Ronald Whelan (actor)

Ronald Whelan (2 November 1905–1965) was an Australian actor, assistant director and unit manager. He was the son of actor Albert Whelan.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1930s he regularly worked for Cinesound Productions as an actor (usually in villainous roles) and assistant director.^[1]

He moved to the US and worked steadily as a character actor. He died in Los Angeles in 1965.^[2]

Credits[edit]

Snap (1925) - stage revue^[3]
Her Past (1934) - stage play
Thoroughbred (1936) - actor, assistant director^[4]
Tall Timbers (1936) - assistant director, actor
Orphan of the Wilderness (1936) - assistant director, actor
It Isn't Done (1937) - actor
Lovers and Luggers (1937) - assistant director, actor
The Broken Melody - actor
Mr Chedworth Steps Out (1938) - assistant director
Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) - assistant director
Gone to the Dogs (1939) - actor and assistant director
Ants in His Pants (1939) - assistant director, actor
Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940) - assistant director, actor
Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) - assistant director
Eureka Stockade (1949) - production manager, actor
Kangaroo (1952) - actor
Captain Thunderbolt (1953) - actor
The Shiralee (1957) - actor
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959) - production manager
Whiplash (1960) - TV series - unit manager
No Man is an Island (1962) - film - unit manager
Drums of Africa (1963) - actor
I Spy (1965) - actor
Burke's Law (1965) - actor

References[edit]

^ "Versatile Ronald Whelan". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 26, no. 1, 305. South Australia. 29 May 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 December 1965. p. 80.
^ "Albert Whelan's Son". The News. Vol. II, no. 347. Tasmania, Australia. 11 July 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Instructs Himself". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. I, no. 63. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[edit]

Ron Whelan at IMDb

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[1] "Versatile Ronald Whelan". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 26, no. 1, 305. South Australia. 29 May 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 December 1965. p. 80.

[3] "Albert Whelan's Son". The News. Vol. II, no. 347. Tasmania, Australia. 11 July 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Instructs Himself". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. I, no. 63. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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