Ronald Graham (17 December 1926 – 2 April 2020) was a British-

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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 ''

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'' and roles in popular serials '' Certain Women'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was a regular in the short lived police-oriented soap opera ''

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'' (1983) and featured in the film ''

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''.

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

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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 Marcus Graham (born 11 October 1963) is an Australian film, television (including both serials and mini-series) and stage actor and director, with roles including ''Mulholland Drive'' and '' Josh Jarman''. He was known as a teenage heartthrob i ...

. 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)

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* 1926 births 2020 deaths Australian male television actors Australian male film actors English male film actors English male television actors English emigrants to Australia 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors {{Australia-actor-stub