Ron Cook

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 92

Gender Male

Birthday December 1, 1948 (76 years old)

Place of Birth South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

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Ron Cook

Biography

Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s.

Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, the son of a school cook and a car worker. When he was 6, his family moved to Coventry; he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College.

Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s.

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2024		The Critic as Hugh Morris
2024		Sew Torn as Oskar

2022		Empire of Light as Mr. Cooper
2022		Andor (2 episodes) as Willi
2022		Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry as Richard Millett QC
2022		Life After Life (4 episodes) as Dr. Fellowes

2021

as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

2020		Des (3 episodes) as DSI Chambers
2020		18% Grey as Charlie

2019		The Witcher (1 episode) as Borch Three Jackdaws
2019		Chernobyl (2 episodes) as Old Maternity Doctor

2018		Les Misérables (2 episodes) as Hair and Teeth Dealer
2018		The City and the City (4 episodes) as Commissar Gadlem

2014

(1 episode) as Wilf

2013

(40 episodes) as Mr. Crabb

2012		Mrs Biggs as Peter
2012		Bert & Dickie as Albert
2012		The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2 episodes) as Durdles

2011		Death in Paradise (1 episode) as Bill Calder
2011		Vera (1 episode) as Brian Gower
2011		National Theatre Live: King Lear as The Fool

2010

as The Good Chap

2009		Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Clement Smith
2009		Garrow's Law (1 episode) as Captain Baillie
2009		Personal Affairs (4 episodes)
2009		Red Riding (1 episode)
2009		The Diary of Anne Frank (5 episodes) as Hermann Van Daan
2009		Le Journal d'Anne Frank as Hermann Van Daan

2008		Little Dorrit (14 episodes)
2008		Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Lord Charlie Hill
2008		10 Days to War (1 episode) as Peter

2007

as George Merchant

2006		Confetti as Sam's Dad
2006		Land of the Blind as Doc
2006		Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Peter Eade

2005		Funland (11 episodes)
2005		On a Clear Day as Norman
2005		Doctor Who (1 episode) as Magpie (1 episode)
2005		Doctor Who Confidential (1 episode)
2005		Casanova (3 episodes) as Prisoner

2004		The Merchant of Venice as Old Gobbo
2004		No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
2004		Thunderbirds as Parker
2004		He Knew He Was Right (4 episodes) as Mr. Bozzle

2003		Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (1 episode)
2003		The Other Boleyn Girl as Thomas Cromwell
2003		The Lost Prince (2 episodes) as Lloyd George
2003		Hornblower: Duty as Steward James Doughty
2003		Hornblower: Loyalty as Steward James Doughty

2002		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Barrymore
2002		Dead Gorgeous as Hector
2002		Fields of Gold as Dave McArdle
2002		24 Hour Party People as Derek Ryder

2001		Charlotte Gray as Mirabel
2001		Lucky Break as Perry
2001		Waking the Dead (2 episodes) as Dr. Milan Vaspovic

2000		Chocolat as Alphonse Marceau
2000		Quills as Napoleon
2000		102 Dalmatians as Mr. Button

1999

as Richard D'Oyly Carte

1998		Hornblower (2 episodes) as Doughty
1998		Let the Good Times Roll as Drug Dealer

1997		The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (5 episodes) as Benjamin Partridge
1997		The Odyssey (2 episodes) as Eurybates
1997		Midsomer Murders (1 episode) as Bernard Flack

1996

as Stuart

1995

(1 episode) as Percy Banks

1994

as Napoleon Bonaparte

1993

(1 episode) as Blind Billy

1992

(1 episode)

1991

as Harry

1990

1989

as Mews

1986		Day To Remember as Graham
1986		The Singing Detective (6 episodes) as First Mysterious Man

1985		Girls On Top (1 episode) as Ian
1985		Number One as 'The Wasp'

1984		The Bill (1 episode)
1984		Scandalous as 3rd Taxi Driver

1983		Blackadder (1 episode) as Sean, the Irish
1983		The Tragedy of Richard III as Richard III
1983		Henry VI Part 3 as Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1983		Henry VI Part 2 as Richard Plantagenet
1983		Henry VI Part 1 as Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter

1982		The Merry Wives of Windsor as Peter Simple
1982		The Young Ones (1 episode) as Convict
1982		The Magic Shop

1981

(1 episode) as Reggie Betts

1978		The BBC Television Shakespeare (1 episode) as Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1 episode) as Richard Plantaganet/Alderman of St. Albans (uncredited) (1 episode) as Third Messenger to the King/Countess's Porter (1 episode) as Richard III
1978		Will Shakespeare (6 episodes) as Jack Rice
1978		Life of Shakespeare (6 episodes) as Jack Rice

1976

as Telegram Boy

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