Acting

Ronald R. Rondell

Born September 21, 1903 · Naples, Campania, Italy

Died May 14, 1999 · aged 95

Ronald R. Rondell (21 September 1903 - 14 May 1999) was an actor.

Known For

Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

★ 7.01940

MovieThrillerMystery

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

★ 6.71956

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

The Far Country · 1954

The Far Country

★ 6.91954

MovieWestern

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife · 1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

★ 7.01938

MovieComedyRomance

American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Filmography

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Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

Waiter (uncredited)

Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited)

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

★ 6.71956

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

First Assistant Director

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Dancing Club Patron (uncredited)

The Far Country · 1954

The Far Country

★ 6.91954

MovieWestern

Assistant Director

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife · 1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

★ 7.01938

MovieComedyRomance

Laughing Man in Movie Theatre (uncredited)

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Hood (uncredited)

Vivacious Lady · 1938

Vivacious Lady

★ 7.01938

MovieComedyRomance

College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.

Student (uncredited)

I Married a Witch · 1942

I Married a Witch

★ 6.91942

MovieRomanceFantasy

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.

My Man Godfrey · 1936

My Man Godfrey

★ 7.61936

MovieComedy

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

Socialite at Scavenger Hunt (uncredited)

The Gilded Lily · 1935

The Gilded Lily

★ 6.71935

MovieComedyRomance

Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.

Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington · 1944

Mr. Skeffington

★ 6.81944

MovieDramaRomance

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

Playboy (uncredited)

Road to Singapore · 1940

Road to Singapore

★ 6.41940

MovieComedyMusic

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff tries to break their spirit, aware of a dark family secret concerning a fabulous jewel one of them carries. As tensions rise, Arabs attack the fort and rivalries must be thrown aside in a desperate battle for life.

A Bugler

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.

Florist

My Favorite Wife · 1940

My Favorite Wife

★ 7.01940

MovieComedyRomance

Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

Bellboy #1 (uncredited)

The Duel at Silver Creek · 1952

The Duel at Silver Creek

★ 7.01952

MovieWestern

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.

Assistant Director

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

Diner on Ship (uncredited)

Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

★ 7.51937

MovieDramaRomance

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant · 1942

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

★ 5.41942

MovieComedyRomance

A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.

Customs Officer

Nothing but the Truth · 1941

Nothing but the Truth

★ 7.31941

MovieComedy

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.

Office Staff Member (uncredited)

Hold That Ghost · 1941

Hold That Ghost

★ 6.81941

MovieComedyHorror

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

Headwaiter (uncredited)

A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

Jim

Leave It to Beaver · 1957

Leave It to Beaver

★ 6.91957

SeriesComedyFamily

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

Assistant Director