Ronald Stevens (September 2, 1925 - November 11, 2006) was a London-born English actor known as Ronnie Stevens.
He appeared in many television comedy series in regular roles, including May to December, Goodnight Sweetheart and A J Wentworth, BA. He also appeared as the "Minister of Pollution", in The Goodies pollution episode. He played minor roles in many other sitcoms including Wild, Wild Women, Only When I Laugh, Ever Decreasing Circles, Hi-de-Hi!, Yes, Prime Minister, Terry and June, Chance in a Million and As Time Goes By. Other television roles include The Avengers, Minder, Rumpole of the Bailey, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series presentation of Twelfth Night.
Ronnie Stevens also appeared in the 1998 film The Parent Trap and the 1996 film Brassed Off.
He co-narrated Noggin the Nog with Oliver Postgatehttp://homepages.tesco.net/~space.patrol/SpacePatrol/Cast.htm
His wife, Ann, predeceased him as did his older son. He is survived by their youngest son.
Has two sons, Paul and Guy. The eldest Paul died in 1990.
Founded the dramatic stage troupe the Actors' Company in the seventies with Sir Ian McKellan and Edward Petherbridge.
He was one of those 'I know that face' comedy character actors familiar in British film and television screens throughout the sixties and seventies, who was instantly recognizable but rarely be able to put a name too.
