Cast & creator
Ronald Lacey
Best known for Magnum, P.I., American Playhouse, Play for Today
Ronald William 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.
Also known as: Ronald William Lacey
62
film credits
91
television credits
153
1951–2003 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (153)
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Magnum, P.I.
Archer Hayes/Picasso/Lowell Xavier Jameson
1980
American Playhouse
Frank Lloyd
1982
Play for Today
Mr. Lang
1970
The Avengers
Strange Young Man
1961The Avengers
Humbert
1961
The Wednesday Play
Billy Oates
1964The Wednesday Play
Len
1964The Wednesday Play
George
1964
Crown Court
Sgt. Philip Ross
1972
Minder
Harry Ridler
1979
Hart to Hart
Inspector Michelot
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Barber
1965
Sherlock Holmes
Thaddeus & Bartholomew Sholto
1984
Last of the Summer Wine
Walter
1973
ITV Playhouse
Mr. Halliday
1967ITV Playhouse
Julius
1967
Playhouse
Leonard Smithers
1974
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Theatre 625
SS Block Senior
1964Theatre 625
Barley Oates
1964Theatre 625
Jubb
1964Theatre 625
Marinus van der Lubbe
1964Theatre 625
Moritz Scharf
1964Theatre 625
Denis Jenkinson
1964
Bergerac
Joey Brown
1981
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Frankie Three
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Prisoner
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Reinhold Hanisch
1965
All Creatures Great and Small
Stewie Brannon
1978
Blackadder
Bishop of Bath & Wells
1983
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Major Arnold Toht
1981
The Sweeney
Barry Monk
1975
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Listener
1985Thursday Theatre
Private Gross
1964
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Gestapo (uncredited)
1989
Blake's 7
Tynus
1978
Churchill's People
Peter of Pomfret
1974
The New Avengers
Hong Kong Harry
1976
Crossbow
1987
Thriller
Bartlett
1973
The Protectors
Cribbs
1972
Out of the Unknown
Joe Manx
1965
Dramarama
Chris Dexter
1983
Gideon's Way
Jerry Blake
1965
The Duchess of Duke Street
Arthur Shepherd
1976
Target
Charlie Walker
1977
Department S
Jeremy Standish
1969
Jason King
Ryland
1971Festival
Little Monk
1963
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Ernie
1973
Lady Killers
Inspector Bannister
1980
Cribb
Percy Bustard
1980
Catweazle
Tearful Ted
1970
Colditz
Major Zibnek
1972W. Somerset Maugham
Controleur
1969
Unnatural Causes
Eric
1986
Porridge
Harris
1974
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Brinkman
1951
Firefox
Semelovsky
1982The Sinners
Lipseen
1970
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Village Idiot
1967
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
President Widmark
1984
Red Sonja
Ikol
1985
Londoners
Arthur
1965Second Verdict
Marinus Van der Lubbe
1976
Civilisation
Gravedigger
1969Blackmail
'Beat'
1965
Flesh + Blood
Cardinal
1985
Armchair Theatre
Valentine
1956Armchair Theatre
1956Armchair Theatre
Trevor Williams
1956Armchair Theatre
Tom
1956Armchair Theatre
Len Ferris
1956Armchair Theatre
Arthur
1956
Sahara
Beg
1983
The Strauss Dynasty
Bauer
1991
Q.E.D.
Medium
1982The Younger Generation
Geoff
1961The Younger Generation
Bruce Day
1961The Younger Generation
Clock
1961The Younger Generation
Jonathan
1961The Younger Generation
Peter Suddaby
1961The Younger Generation
Ted
1961The Younger Generation
Barman
1961
Quiller
Dr. Visto
1975The Gamblers
Lionel
1967
The Adventures of Don Quick
Sergeant Sam Czopanser
1970Big Brother
Arthur Wicks
1970
Our Mutual Friend
Mr Venus
1976
Charleston
Frankie
1977
Valmont
José
1989
Shades of Greene
Mike
1975
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Joshua Jopp
1978
Great Expectations
Orlick
1967
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Oswald
1984
Zulu Dawn
Norris Newman
1979
Yellowbeard
Man with Parrot
1983TECX
1990
Macbeth
Macbeths man - killed Banquo (uncredited)
1971
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Winston Churchill
1988
Connie
Crawder
1985Sam and Janet
Flash Harry
1967Do You Remember?
Mr. Leicester Paton
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Inspector Lestrade
1983
How I Won the War
Spool
1967A Chance of Thunder
Johnny Travers
1961The Prince and the Pauper
Lord Rushden
1976
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
self (archive footage)
2003
The Sign of Four
Thaddeus und Bartholomew Sholto
1987
The Old Curiosity Shop
Harris
1975
Target Generation
Joe Manx
1969
Of Human Bondage
'Matty' Mathews
1964
Doctor in Distress
Mum's Diner Customer (uncredited)
1963
Aubrey
Leonard Smithers
1982
Making the Grade
Nicky
1984
Catch Us If You Can
Yeano
1965
Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
The Boss
1986
Gawain and the Green Knight
Oswald
1973
Take a Girl Like You
Graham McClintoch
1970Mille Miglia
Denis Jenkinson
1968
Trenchcoat
Princess Aida
1983
The Final Programme
Shades
1973
Invitation to the Wedding
1983Tangiers
Wedderburn
1982Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
Billy Oates
1966
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Barber
1973
Nijinsky
Leon Bakst
1980
Manifesto
Conductor
1988
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Dylan
1978
The Comedy Man
Assistant Director
1964
The Bengal Lancers!
Monsieur Yves
1984
The Lone Runner
Misha
1986
Disciple Of Death
Parson
1972
The Likely Lads
Ernie
1976
Otley
Curtis
1969
Fable
Len
1965
The Boys
William Henry "Billy" Herne
1962
Sky Bandits
Fritz
1986Game, Set and Match
The Prisoner
1968Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Mr. Halliday
1970
Crucible of Terror
Michael Clare
1972
Into the Darkness
Andrew Golding
1986
The Next Victim
Bartlett
1975
Dawn of an Evil Millennium
1988
Landslide
Fred Donner
1992The Day of the Janitor
Julius
1981
Face to Face
Dr. Brinkman
1990
Jailbird Rock
Warden Bauman (as Ron Lacey)
1988
Experiments in Terror
2003
The Assassinator
Stewart
1992Dead Silence
Len Ferris
1966The Hard Knock
Trevor Williams
1962