Acting

Ronald Forfar

Born 1939-06-01 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

Actor and writer better known for the BBC sitcom Bread.

Acting credits

Julius Caesar poster
8.7

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

Julius Caesar

1979

King Lear poster
6.7

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

King Lear

1983

Squaring the Circle poster
5.0

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

Squaring the Circle

1984

Miss Julie poster
8.0

A filmed Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg's classic play. Miss Julie, a nineteenth-century aristocrat's daughter, is attracted to one of the servants in her father's house.

Miss Julie

1972

The Muscle Market poster
7.0

Danny Duggan runs a failing building contractors, and resorts to sub-gangster thuggery to keep the business afloat. However, with the bottom falling out of the building game, Duggan finds that playing at gangster is only fun when you're on the winning side.

The Muscle Market

1981

Henry V poster
6.2

Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must convince his men that he has left his wild days behind, and prove himself as a leader.

Henry V

1979

Watch That Space poster
NR

Colin Welland presents this confined spaces training video from the Health and Safety Executive, detailing the hazards of entering any confined space without the neccessary awareness, training & equipment.

Watch That Space

1978

Arthur's Hallowed Ground poster
7.0

Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant.

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

1984

Sunshine in Brixton poster
NR

Sixteen-year-old Otis loathes school. He wants to be a professional footballer, but is good at drawing, so his mother wants him to be a draughtsman. Then, a new sports teacher appears at his South London comprehensive school, and life starts to look a little more hopeful...

Sunshine in Brixton

1976

The Pledge poster
5.5

Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.

The Pledge

1982