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Ron Cook

Acting

Born December 1, 1948 · South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Biography

Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s. Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, the son of a school cook and a car worker. When he was 6, his family moved to Coventry; he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College.

Filmography50+ titles

Andor

2022as Willi

Inside No. 9

2014as Wilf

Mrs Biggs

2012as Peter

Sharpe

1993as Napoleon

The Black Adder

1983as Sean, the Irish

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982as Peter Simple

The Witcher

2019as Borch Three Jackdaws

The Young Ones

1982as Convict

Mrs Biggs

2012as Peter

Little Dorrit

2008as Chivery

Foyle's War

2002as Eddie Baker

Hot Fuzz

2007as George Merchant

Doctor Who

2005as Magpie

Secrets & Lies

1996as Stuart

Maigret

1992

Death in Paradise

2011as Bill Calder

Midsomer Murders

1997as Bernard Flack

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Benjamin Partridge

Vera

2011as Brian Gower

Garrow's Law

2009as Captain Baillie

Les Misérables

2018as Hair and Teeth Dealer

Des

2020as DSI Chambers

The Lost Prince

2003as Lloyd George

The Other Boleyn Girl

2003as Thomas Cromwell

Waking the Dead

2001as Dr. Milan Vaspovic

The Odyssey

1997as Eurybates

I Fought the Law

2025as Frank Cook MP

Quills

2000as Napoleon

Life After Life

2022as Dr. Fellowes

24 Hour Party People

2002as Derek

Chocolat

2000as Alphonse Marceau

Mr Selfridge

2013as Mr. Crabb

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009as Clement Smith

The Merchant of Venice

2004as Old Gobbo

The Bill

1984

Sew Torn

2024as Oskar

The King's Man

2021as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Bergerac

1981as Reggie Betts

Empire of Light

2022as Mr. Cooper

Topsy-Turvy

1999as Richard D'Oyly Carte

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2006as Peter Eade

On a Clear Day

2005as Norman

The Choral

2025as Reverend Woodhead

Lucky Break

2001as Perry

Charlotte Gray

2001as Mirabel

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002as Barrymore

Ladies First

2026as Mr. Sachs

The City and the City

2018as Commissar Gadlem

The Critic

2023as Hugh Morris

Land of the Blind

2006as Doc