Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Ronald Frederick Leigh-Hunt (5 October 1920 – 12 September 2005) was a British film and television actor.

His father was a stockbroker and he attended the Italia Conti Academy. He began acting whilst serving in the army. Though never a major star, he appeared in over a hundred television and film productions over a forty-year period, including as King Arthur in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot in the mid-1950s, and General Hospital in the early 1970s.

He appeared in Danger Man and twice in Doctor Who, as Commander Radnor in The Seeds of Death (1969) and as Commander Stevenson in Revenge of the Cybermen (1975); and starred as Colonel Buchan in every episode of the 1960s and 1970s children's TV series Freewheelers. Later he appeared in "You Lose Some, You Win Some", an episode of series 2 of Minder and "Children of Auron" in the third series of Blake's 7.

His film appearances included The League of Gentlemen (1960), Le Mans (1971) and The Omen (1976).

In his later years he was a familiar sight at the Green Room Club where he was an honorary member.

His cousin was the actress Barbara Leigh-Hunt.

Selected filmography

No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) - Grisson's Guard (uncredited) Blackout (1950) - Dr. Langley No Trace (1950) - Party Guest (uncredited) Paul Temple Returns (1952) - Inspector Ross Tread Softly (1952) - Inspector Hinton The Broken Horseshoe (1953) - Sgt. Lewis Three Steps to the Gallows (1953) - Capt. Adams Forces' Sweetheart (1953) - Navy C.O. Flannelfoot (1953) - Dr. Milligan Johnny on the Spot (1954) - Jeremy Oulton (uncredited) Tiger by the Tail (1955) - Doctor Scott, psychiatrist Shadow of a Man (1956) - Norman Farrel Assignment Redhead (1956) - Col. Julian Fentriss M.I.5. Action Stations (1956) - Kleivar Zoo Baby (1957) - Supt. Copton A Touch of Larceny (1960) - 2nd Editor (uncredited) Sink the Bismarck! (1960) - Somers, Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited) The League of Gentlemen (1960) - Police Superintendent - Final Scene (uncredited) Oscar Wilde (1960) - Lionel Johnson Piccadilly Third Stop (1960) - Police Sergeant The Hand (1960) - Munyard Very Important Person (1961) - Clynes We Joined the Navy (1962) - Commander Royal Navy Der Schwur des Soldaten Pooley (1963) - (uncredited) Seventy Deadly Pills (1964) - Sergeant The Third Secret (1964) - Police Officer The Pumpkin Eater (1964) - 2nd Man in Bar (uncredited) Curse of Simba (1965) - Doctor The Liquidator (1965) - Mac Khartoum (1966) - Lord Northbrook (uncredited) Where the Bullets Fly (1966) - Thursby Hostile Witness (1968) - Dr. Wimborne Clegg (1970) - Inspector Kert Le Mans (1971) - David Townsend Universal Soldier (1971) - St. George Baxter! (1973) - Mr. Fishie The Omen (1976) - Gentleman at Rugby Match The Message (1976) - Heraclius Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Priest marrying Bobby and Natasha (uncredited) Frankenstein (1992) - Alphonse

Television Year Title Role Notes 1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard Ireton Boulder Episode: "Hot Money" 1962 Sir Francis Drake Hawkins Episode: "The Governor's Revenge" 1963 The Human Jungle George Hunter Episode: "The Vacant Chair" 1963 The Scales of Justice Jimmy Donovan Episode: "The Invisible Asset" 1964 Our Man at St. Mark's Mr. Mitchell Episode: "The Desk" 1964 Emergency Ward 10 Brian Rogers 3 episodes 1964 Sergeant Cork Sir Maurice Hampshire Episode: "The Case of the Elegant Mistress" 1964 Detective Bertram Coulson Episode: "A Connoisseur's Case" 1964 Edgar Wallace Mysteries Prison Governor Episode: "Face of a Stranger" 1964 Thorndyke John Simpson Episode: "The Case of Phyllis Annesley" 1971 The Doctors Gerald DeSoutter 8 episodes 1972 General Hospital Dr. Robert Thorne 6 episodes 1973 Van der Valk Paul Bekker Episode: "Season for Love" 1975 The Brothers Dr. Gloster 2 episodes 1977 Warship Gage Episode: "A Matter of History" 1978 The Professionals Dr. Binney Episode: "Stake Out"