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Ron Graham
Born
Lionel Alfred Hosmer

(1926-12-17)17 December 1926
Aldershot, England
Died 2 April 2020(2020-04-02) (aged 93)
Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality English
Australian
Occupation Character actor
Years active Theatre 1956–2000, Television and film 1961-2003
Spouse(s) Aleda Klara Johnsen
Children Marcus Graham

Ronald Graham (17 December 1926 – 2 April 2020) was a British-Australian character actor who appeared in many theatre and television roles from 1956 until retiring in 2003. He is best known for his roles in telemovies and guest roles in serials including those of Crawford Productions and roles in popular serials Certain Women, A Country Practice and Home and Away. He was a regular in the short lived police-oriented soap opera Waterloo Station (1983) and featured in the film Gallipoli.

Personal life

Ron Graham was born Lionel Alfred Hosmer, the second son of 3 boys to William Alfred Hosmer 1896-1953 and Doris Agatha (nee Green) 1897-1978. In 1928, the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lionel joined the British Army and in July 1948, his parents and two brothers emigrated to Australia from the United Kingdom. Lionel demobbed from the Army in 1949 and then migrated to Australia, settling in Perth. He changed his name by deed poll to Ron Graham. He first married in the early 1960s to Judith Schonell, a dancer with the West Australian State Ballet. He was the father of Australian stage, television and film actor and director Marcus Graham. Ron later partnered with Aleda Klara Johnsen. He died in Windsor, New South Wales on 2 April 2020 at the age of 93.

Filmography (television and film)

Year of production Title Role
1961 Whiplash (TV series) Alfred
1961 The Merchant of Venice (TV movie) Basanio
1967 Contrabandits (TV series) Detective Sergeant Thomson
1967 Love and War episode: War 3: Sergeant Musgrave's Dance (TV Movie)
1969 Riptide (TV series) Chris Bolan
1969 The Intruders Peter Yordan
1970 The Curious Female Doorman
1971 Mrs. Finnegan (TV series) Joe Fagan
1969–1971 Dynasty (TV series) John Mason
1972 Boney (TV series) Mike Taylor
1972 The Spoiler (TV series) Dave Sharpe
1971–1972 Spyforce Ron (pilot) – The Pilot (uncredited)
1973 A Taste for Blue Ribbons (TV series)
1973 Ryan (TV series) Sergeant Nelson
1971–1973 Matlock Police 4 roles:
-Brian Woods
-Ron Grey
-Sam Winter
-Leo "Bullfrog" Bennett
1968–1973 Homicide (TV series) 5 roles:
-Allan Farrow
-Sgt. Ron Lane
-Don Carlisle
-David Warner
-Bill Young
1969–1974 Division 4 (TV series) 4 roles:
-Chris Granger
-Len Abbott
-John Moore
-Laurie Cornell
1973–1976 Certain Women (TV series) Alan Stone (1973,1976)
1978 Young Ramsay (TV series) Bruce Watt
1977–1978 Glenview High (TV series) Frank Faulkner
1978 Cass (TV movie)
1978 Cop Shop (TV series) 2 roles
-Ralph Curran
-Peter Curran
1979 Ride on Stranger (TV series) Darcey Jones
1981 Kingswood Country (TV series) Mr. GMH
1981 Gallipoli (movie) Wallace Hamilton
1981 Bellamy (TV series) Trotter
1981 Sporting Chance (TV series)
1982 1915 (TV miniseries) Army Sergeant
1982 M.P.S.I.B (TV series) Max Birch
1982 Fluteman Frank Timms
1983 Waterloo Station (TV series) DS Jack Edwards
1983 Silent Reach (TV miniseries) Father Vakldera
1984 Silver City Director
1985 Winners (TV series) Abattoir Manager
1986 Whose Baby (TV movie) Jack Galbsally
1986 Alice to Nowhere (TV minseries) Denzil Leary
1988 Rafferty's Rules (TV series) Frank White
1989 Mission: Impossible (TV series) Challis
1981–1992 A Country Practice (TV series) 5 roles:
-Andy McKay
-Harry Martin
-Bill Jones
-Tom Spencer
-Bill Morrison
1994 Time Trax (TV series) Casey
1994 Heartbreak High (TV series) Detective Monaghan
1995 Blue Murder (TV series) Senior Officer
1991–1996 G.P. (TV series) 2 roles:
-Angus Sutton (1991)
-Jim Stewart (1996)
1996 Acri Norris
1997 Home and Away (TV series) Murray Watson
1997 Big Sky (TV series) Tom
1998 13 Gantry Row (TV movie Loan's Manager
1999 Time and Tide (TV movie) Harry
2000 Portrait of a Suspect (TV movie) American Police Detective
2001 Outriders (TV series) Mr. Murray
2003 BlackJack Murder Archive (TV movie) Brian Kirsten
2003 Snobs (TV series) Mr. Ford

See also

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