John Ronane

John Ronane was an English actor who began his career on the stage before establishing himself on the screen throughout the 1960s and 70's.

How I Won the War (1967)

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

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  John Lennon  •  Michael Crawford  •  Roy Kinnear  •  Lee Montague

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

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  John Lennon  •  Michael Crawford  •  Roy Kinnear  •  Lee Montague

King Rat (1965)

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  George Segal  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Patrick O'Neal  •  James Donald

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  George Segal  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Patrick O'Neal  •  James Donald

Nobody Ordered Love (1972)

During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew. The film was withdrawn from distribution shortly after it's release and is considered to be lost and may have been destroyed after the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hartford-Davis
CAST:  Ingrid Pitt  •  Judy Huxtable  •  John Ronane  •  Tony Selby

During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew. The film was withdrawn from distribution shortly after it's release and is considered to be lost and may have been destroyed after the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hartford-Davis
CAST:  Ingrid Pitt  •  Judy Huxtable  •  John Ronane  •  Tony Selby

Some May Live (1967)

During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her correspondent husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Sewell
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Martha Hyer  •  Peter Cushing  •  John Ronane

During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her correspondent husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Sewell
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Martha Hyer  •  Peter Cushing  •  John Ronane

The Touchables (1968)

British rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Freeman
CAST:  Judy Huxtable  •  Ester Anderson  •  Kathy Simmonds  •  Monika Ringwald

British rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Freeman
CAST:  Judy Huxtable  •  Ester Anderson  •  Kathy Simmonds  •  Monika Ringwald

Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)

After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research laboratory in a secluded cave. There, he attempts to revive the dead, using kidnapped humans -- who he views as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney J. Furie
CAST:  Kieron Moore  •  Hazel Court  •  Ian Hunter  •  Kenneth J. Warren

After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research laboratory in a secluded cave. There, he attempts to revive the dead, using kidnapped humans -- who he views as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney J. Furie
CAST:  Kieron Moore  •  Hazel Court  •  Ian Hunter  •  Kenneth J. Warren

The Spiral Staircase (1975)

A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Collinson
CAST:  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Christopher Plummer  •  John Phillip Law  •  Sam Wanamaker

A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Collinson
CAST:  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Christopher Plummer  •  John Phillip Law  •  Sam Wanamaker

Sebastian (1968)

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Susannah York  •  Lilli Palmer  •  John Gielgud

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Susannah York  •  Lilli Palmer  •  John Gielgud

Charlie Bubbles (1968)

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Finney
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Billie Whitelaw  •  Liza Minnelli  •  Colin Blakely

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Finney
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Billie Whitelaw  •  Liza Minnelli  •  Colin Blakely

A Kind of Loving (1962)

As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Alan Bates  •  June Ritchie  •  Thora Hird  •  Bert Palmer

As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Alan Bates  •  June Ritchie  •  Thora Hird  •  Bert Palmer

Operation Crossbow (1965)

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  George Peppard  •  Trevor Howard  •  John Mills

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  George Peppard  •  Trevor Howard  •  John Mills

Fox (1980)

The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  Peter Vaughan  •  Elizabeth Spriggs  •  Bernard Hill  •  Derrick O'Connor

The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  Peter Vaughan  •  Elizabeth Spriggs  •  Bernard Hill  •  Derrick O'Connor

Another Man's Wife (1967)

Ana and Andres meet again after many years. They are no longer two youngsters, both are married with children. Andres insists, but Ana has trouble in forgetting what happened long ago, when he left without saying goodbye to go to Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  Martha Hyer  •  Analía Gadé  •  John Ronane  •  Ángel del Pozo

Ana and Andres meet again after many years. They are no longer two youngsters, both are married with children. Andres insists, but Ana has trouble in forgetting what happened long ago, when he left without saying goodbye to go to Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  Martha Hyer  •  Analía Gadé  •  John Ronane  •  Ángel del Pozo

A War of Children (1972)

A Protestant and a Catholic family's friendship is threatened by the sectarian violence in Belfast. When the daughter of the Catholic family falls in love a British soldier the situation worsens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Jenny Agutter  •  Vivien Merchant  •  Pat Laffan  •  John Ronane

A Protestant and a Catholic family's friendship is threatened by the sectarian violence in Belfast. When the daughter of the Catholic family falls in love a British soldier the situation worsens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Jenny Agutter  •  Vivien Merchant  •  Pat Laffan  •  John Ronane

That's Your Funeral (1972)

Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Robins
CAST:  Bill Fraser  •  Raymond Huntley  •  David Battley  •  Dennis Price

Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Robins
CAST:  Bill Fraser  •  Raymond Huntley  •  David Battley  •  Dennis Price

London Conspiracy (1974)

Life is never dull where Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde are concerned. But who would expect dire danger, hilarious though it may be, to face them in one of Brett's baronial homes? Even more unexpectedly, murder and black magic take place when Danny decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Hill  •  David Greene
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Tony Curtis  •  Laurence Naismith  •  John Ronane

Life is never dull where Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde are concerned. But who would expect dire danger, hilarious though it may be, to face them in one of Brett's baronial homes? Even more unexpectedly, murder and black magic take place when Danny decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Hill  •  David Greene
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Tony Curtis  •  Laurence Naismith  •  John Ronane

Scenes from Family Life (1969)

The eternal triangle can change shape but always has three sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Capon
CAST:  Denholm Elliott  •  Lynn Farleigh  •  John Ronane

The eternal triangle can change shape but always has three sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Capon
CAST:  Denholm Elliott  •  Lynn Farleigh  •  John Ronane

The Silent Playground (1963)

Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Goulder
CAST:  Bernard Archard  •  Jean Anderson  •  Roland Curram  •  Ellen McIntosh

Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Goulder
CAST:  Bernard Archard  •  Jean Anderson  •  Roland Curram  •  Ellen McIntosh