Ronald Long

Acting

Ronald Long

Born 1911-01-30 · London, England, UK

British-born character actor, on stage at the Old Vic in London from 1936. Emigrated to the U.S. after World War II. Acted in plays off-Broadway from the late 40's and on television from 1951. Often seen as British authority figures, particularly politicians, aristocrats, military types and executives. Appeared on the television show Bewitched (1964) 6 times including a giant, Santa Claus, a ghost and King Henry VIII.

Acting credits

The List of Adrian Messenger poster
6.7

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963

The Notorious Landlady poster
6.8

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.

The Notorious Landlady

1962

Assault on a Queen poster
5.8

A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.

Assault on a Queen

1966

Five Weeks in a Balloon poster
5.5

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962

Alice in Wonderland poster
5.2

A young girl named Alice goes through a looking glass and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.

Alice in Wonderland

1955

R.P.M. poster
5.9

R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of campus activism in the late 1960s. Radical students take over the college, the president resigns, and Quinn's character, who has always been a champion of student activism, is appointed president. As the students continue to push the envelope of revolution, Quinn's character is faced with the challenge of restoring order or abetting the descent into anarchy.

R.P.M.

1970

The Man from the Diners' Club poster
5.8

Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads to a big mistake -- the accidental approval of a credit card for mobster Foots Pulardos, who is planning to flee to Mexico with his girlfriend, Sugar Pye, to avoid criminal charges. When Klenk tries to fix his mix-up, he gets dangerously involved in Foots' scheme.

The Man from the Diners' Club

1963

Oliver and the Artful Dodger poster
6.5

An animated sequel to the story of "Oliver Twist". Oliver is adopted by Mr. Brownlow. When Mr. Brownlow dies, his will cannot be found so his nephew Sniperly tries to just take the money. Oliver has to stop him. Meanwhile, Artful Dodger now helps children escape from workhouses.

Oliver and the Artful Dodger

1972

Two Loves poster
5.4

American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

Two Loves

1961

Mrs. Miniver poster
7.0

A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.

Mrs. Miniver

1960

The Naked Road poster
3.6

A sleazeball (Ronald Long) who supplies women to his public-relations clients explains the rules of the game to his latest acquisition (Jeanne Rainer).

The Naked Road

1959