Ron Haddrick
Ronald Norman Haddrick (9 April 1929 – 11 February 2020) was an Australian actor, narrator and South Australian cricketer. In 2012, he received the Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for his long and distinguished career in media, spanning some seventy years both locally and also in Britain. He appeared in many Shakespearean roles and often performed with theatre actress Ruth Cracknell.
At the time of his Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award playwright David Williamson said, "Ron Haddrick was chosen for two reasons. He’s a great actor, definitely one of the greatest of his generation, and also a great human being who has enriched the lives of countless Australians through his acting. He has also enriched the lives of many of us who work in the theatre because of his dedication and palpable decency." Actor John Bell in presenting the award said his "career has been extraordinary ... he is undoubtedly one of the leading lights in the Australian acting industry and he is much loved, admired and respected, because of both his professionalism and his good nature." On news of his death Bell Shakespeare said: “a legend of Australian theatre ... it was a privilege to have him grace our stage”.
Acted in
Codgers
2011
as Jimmy
The Informant
2008
as Tom
Underbelly
2008
as Bertie
The Story of Bubbleboy
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004
as Yondalao
Carnivale
2000
as Banjo (voice)
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
2000
as Thomas
The Lost World
1999
as Bergin
Farscape
1999
as Yondalao
Children of the Revolution
1996
as Sir Allan Miles
Water Rats
1996
Quigley Down Under
1990
as Grimmelman
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
1988
as Reverend Brown
Storybook Classics: The Legend of Hiawatha
1988
as (voice)
The Odyssey
1987
as (voice)
Great Expectations: The Untold Story
1987
as Tankerton
Rob Roy
1987
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
1986
as Frollo (voice)
Nicholas Nickleby
1985
as (voice)
The Camel Boy
1984
as (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983
Dot and the Bunny
1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983
as Dr. Mortimer (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983
as (voice)
The Amorous Dentist
1983
as Butler
Sarah
1982
A Christmas Carol
1982
as Scrooge (voice)
Around the World with Dot
1981
as Grumblebones/Frog/Circus Elephant/Tiger/British Lion
From the Earth to the Moon
1979
as Voice
The Adventures of Sinbad
1979
as (voice)
Dawn!
1979
as Pop
The Death Train
1978
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
1977
as (voice)
Dot and the Kangaroo
1977
as Father (voice)
The Lost Islands
1977
The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
1976
Master of the World
1976
as Voice
The Fourth Wish
1976
as Harbord
Off on a Comet
1976
as (voice)
The Mysterious Island
1975
as Voice
The Golden Cage
1975
as Rich man
Moby-Dick
1975
as (voice)
The Black Arrow
1973
as (voice)
The Three Musketeers
1973
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1973
as Voice
The Swiss Family Robinson
1973
as (voice)
Kidnapped
1973
as (voice)
The Count of Monte Cristo
1973
as (voice)
The Gentlemen of Titipu
1973
as (voice)
The Prince and the Pauper
1972
as (voice)
Robinson Crusoe
1972
as (voice)
Travels of Marco Polo
1972
as (voice)
Treasure Island
1971
The Legend of Robin Hood
1971
as (voice)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1970
as (voice)
A Christmas Carol
1969
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
The Big Killing
1965
as Gavin Cole