Ronald Lewis

Acting

Ronald Lewis

Born December 12, 1928 · Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Died January 11, 1982 · aged 53

Ronald Glasfryn Lewis (11 December 1928 – 11 January 1982), was a Welsh actor, best known for his appearances in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. One obituary called him "a handsome debonair actor with aristocratic looks and distinctive flared nostrils...a major talent who inexplicably faded from the scene."

Known For

Taste of FearTaste of Fear · 1961
Taste of Fear
★ 7.11961
MovieThrillerMystery
A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
Helen of TroyHelen of Troy · 1956
Helen of Troy
★ 6.31956
MovieAdventureWar
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
The Full TreatmentThe Full Treatment · 1960
The Full Treatment
★ 6.21960
MovieMysteryThriller
Race car driver Alan Colby and his new wife Denise are involved in a car crash where he sustains a serious head injury, causing him to have murderous feelings toward Denise. After Denise persuades him to honeymoon with her on the Cote D'Azur in France, they enlist the aid of a French psychiatrist who offers to regress Alan back to the time of the accident and cure him.
Storm Over the NileStorm Over the Nile · 1955
Storm Over the Nile
★ 6.31955
MovieAdventureDrama
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Mary Burroughs in England. His friends and fellow officers John Durrance, Peter Burroughs and Tom Willoughby brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. His fiancée, Mary, adds a fourth feather and breaks off their engagement. However, former Lieutenant Faversham decides to regain his honor by fighting in the Sudan incognito.
The Wind Cannot ReadThe Wind Cannot Read · 1958
The Wind Cannot Read
★ 6.41958
MovieRomanceDrama
A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy and is not accepted by his countrymen.
Billy BuddBilly Budd · 1962
Billy Budd
★ 7.31962
MovieDramaAction
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
A Hill in KoreaA Hill in Korea · 1956
A Hill in Korea
★ 6.51956
MovieWarDrama
Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the soldiers find that Chinese troop movements have cut them off from their own lines. They try to fight their way back to safety but with the enemy surrounding them on all sides, the prospects look bleak. Facing almost insurmountable odds, they decide to stand a fight.
The Brigand of KandaharThe Brigand of Kandahar · 1965
The Brigand of Kandahar
★ 5.61965
MovieAdventureWar
1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensive against the colonial enemy. They capture a foreign journalist and Case recounts his story of false accusation on trumped-up charges, instigated by the bigotry and racism of his commanding officers. Following a successful attack by the British against the rebels Case is brutally shot by Colonel Drewe, his accuser. The journalist returns home determined to report the true story of The Brigand of Kandahar.

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