---
name: "Ronald Allen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronald-allen"
fi1m_id: "ronald-allen"
imdb_id: "nm0021004"
tmdb_id: 31297
wikidata_id: "Q329580"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 December 1930"
died: "18 June 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T20:21:19.184306+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ronald Allen

## Identity

Ronald Allen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ronald-allen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ronald-allen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0021004
- **TMDB ID:** 31297
- **Wikidata ID:** Q329580
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Allen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329580, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31297

Actor. Born 16 December 1930 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. Died 18 June 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 December 1930, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 18 June 1991
- **Also known as:** Ronald John Allen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Allen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329580, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31297

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Night to Remember*](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md) (85)

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## Biography

Ronald John Allen (16 December 1930 – 18 June 1991) was an English actor. He is best known for his long-running role as David Hunter in the ITV soap opera *Crossroads* (1969–1985).

Allen was born in Reading, Berkshire, and studied at Leighton Park School before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, where he won the John Gielgud Scholarship. He worked in repertory theatre and had a season at the Old Vic. His early screen credits include the role of Mr. Clarke in the film *A Night to Remember* (1958).

He appeared twice in *Doctor Who*, as Rago in *The Dominators* (1968) and as Ralph Cornish in *The Ambassadors of Death* (1970). Allen also made guest appearances in *The Comic Strip Presents...*, including as Uncle Quentin in *Five Go Mad in Dorset* (1982). In 1991 he married actress Sue Lloyd, his on-screen wife from *Crossroads*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Night to Remember* (1958), Fi1m 85, as Mr. Clarke — [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Oxford* (1990), as Professor Roland Breeze
- *South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!* (1990), as Captain Phillips
- *The Strike* (1988), as Prime Minister
- *Eat the Rich* (1987), as Cmdr. Fortune
- *The Supergrass* (1985), as Commander Robertson
- *Five Go Mad on Mescalin* (1983), as Uncle Quentin
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Uncle Quentin, Prime Minister, Captain Phillips, Professor Roland Breeze
- *Five Go Mad in Dorset* (1982), as Uncle Quentin
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Giles Grey
- *The Fiend* (1972), as Paul
- *Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death* (1970), as Ralph Cornish
- *Hell Boats* (1970), as Comdr. Ashurst, R.N.
- *Doctor Who: The Dominators* (1968), as Rago
- *Half Hour Story* (1967), series, as Hugh Banks
- *The Projected Man* (1966), as Dr. Mitchel
- *Crossroads* (1964), series, Actor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Ralph Cornish, Rago — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Tommy Prince
- *Circle of Deception* (1960), as Abelson
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Walter Bernard, Ted Baker
- *A Night to Remember* (1958), as Mr. Clarke — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)
- *The Lady of the Camellias* (1958), as Gustave
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Gustave, Mr Burch
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, as Walter

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