| birth_place = [[w:Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...the 1950s to the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003887|title=Ronald Fraser|work=BFI}}</ref> An unusual appearance an

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...and was educated nearby at [[St Marylebone Grammar School]]. After leaving school he became a reporter on a local newspaper in [[Croydon]].<ref name=allmovie ...[Cambridge]] in 1937, and he went on to appear in [[Play (theatre)|plays]] at both the [[West End theatre|West End]] in London, and [[Broadway theatre|Br