Ronald Lacey made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period.
11 Facts About Ronald Lacey
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Ronald Lacey's roles included Harris in Porridge, Frankie in the Bud Spencer comedy Charleston, SD agent Sturmbannfuhrer Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder II.
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Ronald Lacey had an unusual 'pug' look, with beady eyes, an upturned nose, liver lips, an overbite, receding chin and no brows.
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Ronald Lacey followed this with a series of various villain roles for the next five to six years: Sahara with Brooke Shields, and 1985's Red Sonja with Arnold Schwarzenegger, in addition to 1982's Firefox with Clint Eastwood, in which he played a Russian scientist helping the West behind the Iron Curtain.
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Ronald Lacey then made two movies for Ice International Films: Assassinator starring alongside John Ryan and George Murcell, and Into the Darkness, starring with Donald Pleasence, John Ryan, and Brett Paul.
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Ronald Lacey performed comic monologues on The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog, which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by Channel 4 in 1983.
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Ronald Lacey played a number of villainous roles and was known for his trademark smile, which would turn into a gleaming malicious leer.
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Ronald Lacey had a rather large mole on his left cheek, which he chose not to have removed, as well as a highly distinctive voice.
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Ronald Lacey married twice, first to the actress Mela White in 1962.
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Ronald Lacey was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer on 25 April 1991.
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Ronald Lacey died less than one month later, on 15 May 1991, at the age of 55.