Ronald Leigh-Hunt


Ronald Frederick Leigh-Hunt was a British film and television actor.
His father was a stockbroker and he attended the Italia Conti Academy. He began acting whilst serving in the army. Though never a major star, he appeared in over a hundred television and film productions over a forty-year period, including as King Arthur in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot in the mid-1950s, and General Hospital in the early 1970s.
He appeared in Danger Man and twice in Doctor Who, as Commander Radnor in The Seeds of Death and as Commander Stevenson in Revenge of the Cybermen ; and starred as Colonel Buchan in every episode of the 1960s and 1970s children's TV series Freewheelers. Later he appeared in "You Lose Some, You Win Some", an episode of series 2 of Minder and "Children of Auron" in the third series of Blake's 7.
His film appearances included The League of Gentlemen, Le Mans and The Omen.
In his later years he was a familiar sight at the Green Room Club where he was an honorary member.
His cousin was the actress Barbara Leigh-Hunt.

Selected filmography

No Orchids for Miss Blandish - Grisson's Guard Blackout - Dr. LangleyNo Trace - Party Guest Paul Temple Returns - Inspector RossTread Softly - Inspector HintonThe Broken Horseshoe - Sgt. LewisThree Steps to the Gallows - Capt. AdamsForces' Sweetheart - Navy C.O.Flannelfoot - Dr. MilliganJohnny on the Spot - Jeremy Oulton Tiger by the Tail - Doctor Scott, psychiatristShadow of a Man - Norman FarrelAssignment Redhead - Col. Julian Fentriss M.I.5.Action Stations - KleivarZoo Baby - Supt. CoptonA Touch of Larceny - 2nd Editor Sink the Bismarck! - Somers, Officer on 'King George V' The League of Gentlemen - Police Superintendent - Final Scene Oscar Wilde - Lionel JohnsonPiccadilly Third Stop - Police Sergeant The Hand - MunyardVery Important Person - ClynesWe Joined the Navy - Commander Royal NavyDer Schwur des Soldaten Pooley - The Human JungleSeventy Deadly Pills - SergeantThe Third Secret - Police OfficerThe Pumpkin Eater - 2nd Man in Bar Curse of Simba - DoctorThe Liquidator - MacKhartoum - Lord Northbrook Where the Bullets Fly - ThursbyHostile Witness - Dr. WimborneClegg - Inspector KertLe Mans - David TownsendUniversal Soldier - St. GeorgeBaxter! - Mr. FishieThe Omen - Gentleman at Rugby MatchThe Message - HeracliusWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? - Priest marrying Bobby and Natasha