Ronald Baddiley was best known for his roles in the early days of the long-running British radio drama The Archers, and as Under-Secretary, Sir Gregory Pitkin, CBE in the BBC comedy The Men from the Ministry.
10 Facts About Ronald Baddiley
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Ronald Baddiley voiced the character of Percy Hood in BBC radio drama The Archers and first appeared on television in April 1956 playing the orchestra conductor in the TV short The Cobbler's Belle.
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Ronald Baddiley performed alongside Arthur Lowe in the BBC Radio Third Programme production of Billy's Last Stand, the first play written by English author Barry Hines.
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Ronald Baddiley featured in two BBC Radio 2 programmes on the same day in March 1968, appearing first in The Men from the Ministry and later alongside Clive Dunn, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, and Patricia Hayes in the Esmonde and Larbey comedy You're Only Old Once.
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Ronald Baddiley was railway inspector Mr Bun in the early 1970s series Parsley Sidings, which reunited him with Arthur Lowe, who played the stationmaster Horace Hepplewhite.
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In January 1980, Ronald Baddiley was Bird One in Fit the Tenth of the second series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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In 1981, Ronald Baddiley voiced the role of the British news reel commentator in five episodes of the TV series Private Schulz and the following year appeared as Lt Col Walter Anderson in the ITV Granada series Crown Court.
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In 1983, Ronald Baddiley played Montague in the BBC Radio 3 production of Romeo and Juliet.
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Ronald Baddiley first appeared in The Archers on 12 December 1953 playing the part of the Squire; his final appearance on the programme was on 4 April 1966 in the role of Harvey Grenville.
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Ronald Baddiley died suddenly on 29 November 1986; his funeral service and cremation were held five days later at Breakspear Crematorium, Ruislip, west London on Thursday 4 December.