Ronald Lewis Birthday Tribute 2023

Описание: Named Ronald Glasfryn Lewis, Ronald was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan,
He moved with his family to London when he was seven. During the war he was evacuated back to South Wales, where he attended Bridgend Grammar School. There he played Bassanio in the school production of The Merchant of Venice.
He decided to become an actor after seeing Shaw's Saint Joan at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cardiff. As a youngster he was fascinated by the cinema Spencer Tracy was his hero He attended RADA.
Ronalds first professional role was in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband on stage, He was in The Square Ring, also on stage, he played the same role that of Eddie Lloyd in the film version, with The Rank organisation he appeared with Belinda Lee in The Secret Place, he had a good role as the wayward brother in Robbery Under , Arms.
He was in Schiller's Mary Stuart and Ibsen's Ghosts on stage in 1958 for which he received high acclaim.
Ronald had leading roles in Conspiracy of Hearts, and The Full Treatment, and The Taste of Fear, which was a big hit, He had a support role in the comedy Twice Round the Daffodils and was back in the lead for Jigsaw...
In 1979 he was declared bankrupt with debts of £21,188.
Ronald Died on 11th of January 1982, before he took his own life he made sure that his rent was paid and up to date at the boarding house he was staying at, people there said he was always courteous and likeable.

In Twice Round the Daffodils (1962), Lewis had appeared alongside Kenneth Williams, who later committed suicide. When Lewis committed suicide by taking a barbiturate overdose at a boarding house in Pimlico, Williams recorded in his diary entry for 12 January 1982: "The paper says Ronald Lewis has taken an overdose! He was declared bankrupt. Obviously nobody offered him work & he was driven to despair. I remember Ronnie... and that drinking session at the White Horse all those years ago... he was a kind boy & people used him. He was 53.