Biography
Ronald Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30 year period and is perhaps best remembered for his villainous roles in Hollywood films, most famously Major Arnold Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ronald Lacey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as self (archive footage)
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg tell the struggles and the passion for making the Indiana Jones Trilogy.
Landslide
1992
as Fred Donner
An amnesiac finds his life in jeopardy as he gradually regains his memory.
The Assassinator
1992
as Stewart
A professional assassin, Chris McCall, secretly works for a covert organization known as “The Office” while maintaining the façade of a normal family ...
Face to Face
1990
as Dr. Brinkman
An American paleontologist and a British miner get in a conflict over who has the rights to dig on a site in Kenya.
Valmont
1989
as José
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that h...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Gestapo (uncredited)
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval his...
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Winston Churchill
Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
Jailbird Rock
1988
as Warden Bauman (as Ron Lacey)
Phillip Schuman's women-in-prison film is an account of a group of female prisoners who decide to organize a variety show.
Dawn of an Evil Millennium
1988
An epic, 20-minute, completely fabricated theatrical trailer for a crypto-Vestron Video cheapie (by way of Willow-era Ron Howard)—a supposedly 18-hour...
Manifesto
1988
as Conductor
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small...
The Sign of Four
1987
as Thaddeus und Bartholomew Sholto
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pa...
The Lone Runner
1986
as Misha
The Summerking's daughter has been kidnapped, and the legendary hero of the desert comes to her rescue as he did when she was young. The Lone Runner p...
Sky Bandits
1986
as Fritz
A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.
Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
1986
as The Boss
Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
Into the Darkness
1986
as Andrew Golding
A bevy of beautiful models arrives on a tropical island for a photo shoot, but soon they are being killed off one by one.
Flesh + Blood
1985
as Cardinal
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague ...
Red Sonja
1985
as Ikol
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great pow...
Tangiers
1985
as Wedderburn
A former CIA agent is forced by crooked agents of the government to pose as a notorious smuggler of the Tangier Straits who happens to be a stiff
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
as Oswald
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the l...
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
as President Widmark
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
as Monsieur Yves
30 minutes of footage left after the finances collapsed.
Making the Grade
1984
as Nicky
Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie g...
Sahara
1983
as Beg
After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
as Inspector Lestrade
Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near h...
Yellowbeard
1983
as Man with Parrot
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sent...
Trenchcoat
1983
as Princess Aida
An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
An American student arrives in England for the wedding of his room-mate's sister.
Firefox
1982
as Semelovsky
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are ...
Aubrey
1982
as Leonard Smithers
A biographical portrait of pen-and-ink artist, Aubrey Beardsley.
The Day of the Janitor
1981
as Julius
Comedy about a maintenance supervisor in an office block whose idea of the company he works for is changed when he has to fix a leak in an executive's...
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Major Arnold Toht
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legen...
Nijinsky
1980
as Leon Bakst
A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who seeks to draw him away from his domineering lover.
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Norris Newman
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
1978
as Dylan
A drama documentary of the life and death of the poet Dylan Thomas, who died in New York 25 years ago at age 39. Alcohol and a doctor's injection of m...
Charleston
1977
as Frankie
Charleston is a 1977 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marcello Fondato. It reprises the style of the film The Sting.
The Likely Lads
1976
as Ernie
With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s B...
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Harris
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his...
The Next Victim
1975
as Bartlett
A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.
The Final Programme
1973
as Shades
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Pro...
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973
as Oswald
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Barber
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win t...
Crucible of Terror
1972
as Michael Clare
An obsessed sculptor kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped...
Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Graham McClintoch
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, ...
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970
as Mr. Halliday
A group of business enjoying a lavish night on expenses at the Atlantis Hotel fear it is the end of the road for their fradulent collaboration when th...
Otley
1969
as Curtis
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
Mille Miglia
1968
as Denis Jenkinson
In 1955 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson won the Mille Miglia, one of the toughest races in the calendar.This play is about the two men, and the qual...
The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967
as Village Idiot
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
How I Won the War
1967
as Spool
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Dead Silence
1966
as Len Ferris
A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation.
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
1966
as Billy Oates
The uneasy relationship between elderly couple Thora Hird and Ron Moody and a cheerful stranger who moves in with them (Ronald Lacey). Written by Rich...
Catch Us If You Can
1965
as Yeano
Dinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat...
Fable
1965
as Len
In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.
Of Human Bondage
1964
as 'Matty' Mathews
Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her con...
The Comedy Man
1964
as Assistant Director
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognit...
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and som...
The Boys
1962
as William Henry "Billy" Herne
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of ...
The Hard Knock
1962
as Trevor Williams
Tough merchant seaman Pat Greevey returns to his family in Liverpool to find the key to a recent death.