Ronald Lacey

Ronald Lacey

1935-09-28 Harrow, Greater London, England, United Kingdom 57 Credits

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.

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Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

2003

as self (archive footage)

8.2
Acting

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg tell the struggles and the passion for making the Indiana Jones Trilogy.

Landslide

Landslide

1992

as Fred Donner

4.5
Acting

An amnesiac finds his life in jeopardy as he gradually regains his memory.

The Assassinator

1992

as Stewart

Acting

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

Face to Face

1990

as Dr. Brinkman

5.2
Acting

An American paleontologist and a British miner get in a conflict over who has the rights to dig on a site in Kenya.

Valmont

Valmont

1989

as José

6.7
Acting

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

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989

as Gestapo (uncredited)

7.9
Acting

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

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

as Winston Churchill

4.7
Acting

Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.

Jailbird Rock

Jailbird Rock

1988

as Warden Bauman (as Ron Lacey)

4.0
Acting

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

Dawn of an Evil Millennium

1988

6.1
Acting

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

Manifesto

1988

as Conductor

4.0
Acting

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

The Sign of Four

1987

as Thaddeus und Bartholomew Sholto

7.3
Acting

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

The Lone Runner

1986

as Misha

4.6
Acting

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

Sky Bandits

1986

as Fritz

5.8
Acting

A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

1986

as The Boss

5.6
Acting

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

Into the Darkness

1986

as Andrew Golding

2.0
Acting

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

Flesh + Blood

1985

as Cardinal

6.6
Acting

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

Red Sonja

1985

as Ikol

5.4
Acting

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

5.0
Acting

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

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

1984

as Oswald

5.3
Acting

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

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984

as President Widmark

6.0
Acting

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!

The Bengal Lancers!

1984

as Monsieur Yves

1.0
Acting

30 minutes of footage left after the finances collapsed.

Making the Grade

Making the Grade

1984

as Nicky

5.1
Acting

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

Sahara

1983

as Beg

5.4
Acting

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

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1983

as Inspector Lestrade

6.6
Acting

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

Yellowbeard

1983

as Man with Parrot

5.5
Acting

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

Trenchcoat

1983

as Princess Aida

5.7
Acting

An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.

Invitation to the Wedding

Invitation to the Wedding

1983

Acting

An American student arrives in England for the wedding of his room-mate's sister.

Firefox

Firefox

1982

as Semelovsky

6.0
Acting

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

Aubrey

1982

as Leonard Smithers

Acting

A biographical portrait of pen-and-ink artist, Aubrey Beardsley.

The Day of the Janitor

1981

as Julius

Acting

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

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

as Major Arnold Toht

7.9
Acting

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

Nijinsky

1980

as Leon Bakst

5.0
Acting

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

Zulu Dawn

1979

as Norris Newman

6.0
Acting

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

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet

1978

as Dylan

6.0
Acting

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

Charleston

1977

as Frankie

5.4
Acting

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

The Likely Lads

1976

as Ernie

6.1
Acting

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

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975

as Harris

4.5
Acting

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

The Next Victim

1975

as Bartlett

Acting

A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.

The Final Programme

The Final Programme

1973

as Shades

5.1
Acting

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

Gawain and the Green Knight

1973

as Oswald

4.6
Acting

The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

1973

as Barber

Acting

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

Crucible of Terror

1972

as Michael Clare

4.8
Acting

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

Take a Girl Like You

1970

as Graham McClintoch

5.8
Acting

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

Acting

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

Otley

1969

as Curtis

6.2
Acting

A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

Mille Miglia

1968

as Denis Jenkinson

Acting

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

The Fearless Vampire Killers

1967

as Village Idiot

7.0
Acting

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

How I Won the War

1967

as Spool

5.5
Acting

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

Dead Silence

1966

as Len Ferris

Acting

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

Acting

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

Catch Us If You Can

1965

as Yeano

5.2
Acting

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

Fable

1965

as Len

Acting

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

Of Human Bondage

1964

as 'Matty' Mathews

6.3
Acting

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

The Comedy Man

1964

as Assistant Director

7.1
Acting

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

Doctor in Distress

1963

as Cafe Customer (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

"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

The Boys

1962

as William Henry "Billy" Herne

7.8
Acting

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

Acting

Tough merchant seaman Pat Greevey returns to his family in Liverpool to find the key to a recent death.