. He also wrote several screenplays.

His memoir Rubber-Soled Shoes was published in 2017 by Versa Press.^[13]

He was married to Carole, and he had four children.^[12]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Doctor Blood's Coffin	Hanson	Uncredited
1961	Mary Had a Little...	Intern #1	Uncredited
1962	A Kind of Loving	Draughtsman
1963	The Silent Playground	Alan
1964	Rattle of a Simple Man	Willie
1965	Operation Crossbow	RAF Dakota Pilot	Uncredited
1965	King Rat	Hawkins
1967	Some May Live	Captain Elliott Thomas
	How I Won the War	Operator
	Another's Wife	Andrés
1968	Sebastian	Jameson
	Charlie Bubbles	Gerry
	The Touchables	Kasher
1972	Nobody Ordered Love	Paul Medbury
1972	That's Your Funeral	Roland Smallbody
1975	The Spiral Staircase	Doctor Rawley
2015	College Debts	Professor McLaughlin