Ronald Hunter


Ronald Lee "Ron" Hunter was an American actor, whose career spanned nearly five decades in television, film and theater.

Early life and education

Hunter was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in the suburb of Brookline. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University.

Career

Until 1979, he performed roles in mostly New York City stage productions, like Lord Hastings in the Broadway production of Richard III.
He portrayed a minor role in the 1979 film The Seduction of Joe Tynan, starring Alan Alda.
Most of his credits were television appearances. He appeared in One Life to Live, the PBS docudrama The Edelin Conversation as Dr. Kenneth Edelin, and Kojak as "a perennial undergraduate". His first major television appearance was The Lazarus Syndrome, co-starring Louis Gossett Jr. He also co-starred in the 1980s PBS miniseries, Three Sovereigns for Sarah, and the pilot film of the CBS series Cagney and Lacey as Harvey Lacey. He portrayed one of the case suspects in the 1988 made-for-television film Internal Affairs, starring Richard Crenna. He also appeared in Along Came Polly, Law & Order and The [Big Bang Theory].

Death

Hunter died of heart and kidney failure on December 3, 2013, aged 70, at the Woodland Hills Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by his three children, two grandchildren and sister.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1979The Seduction of Joe TynanTV News Director
1984TeachersMr. Pilkian
1988JakartaDolph
2002Van WilderGus
2014Along Came PollyPeanut Vendor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979The Lazarus SyndromeJoe HamillTV movie
1979The Lazarus SyndromeJoe Hamill5 episodes
1981Cagney and LaceyHarvey LaceyEpisode: "Pilot"
1983Magnum, P.I.Emmet Donner1 episode
1985Three Sovereigns for SarahSamuel NurseTV miniseries
1988The EqualizerMr. BinderEpisode: "Something Green"
1988Internal AffairsMario GraselliTV movie
1991Law & OrderPilefsky's Defense AttorneyEpisode: "The Torrents of Greed"
2008The Big Bang TheoryDan1 episode
2008MonkDan1 episode