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

• 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
• Sporting Blood (1945) actor in radio serial
• 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

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.

External links

• Ron Whelan at IMDb