John Ronane

John Ronane was a British actor whose work ranged from the West End stage to Hollywood and European films, plus television and radio. With the Royal Shakespeare Company he appeared at the Aldwych Theatre in 1962 in the premiere of Harold Pinter's The Collection. His screen credits included King Rat (1965), Charlie Bubbles (1967), Some May Live (1967), Sebastian (1968) and Nobody Ordered Love (1972), along with the 1975 remake of The Spiral Staircase. On television he starred in the 1960s ATV series Drama 61-67, played Thomas Seymour in Elizabeth R and The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and from 1978 to 1982 was a regular in Granada's Strangers as Detective Sergeant Singer. He later taught drama at Illinois Central College and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and wrote novels, screenplays and a 2017 memoir, Rubber-Soled Shoes.