Ron Haddrick appeared in many Shakespearean roles and often performed with theatre actress Ruth Cracknell.
16 Facts About Ron Haddrick
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Ron Haddrick has enriched the lives of many of us who work in the theatre because of his dedication and palpable decency.
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In 2011 three generations of the Ron Haddrick family were involved in the production of the Australian miniseries Cloudstreet.
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Ron Haddrick was the narrator, Greg Haddrick was a producer, and Mille Haddrick was an actor.
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Ron Haddrick first appeared on the stage in 1949 at the Adelaide Tivoli Theatre.
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Ron Haddrick has worked extensively in radio and TV throughout his career, notably for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Ron Haddrick made an early television appearance in the 1960 television play Close to the Roof.
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Ron Haddrick had his first starring TV role as Dr William Redfern in The Outcasts.
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Ron Haddrick worked along the same lines in the Australian animation field in 1977 with a shorter version of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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Ron Haddrick played extensive seasons of the Nimrod Theatre Company production of The Club.
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Ron Haddrick received two of the now defunct "Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Awards" for his performances in Long Day's Journey into Night and I'm Not Rappaport.
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Ron Haddrick appeared in Australian-made television from Certain Women and Heartbreak High to Farscape and in numerous feature films.
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Ron Haddrick played on The Lost Islands, as the tyrant "Q", a 200-year-old ruler.
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Ron Haddrick was frequently heard reading poetry for the ABC.
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In 1960 Ron Haddrick appeared at the Adelaide Festival of Arts in a production of Murder in the Cathedral in Bonython Hall.
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Ron Haddrick died at home at age 90 in Sydney surrounded by his wife and family on 11 February 2020.