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Ron Cook

Acting · Born 1948-12-01 · South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026Ladies FirstMr. Sachs
2025The ChoralReverend Woodhead
2025The HackMax Mosley
2025Sew TornOskar
2025I Fought the LawFrank Cook MP
2024The CriticHugh Morris
2022Empire of LightMr. Cooper
2022AndorWilli
2022Grenfell: Scenes from the InquiryRichard Millett QC
2022Life After LifeDr. Fellowes
2021The King's ManArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
2020DesDSI Chambers
202018% GreyCharlie
2019The WitcherBorch Three Jackdaws
2019ChernobylOld Maternity Doctor
2018Les MisérablesHair and Teeth Dealer
2018The City and the CityCommissar Gadlem
2014Inside No. 9Wilf
2013Mr SelfridgeMr. Crabb
2012Mrs BiggsPeter
2012Mrs BiggsPeter
2012Bert & DickieAlbert
2012The Mystery of Edwin DroodDurdles
2011Death in ParadiseBill Calder
2011VeraBrian Gower
2011National Theatre Live: King LearThe Fool
2010Time Gentlemen, PleaseThe Good Chap
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Clement Smith
2009Garrow's LawCaptain Baillie
2009Personal AffairsBernie Lerner
2009Red Riding
2009The Diary of Anne FrankHermann Van Daan
2009The Diary of Anne FrankHermann Van Daan
2008Little DorritChivery
2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryLord Charlie Hill
200810 Days to WarPeter
2007Hot FuzzGeorge Merchant
2006ConfettiSam's Dad
2006Land of the BlindDoc
2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!Peter Eade
2005FunlandHitman
2005On a Clear DayNorman
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2005Doctor Who
2005CasanovaPrisoner
2004The Merchant of VeniceOld Gobbo
2004No Strings Attached: The Making of ThunderbirdsSelf
2004ThunderbirdsParker
2004He Knew He Was RightMr Bozzle
2003Seven Wonders of the Industrial WorldIsambard Kingdom Brunel
2003The Other Boleyn GirlThomas Cromwell
2003The Lost PrinceLloyd George
2003Hornblower: DutySteward James Doughty
2003Hornblower: LoyaltySteward James Doughty
2002The Hound of the BaskervillesBarrymore
2002Foyle's WarEddie Baker
2002Dead GorgeousHector
2002Fields of GoldDave McArdle
200224 Hour Party PeopleDerek
2001Charlotte GrayMirabel
2001Lucky BreakPerry
2001Waking the DeadDr. Milan Vaspovic
2000ChocolatAlphonse Marceau
2000QuillsNapoleon
2000102 DalmatiansMr. Button
1999Topsy-TurvyRichard D'Oyly Carte
1998HornblowerDoughty
1998Let the Good Times RollDrug Dealer
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingBenjamin Partridge
1997The OdysseyEurybates
1997Midsomer MurdersBernard Flack
1996Secrets & LiesStuart
1995BramwellPercy Banks
1994Sharpe's HonourNapoleon Bonaparte
1993SharpeNapoleon
1993The DetectivesBlind Billy
1992Maigret
1991TurbulenceHarry
1990The Fool
1990The ChiefJames Baddeley
1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverMews
1986Day To RememberGraham
1986The Singing DetectiveFirst Mysterious Man
1985Girls On TopIan
1985Number One'The Wasp'
1984The Bill
1984Scandalous3rd Taxi Driver
1983BlackadderSean, the Irish
1983The Tragedy of Richard IIIRichard III
1983Henry VI Part 3Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1983Henry VI Part 2Richard Plantagenet
1983Henry VI Part 1Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter
1982The Merry Wives of WindsorPeter Simple
1982The Young OnesConvict
1982The Magic Shop
1981BergeracReggie Betts
1978Life of ShakespeareJack Rice
1978Will ShakespeareJack Rice
1976Secrets of a SuperstudTelegram Boy

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