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Ron Blanchard
Born
Ronald Blanchard

1945 (age 78–79)
Australia
Occupation(s)Theatre, television and film actor
Years active1957–present

Ronald Blanchard (born 1945) is an Australian stage, television and film actor. He is best known as a character actor, and for his starring roles in five popular children's television series

Breakfast-a-Go-Go, The Lost Islands, Alexander Bunyip's Billabong, Watch This Space and Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin. A well-known character actor, Blanchard had numerous appearances on television series and films from the late 1960s up until the late 1990s, most especially, his recurring guest role as Lenny Sawyer on A Country Practice but has since returned to theatre work. He made his film debut in a supporting role in Caddie in 1976 and appeared in the 1997 film Oscar and Lucinda
.

Biography

Blanchard got his first big break on the small screen when he appeared on the children's variety show

Breakfast-a-Go-Go in 1969 as 'Witless Wonder', the comedic sidekick of new host Sue Smith. In 1972 he appeared as a guest star on the soap opera Number 96 and on the comedy series Snake Gully with Dad and Dave. He continued working on-and-off for the next several years and, in 1976, Blanchard landed the part of the villainous Quell on the children's adventure series The Lost Islands
. As one of the show's main antagonists, the series provided his breakout role.

As well as appearing on

Warming Up (1985) and Burke & Wills (1985).[1][8]

In January 1986, he joined former co-star

True Believers (1988) and G.P. (1991). That same year, he also had a minor role in the action film Gotcha
(1991).

Beginning in 1992, Blanchard had a recurring role as Lenny Sawyer on the television series A Country Practice. His last regular acting role was in the film Country Life (1994),[11] although he made appearances in the television movie Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996) and the romance film Oscar and Lucinda (1997).[1][12]

For the past 12 years, he has been travelling the world playing the role of an English butler for the famous Swedish illusionist Joe Labero.

Selected filmography

Film

Production Year Role Type
Caddie 1976 Bill Feature film
Chase Through the Night 1982 Mert TV movie
Silver City 1984 Arthur Calwell Feature film
Burke & Wills 1985 Bill Patton Feature film
Warming Up 1986 Len Feature film
Dark Age 1987 Bluey Noakes Feature film
Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys 1987 Uncle Sam TV movie
Gotcha 1991 Tuba Player TV short film
Country Life 1994 Wally Wells Feature film
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season 1996 TV movie
Oscar and Lucinda 1997 Steamer Captain Feature film

Television

Production Year Role Type
Breakfast-a-Go-Go
 1969 Witless Wonder TV series
Snake Gully with Dad and Dave 1972 Doug Creedy TV series, episode: "Hold that Tiger"
Number 96 1973 Dennis Parker TV series
Certain Women 1974 TV series, 1 episode
Alvin Purple 1976 Curly TV series
The Outsiders 1976 Hannan TV series, episode: "Ghost Town"
The Lost Islands 1976 Quell TV series, 26 episodes
The Garry McDonald Show 1977 Various TV series
Alexander Bunyip's Billabong 1978-88 Ron TV series
Doctor Down Under 1979 First Wardsman TV series, episode "Identity Crisis"
Tickled Pink 1981 TV series, episode: "Three Blind Mice"
Watch This Space 1982 Ron TV series
The Last Bastion 1984 Arthur TV miniseries
Professor Poopsnaggle and His Flying Zeppelin 1985 Murk TV series, 24 episodes
Mother and Son 1988 Emile the fridge repairman TV series, episode "The Fridge"
True Believers 1988 Arthur Calwell TV miniseries, episodes
Rafferty's Rules 1991 Jones Worthington TV series, episode "Best and Brightest"
G.P. 1991 Ron Slater TV series
A Country Practice 1985 Kevin Crooke TV series, 4 episodes
A Country Practice 1992-93 Norman Leonard "Lennie" Sawyer TV series, 12 episodes
Home and Away 1989-93 Athletic Official, Peter Braithwaite TV series

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ron Blanchard filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
  2. ^ Canby, Vincent (8 February 1981). "'Caddie,' An Australian Woman On Her Own". Cultural Desk. The New York Times.
  3. ISBN 0-8386-3082-0
  4. ISBN 0-8352-2794-4
  5. Library Association of Australia
    . "Item notes." Orca. Vol. 15-16. (1979): 44+.
  6. ISBN 0-517-56257-X
  7. ^ Maslin, Janet (17 May 1985). "Screen: Australia's 'Silver City'". Weekend Desk. The New York Times.
  8. ISBN 0-19-553584-7
  9. ^ "Kids' Theatre". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 January 1986.
  10. ISBN 0-89950-927-4
  11. ISBN 0-8362-3688-2
  12. ISBN 1-55783-342-7

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