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name: "Ronnie Le Drew"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronnie-le-drew"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 October 1947"
died: "27 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 67
updated: "2026-09-17T01:20:11.400124+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."
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# Ronnie Le Drew

Actor. Born 23 October 1947 in Canada. Died 27 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 October 1947, Canada
- **Died:** 27 July 2026
- **Active:** 2008–2024

## Biography

Ronnie Le Drew (1947–2026) was a Canadian-born British puppeteer and actor. Born in Toronto, he moved to London as a child and trained at the Little Angel Theatre. He became best known for operating the puppet Zippy on the ITV children's series Rainbow from 1974 until the early 1990s.

Le Drew worked extensively in film and television puppetry, including on Labyrinth (1986), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996). He also appeared as Marvin Monroe in the film A Quiet Place: Day One (2024). He co-founded the London School of Puppetry and wrote the memoir Zippy and Me (2019). He died in the UK in July 2026.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Marvin Monroe — [page](https://film.one/film/a-quiet-place-day-one.md)
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, as Zippy — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)

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