Ron Haddrick

Acting

Ron Haddrick

Born — Died

1929-04-09 — 2020-02-11

Place of birth

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 16 titles

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame poster
3.3

This is an adaptation of the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo, produced by Burbank Films Australia.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

1986

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse poster
6.6

Holmes & Watson investigate a cursed family.

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse

1983

Nicholas Nickleby poster
4.0

One twenty-year old boy, driven by what is right and just, overcomes the forces of unconscionable greed. This classic tale of human nature is brought to the screen in this entertaining animated feature.

Nicholas Nickleby

1985

Dot and the Bunny poster
9.0

Dot looks for a lost kangaroo with help from her bunny friend who wants to be a kangaroo, too.

Dot and the Bunny

1983

A Christmas Carol poster
7.1

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

A Christmas Carol

1982

Great Expectations: The Untold Story poster
6.3

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Great Expectations: The Untold Story

1987

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet poster
5.9

Holmes & Watson have one baffling clue to help them track down the crime of an American visitor in London.

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

1983

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear poster
5.5

Holmes & Watson receive a letter from an informant who known by the pseudonym Fred Porlock. Porlock is a man well connected with criminals. The letter is written in code, and Holmes determines that the code comes from the words in a book. They decipher the code by page and column and find that John Douglas of Birlstone House is in danger.

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

1983

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four poster
4.5

Third Sherlock Holmes animated film starring Peter O'Toole.

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

1983

Storybook Classics: The Legend of Hiawatha poster
7.0

Hiawatha is just a boy when his tribe's wise man foretells of a drought that will plague his people. As a man, Hiawatha is chosen to make a perilous journey to far- away White Mountain, where he must learn the secrets of the Great Bear in order to save his tribe from starvation. Along the way, he battles and outwits many legendary creatures of the forest, including the evil Wind Wolves who haunt the forest of night.

Storybook Classics: The Legend of Hiawatha

1988

The Camel Boy poster
5.4

Young Ali and his camel-driver grandfather Moussa take part in an expedition through the Australian Outback. Faced with prejudice, Moussa's knowledge and the hardiness of his camels in the punishing conditions quickly prove vital to both the success of the expedition and the survival of its members.

The Camel Boy

1984

Sarah poster
5.8

During World War II, an orphaned young girl seeks to survive and perhaps even help resistance fighters battle the Nazis.

Sarah

1982

Rob Roy poster
6.0

The tale of Scottish legend Rob Roy MacGregor is retold in beautiful animation. Rob Roy borrows money from the local nobility to buy cattle to increase his status in life. When the money is stolen, he must use the fighting skills he's tried to avoid in order to escape the powerful men who believe he stole the money. Rob Roy begins by fighting for his own survival, as well as his family's, but pretty soon he is fighting for the people of Scotland. Heroism, courage, and sacrifice are at the center of this stirring tale. Rob Roy is a worthy addition to any film library.

Rob Roy

1987

Around the World with Dot poster
6.5

Dot joins up with Santa Claus in order to help her friend, the mother kangaroo, find her lost joey. The pair take off into the air in Santa’s sleigh led by two kangaroos and travel the world searching for the zoo where the missing kangaroo has been sent.

Around the World with Dot

1981

The Amorous Dentist poster
10.0

The story of a 1865 murder trial that scandalized the people of Sydney. Louis Bertrand, a society dentist and womanizer, is determined to have Mrs. Kinder, a woman of dubious morals, to himself, and so plots to murder her husband.

The Amorous Dentist

1983

Run Rebecca, Run! poster
6.0

Simone Buchanan plays a young camera fanatic who is marooned on a desert island. Here she is threatened by a refugee from South America (Henri Szeps) who isn't keen on having his whereabouts known. Hostility melts into friendship before the rescue boats arrive.

Run Rebecca, Run!

1981

1970s · 28 titles

Dot and the Kangaroo poster
7.4

An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she’s befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl’s home.

Dot and the Kangaroo

1977

The Legend of Robin Hood poster
7.3

In 1194 England, it is a time of rebellion as King Richard is away fighting in the Crusades, and his evil brother Prince John has employed the malicious Sheriff of Nottingham to take advantage of the people. It is up to Robin Hood and his Merry Men, Little John, Will Scarlett, and Friar Tuck, as they take on the scheming Sheriff in their defense of the poor and powerless.

The Legend of Robin Hood

1971

Master of the World poster
8.0

April 1910. Inspector John Strock travels to Morganton, North Carolina. There, the government entrusts him with a mission of the utmost importance: to climb and inspect a mountain called the Eagle's Nest from which alarming flaming trails escape...

Master of the World

1976

A Journey to the Center of the Earth poster
7.0

Following the instructions on a mysterious parchment, Prof. Lindenbrock and his companion, Alex, discover and explore the center of the Earth, a mysterious place full of dangerous electrical storms, prehistoric reptiles and swamp monsters. Based on author Jules Verne's fantasy novel, this animated adventure follows the explorers' struggles to survive and prove their findings to the rest of the world.

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

1977

Off on a Comet poster
4.0

A Russian count and a French captain and his corporal survey the Algerian coast. Suddenly they are swept up in a mysterious storm. Afterwards, their world is unfamiliar, but they find a science professor who leads them into a new adventure.

Off on a Comet

1976

Travels of Marco Polo poster
9.0

Explorer Marco Polo is assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to China, to try to convert the "pagan" Kublai Khan to Christianity. However, on a dangerous trek through the mountains, the priests decide they don't believe that China even exists, and when Marco tries to argue the point, they abandon him and turn back. He eventually makes it through the mountains and into the fabled land of China, where he is received at the court of Kublai Khan as an envoy. Accompanied by his faithful servant Pedro, Marco spends 20 years in that country, and when he eventually returns to Europe what he brings with him changes the course of history forever.

Travels of Marco Polo

1972

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster
6.2

Professor Arronax and Ned Land meet Captain Nemo, who reveals that the so-called sea monster they've been told about is actually his submarine The Nautilus.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1973

Treasure Island poster
8.0

This 1971 animated movie tells the well-known story of Jim Hawkins and his adventures in search of treasure of Treasure Island.

Treasure Island

1971

The Three Musketeers poster
6.2

"The Three Musketeers" is 1973 animated TV movie from Hanna Barbera that is a remake of their own 1968 cartoon of the same name. In this film, the queen consort of France is falsely accused by Cardinal Richelieu of being involved in a plot to overthrow her husband, the king of France. The king's musketeers, Athos, Porthos, Aramis and a new recruit named D'Artagnan, attempt to solve the situation.

The Three Musketeers

1973

The Adventures of Sinbad poster
7.0

Sinbad relates the story to his son of his adventures in trying to reclaim the Caliph's magic lamp from the Old Man of the Sea.

The Adventures of Sinbad

1979

Moby-Dick poster
7.3

In 1841 young Ishmael signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod, under the command of the strict, one-legged Capt. Ahab. Ishmael soon finds out that Ahab is searching for the legendary white whale, Moby Dick, who cost Ahab his leg, and he will let nothing stand in the way of getting his revenge on the beast.

Moby-Dick

1975

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
6.2

Cartoon adaptation of the classic of world literature by Alexandre Dumas, which tells the dramatic odyssey of Edmond Dantes since he's unjustly accused and sentenced for life.

The Count of Monte Cristo

1973

From the Earth to the Moon poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

From the Earth to the Moon

1979

The Death Train poster
5.4

An insurance investigator comes to a small town to investigate the death of a man insured by his company. The local residents believe his death was caused by his being run over by a ghost train. However, the investigator is sure there is a more rational explanation...

The Death Train

1978

The Gentlemen of Titipu poster
6.5

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.

The Gentlemen of Titipu

1973

The Swiss Family Robinson poster
8.0

Shipwrecked on a remote island, a family of castaways must overcome a host of challenges in their strange new environment. But with courage and ingenuity, the Robinsons build a happy home, even in the face of such dangers as wild animals and pirates. Based on the classic novel by Johann Wyss, this animated tale about love, cooperation and the joys of simple living offers wholesome entertainment for the entire family.

The Swiss Family Robinson

1973

The Prince and the Pauper poster
NR

1972 animated adaptation of the classic Mark Twain tale

The Prince and the Pauper

1972

The Mysterious Island poster
6.5

March 23rd, 1885. Fighting rages in the city and the southerners gain ground. Meanwhile, five northern prisoners, accompanied by their dog Tob, manage to escape. In their escape from the enemy, they had no choice but to board a hot air balloon to survive the chaos of the terrain. It is then that the flying machine will take them to a mysterious place, perhaps even more dangerous than the war itself...

The Mysterious Island

1975

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster
5.5

A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1970

The Golden Cage poster
9.0

Murat (Ilhan Kuyululu), an older Turkish migrant in Australia, works hard to achieve his dream of buying a truck, and of returning a rich man to Turkey to marry the woman he loves. He uses his savings to visit Turkey to celebrate his sister's wedding. Running in parallel is another story, featuring the younger Ayhan (Sait Memisoglu), who in contrast has an affair with an Australian girl Sarah (Kate Sheil).

The Golden Cage

1975

The Haunting of Hewie Dowker poster
10.0

Hewie Dowker, a New South Wales police officer, becomes aware that he has psychic abilities, which haunt him as he has recurrent visions of a young girl being murdered during a black mass.

The Haunting of Hewie Dowker

1976

The Lost Islands poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Lost Islands

1975

Robinson Crusoe poster
6.0

The only survivor of a ship's crew, Robinson finds himself alone with his dog, his cat and his parrot on an almost deserted island...

Robinson Crusoe

1972

The Fourth Wish poster
10.0

The poignant struggle of a man to grant his terminally ill son three wishes - and the obstacles cast in his way of achieving this goal.

The Fourth Wish

1976

Dawn! poster
8.7

Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser.

Dawn!

1979

Kidnapped poster
NR

Animated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure in which a young Scottish boy is enslaved by his wicked uncle.

Kidnapped

1973

The Black Arrow poster
7.0

Animated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.

The Black Arrow

1973

The First Christmas poster
NR

A wonderful animated version of the First Christmas. Filled with prophets, wise men, warriors, kings and messengers.

The First Christmas

1979

Series credits

Farscape poster
7.9

A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.

Farscape

1999

Underbelly poster
6.6

Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.

Underbelly

2008

Water Rats poster
6.2

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

Water Rats

1996

The Lost World poster
7.3

Early 20th-century adventurers find themselves fighting for survival after their hot-air balloon crashes into a remote part of the Amazon, stranding them on a prehistoric plateau.

The Lost World

1999

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King poster
7.0

An anthology based on eight short stories by Stephen King in his 1993 collection of the same name.

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

2006

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars poster
7.7

When a full-scale war is engaged by the evil Scarran Empire, the Peacekeeper Alliance has but one hope: reassemble human astronaut John Crichton.

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

2004

The Lost Islands poster
6.9

The Lost Islands is an Australian television series. It first aired in Australia on 1 January 1976, and was later screened around the world, including the UK, France, Italy, The Netherlands, as well as Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the United States.

The Lost Islands

1977

Emma: Queen of the South Seas poster
5.2

Based on the life of Emma Eliza Coe, known as the "Queen of the South Seas", whose strength and cunning staved off the colonial struggle involving the United States, Great Britain, and Germany while she built her own empire. Emma’s father, the first consul in Samoa, taught his daughter at an early age the bitter truth about the fickleness of men.

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

1988