John Ronane
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John Ronane is a British
actor.
An Emmy nominee for his role in "War of Children" for CBS, he lost to Lord Olivier that year.
In the UK, he was a regular character in Granada TV
's Strangers
between 1978-82, playing Detective Sgt Singer. He has appeared onstage in the West End, in movies in Hollywood and Europe, on the BBC, on radio and television, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He appeared in the television
mini-series The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R
as Thomas Seymour
.
Films include Captain Hawkins in "King Rat" with George Segal, John Mills and Denholm Elliott; "Charlie Bubbles" with Albert Finney and Liza Minnelli; "How I Won the War" with John Lennon and Michael Crawford; "La Mujer de l'Otro" with Martha Hyer for Madrid Coral Pictures; "Operation Crossbow" with Sophia Loren, George Peppard and Tom Courtenay; "Some May Live" with Joseph Cotton and Martha Hyer; starred in "The Touchables" for Twentieth Century Fox.
Other TV credits include: Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green
, The Saint
, The Avengers
, Department S
, The Persuaders!
, Out of the Unknown
, Survivors
, starred in 'Trust Red' in The Sweeney
, 1990
, All Creatures Great and Small, Juliet Bravo
, Howards' Way
and Press Gang
.
Other starring roles in the 1960s for ATV included "The Hooded Terror," "The Taxi's For Johnny," and "Two Love Stories."
His appeared onstage at the Apollo Theatre (Peoria, IL) as Marc in "Art"--fulfilling a show biz desire to "play in Peoria."
He has taught drama and acting at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and Illinois Central College.
He is married to Carole, and he has four children.
Currently he is an author with a play (which he wrote, directed and starred in) "Words and Pictures"; and two novels published: "Hank Goes Dancing" (a 1950s romp through British national service) and the action-romantic thriller "Gone for a Soldier." Other novels are in the works: "Men of Violence" and "Dangerous Pastimes."
Additionally, he has written several screenplays that are in various stages of development.
United Kingdom
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actor.
An Emmy nominee for his role in "War of Children" for CBS, he lost to Lord Olivier that year.
In the UK, he was a regular character in Granada TV
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
's Strangers
Strangers (TV series)
Strangers was a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982.After the success of the TV series The XYY Man, adapted from books by Kenneth Royce, Granada TV devised a new series to feature the regular characters of Detective Sergeant George Bulman and his assistant Detective...
between 1978-82, playing Detective Sgt Singer. He has appeared onstage in the West End, in movies in Hollywood and Europe, on the BBC, on radio and television, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He appeared in the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
mini-series The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R is a BBC television drama serial of six 85-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson in the title role. It was first broadcast on BBC2 from February to March 1971, through the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and broadcast in America on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre.- Episodes...
as Thomas Seymour
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG was an English politician.Thomas spent his childhood in Wulfhall, outside Savernake Forest, in Wiltshire. Historian David Starkey describes Thomas thus: 'tall, well-built and with a dashing beard and auburn hair, he was irresistible to women'...
.
Films include Captain Hawkins in "King Rat" with George Segal, John Mills and Denholm Elliott; "Charlie Bubbles" with Albert Finney and Liza Minnelli; "How I Won the War" with John Lennon and Michael Crawford; "La Mujer de l'Otro" with Martha Hyer for Madrid Coral Pictures; "Operation Crossbow" with Sophia Loren, George Peppard and Tom Courtenay; "Some May Live" with Joseph Cotton and Martha Hyer; starred in "The Touchables" for Twentieth Century Fox.
Other TV credits include: Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series that ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.-Overview:...
, The Saint
The Saint (TV series)
The Saint was an ITC mystery spy thriller television series that aired in the UK on ITV between 1962 and 1969. It centred on the Leslie Charteris literary character, Simon Templar, a Robin Hood-like adventurer with a penchant for disguise. The character may be nicknamed The Saint because the...
, The Avengers
The Avengers (TV series)
The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants...
, Department S
Department S
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King , Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst...
, The Persuaders!
The Persuaders!
The Persuaders! is a 1971 action/adventure series, produced by ITC Entertainment for initial broadcast on ITV and ABC. It has been called "the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that had begun eleven years earlier with Danger Man in 1960", as well as "the most ambitious and most...
, Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was an independent dramatisation of a separate science fiction short story...
, Survivors
Survivors
Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977...
, starred in 'Trust Red' in The Sweeney
The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London...
, 1990
1990 (TV series)
1990 is a British then-futuristic political drama television series produced by the BBC and shown in 1977 and 1978.- Plot :The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control , a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding...
, All Creatures Great and Small, Juliet Bravo
Juliet Bravo
Juliet Bravo is a British television series, which ran on BBC1 between 1980 and 1985. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire.-Programme name:...
, Howards' Way
Howards' Way
Howards' Way is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC One between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the yachting and business communities in the fictional town of Tarrant on the South Coast of...
and Press Gang
Press Gang
Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of forty-three episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993...
.
Other starring roles in the 1960s for ATV included "The Hooded Terror," "The Taxi's For Johnny," and "Two Love Stories."
His appeared onstage at the Apollo Theatre (Peoria, IL) as Marc in "Art"--fulfilling a show biz desire to "play in Peoria."
He has taught drama and acting at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and Illinois Central College.
He is married to Carole, and he has four children.
Currently he is an author with a play (which he wrote, directed and starred in) "Words and Pictures"; and two novels published: "Hank Goes Dancing" (a 1950s romp through British national service) and the action-romantic thriller "Gone for a Soldier." Other novels are in the works: "Men of Violence" and "Dangerous Pastimes."
Additionally, he has written several screenplays that are in various stages of development.