Ronald Cunliffe Ronald "Ronnie" Cunliffe is an English actor best

Ronald Cunliffe Ronald "Ronnie" Cunliffe is an English actor best

Ronald Cunliffe
Ronald "Ronnie" Cunliffe is an English actor best known for his stage work, and for playing Len Fairclough's son Stanley in
Coronation Street. He was born in Birmingham on 9 March 1943 and trained at the Birmingham Theatre School, and later at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He has been married and divorced twice and has two daughters by his first marriage.
He is now retired and lives on his own in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Stage appearances
Year
1960
Month
Sep
1961
Oct
1961
Sep
1961
Sep
1961
May
1961
Apr
1959
Nov
Venue
Birmingham
Town Hall
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Weymouth
Pavilion
Weymouth
Pavilion
Nottingham
Playhouse
Title
The Magic Flute
Writer
Mozart
Role
Serpent
Director
Clifford
Willaims
Bernard Kelly
Sparrers Can't
Sing
Stephen
Lewis
Willy Dolly
(Peanut)
The Merchant of
Venice
William
Shakespeare
Launcelot Gobbo
Peter Powell
And So to Bed
JB Fagan
Boy to Pepys
Bernard Kelly
Case of the
Frightened Lady
While the Sun
Shines
The Rose Tattoo
Edgar Wallace ASM
John McKelvey
Terrence
Rattigan
Tennessee
Williams
ASM
John McKelvey
Bruno
Colin George
Notes
Birmingham Festival
The Peter Haddon
Company
The Peter Haddon
Company
1960
Jul
1959
Aug
1959
Jun
1959
Jan
1958
Dec
1958
Nov
1958
Sep
1962
Jun
1962
Jul
1962
Aug
1963
Jul
1963
Jun
Alexandra
Theatre,
Birmingham
Grand Theatre,
Wolverhampto
n
Birmingham
Repertory
Theatre
Wednesbury
Rep
Wednesbury
Rep
Wednesbury
Rep
Grand Theatre,
Wolverhampto
n
Regent's Park
Open Air
Theatre
Regent's Park
Open Air
Theatre
Regent's Park
Open Air
Theatre
Regent's Park
Open Air
Theatre
Regent's Park
Open Air
Desire Under the
Elms
Eugene
O'Neill
Guest
Frank Dunlop
Housemaster
Ian Hay
Old Crump
Douglas Neill
Who's Who
Terence
Lodge
Soldier
Bernard Hepton
The Happiest
Days of Your Life
Dry Rot
John Dighton
Hopcraft Mi
Derek Pollitt
Albert Polignac
Derek Pollitt
The Gay Dog
John
Chapman
Joseph Colton
Spud Ryan
Robert Patrick
Much Ado about
Nothing
William
Shakespeare
2nd Watch
James
Gillhouley
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
William
Shakespeare
Snug
David William
Twelfth Night
William
Shakespeare
Second Officer
Denis Carey
Love's Labour's
Lost
William
Shakespeare
Attendant
David William
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
William
Shakespeare
Snug
David William
Much Ado about
Nothing
William
Shakespeare
2nd Watch
David William
Alexandra Repertory
Company
1963
Oct
Theatre
Dundee Rep
1963
Oct
Dundee Rep
Hobson's Choice
1963
Nov
Dundee Rep
The Father
1963
Dec
Dundee Rep
1963
Dec
Dundee Rep
1964
Jan
Dundee Rep
The Private Ear
and the Public
Eye
Beauty and the
Beast
Doctor at Sea
1964
Jan
Dundee Rep
1964
Feb
Dundee Rep
1964
Feb
Dundee Rep
1964
Mar
Dundee Rep
1964
Apr
1964
Apr
1964
Jul
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Luther
John Osborne
Leo
Harold
Brighouse
Aug
Strindberg
Peter Shaffer
Will Mossop
Nicholas
Stuart Gray
Ted Willis
Mr Hodge (The
Wizard)
Simon Sparrow
Arthur
Lovegrove
Somerset
Maugham
Maxwell
Anderson
William
Shakespeare
William
Shakespeare
Victor Parker
Goodnight Mrs
Puffin
The Breadwinner
St Joan of
Lorraine
Twelfth Night
Macbeth
Nojd
Bob
Patrick
Les Ward (The
Dauphin)
Sebastian
Servant
Derrick
Goodwin
Derrick
Goodwin
Derrick
Goodwin
Brian McGrellis
Brian McGrellis
Brian McGrellis,
Derrick
Goodwin
Derrick
Goodwin
Derrick
Goodwin
Derrick
Goodwin
Derrick
Goodwin
Julius Gellner
The Canker and
the Rose
Philip Collins, Peasant
Ronald Draper
David William
The Shoemakers'
Holiday
Thomas
Dekker
David William
Ralph
1964
Sep
1964
Oct
1964
Dec
1965
Mar
1965
Jul
1965
May
1965
May
1965
Apr
1965
Jun
1965
Sep
1966
Oct
Birmingham
Repertory
Theatre
Birmingham
Repertory
Theatre
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Marlowe
Theatre,
The Quare Fellow
Brendan
Behan
Man of 25,
Jenkinson
Ronald Eyre
The Seagull
Anton
Chekhov
Medvedenko
John Harrison
Treasure Island
Robert Louis
Stevenson
Jim Hawkins
Sally Miles
The Shoemakers'
Holiday
Thomas
Dekker
Ralph
Robert Gillespie
Four Thousand
Brass Halfpennies
Dryden,
Bernard Miles
Alphabeat
Denys Palmer
Oedipus the King
Sophocles
Citizen of Thebes
Robin Midgley
Oedipus at
Colonus
Sophocles
Man of Colonus
Robin Midgley
Japhet, 3rd
Shepherd, Simon
Sally Miles
The Wakefield
Mystery Plays
Left-Handed
Liberty
John Arden
Clerk, Waggoner
David William
Fanny's First Play
Bernard Shaw
Footman
Don Taylor
The Knight of the
Burning Pestle
Beaumont &
Fletcher
Ralph
John Hales
1966
Oct
1967
Mar
1967
Aug
1968
Mar
1968
Apr
1968
May
1969
Feb
1969
Mar
1969
Apr
1969
May
1969
May
1969
Jun
1969
Jun
Canterbury
Marlowe
Theatre,
Canterbury
Citizens'
Theatre,
Glasgow
Mermaid
Theatre,
London
Citizens'
Theatre,
Glasgow
Leatherhead
Theatre Club
Leatherhead
Theatre Club
Colchester
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Tamburlaine the
Great
Christopher
Marlowe
Meander, Amyras
RD Smith
The Beaux'
Strategem
George
Farquhar
Scrub
Iain
Cuthbertson
Rafferty's Chant
Keith
Dewhurst
Frank Taylor
Robin Midgley
People Are Living
There
Athol Fugard
Shorty
Robin Midgley
The Sport of
Kings
A Piece of Cake
Ian Hay
Joe Purdie
Joyce
Rayburn
Bill Naughton
Roy Foster
Malcolm
Farquhar
Anton Rodgers
Harold Crompton
Stephen Moore
David Birch &
Brian Howard
Robert Bolt
Emperor Tiberius
Brian Howard
Sir Thomas More
Brian Howard
John Osborne
Billy Rice
Brian Howard
Present Laughter
Noel Coward
Henry Lippiatt
Brian Howard
Under Milk Wood
Dylan Thomas 2nd drowned, Mr
Waldo, Utah
Watkins, Mr Pugh
Anthony
Sir Miles
Armstrong
Standing
Spring and Port
Wine
The Robe
A Man for All
Seasons
The Entertainer
Ten Minute Alibi
Keith Taylor
Brian
Bolingbroke
Leatherhead
Repertory Company
Leatherhead
Repertory Company
Colchester
Repertory Company
1969
Jul
1969
Jul
1969
Aug
1969
Sep
1969
Oct
1969
Nov
1969
Dec
1970
Jan
1970
Feb
1970
Mar
1970
Mar
1970
Apr
1970
Oct
Harrogate
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Watermill
Theatre,
Newbury
Harrogate
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Harrogate
Theatre
Colchester
Repertory
Theatre
Phoenix
Hot and Cold in
All Rooms
The Country Wife
Max
Reitemann
William
Wycherley
Henrik Ibsen
Bertie Rogers
Keith Taylor
Mr Pinchwife
Brian Howard
Kyle
David Scase
RB Sheridan
Bob Acres
Leslie Lawton
When We Are
Married
Vice-Versa
JB Priestley
Brian Howard
F Anstey
Councillor Albert
Parker
Young Bultitude
Aladdin and His
Wonderful Lamp
John Moffatt
Wishee-Washee
David Buxton
Beyond the Fringe Bennett,
Cook, Miller &
Moore
Loot
Joe Orton
Various
John Keenan
Harold
David Buxton
Billy Liar
Arthur Crabtree
Giles Block
-
Brian Howard
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
Keith
Waterhouse &
Willis Hall
Alfred Lord
Tennyson
William
Shakespeare
Puck
David Buxton
Hamlet
William
Reynaldo, Player
Robin Midgley
An Enemy of the
People
The Rivals
Becket
Harrogate Repertory
Company
Harrogate Festival of
Arts and Sciences
Harrogate Repertory
Company
David Buxton
Text edited by
Ronald Cunliffe
Phoenix Theatre
1970
Oct
1970
Nov
1970
Dec
1971
Feb
1971
Apr
1971
May
1971
Sep
1971
Sep
1971
Oct
1971
Dec
1972
Mar
1972
May
Theatre,
Leicester
Phoenix
Theatre,
Leicester
Phoenix
Theatre,
Leicester
Phoenix
Theatre,
Leicester
Everyman
Theatre,
Cheltenham
Colchester
Theatre
Colchester
Theatre
Nottingham
Playhouse
Nottingham
Playhouse
Nottingham
Playhouse
Nottingham
Playhouse
Phoenix
Theatre,
Leicester
Mercury
Shakespeare
Queen
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are
Dead
Swansong
Tom Stoppard
Reynaldo, Player
Queen
Anton
Chekhov
Vassily Vassilytch Christopher
Svetlovidov
Timothy
The Wizard of Oz
L Frank
The Scarecrow
Baum,
adapted Alfred
Bradley
William
Sebastian
Shakespeare
Robin Midgley
William
Shakespeare
Samuel
Beckett
William
Shakespeare
Arthur Wing
Pinero
Tom Stoppard
Citizen, Cinna,
Titinius
Lucky
David Buxton
Dorset, Scrivener
Peter McEnery
Mr Wormington
David William
Alfred
Peter Wood
Michael
Payne
Anton
Chekhov
Hanki Panki
Stuart Burge
Yepikhodov
Stephen
Macdonald
George
Coster Pearmain,
David Buxton
Twelfth Night
Julius Caesar
Waiting for Godot
Richard III
The Magistrate
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are
Dead
The Swallow
Garden
The Cherry
Orchard
The Recruiting
Company
Robin Midgley
Phoenix Theatre
Company
Phoenix Theatre
Company
Noreen Craven
David Buxton
Colchester
Repertory Theatre
Colchester
Repertory Theatre
First production in
1972
Oct
1972
Oct
1972
Oct
1972
Nov
1972
Dec
1972
Dec
1973
Feb
1973
Apr
Theatre,
Colchester
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Officer
Farquhar
Under Milk Wood
Dylan Thomas Rev Eli Jenkins,
Nogood Boyo,
Little Boy Waldo
Aeschylus,
Persian Elder
adapted John
Lewin
William
Biondello
Shakespeare
Peace in Our
Time
John Spurling
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
The Boy Friend
Sandy Wilson
Walter von
Colin George
Brauchitsch,
Pierre Lava,
Andrei Vyshinsky,
Francisco Franco,
Jozef Beck
Lord Brockhurst
Job Stewart
Pinocchio
Brian Way
Harlequin, Judge
Caroline Smith
The National
Health
Peter Nichols
Foster
Douglas
Campbell
The Stirrings in
Sheffield on
Saturday Night
Alan Cullen
Isaac Ironside,
Thomas
Fearnehough,
Chairman of
Enquiry and
Music Hall
Colin George
The Persians
The Taming of the
Shrew
Pluck, Mr Scruple
new theatre
Job Stewart
Colin George
Douglas
Campbell
1973
May
(?)
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Facets on a
Golden Image
Graeme
Campbell
The National
Health
Peter Nichols
Cardinal
Benvenuto de
Censoris
Foster
1973
Sep
1973
Oct
1973
Dec
1974
Jan
1974
Feb
1974
Mar
1974
1974
Colin George
Hobson's Choice
Harold
Brighouse
Timothy Wadlow
(Tubby)
Alice's Adventure
Through the
Looking Glass
Felicity
Douglas
David Buxton
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
The Licentious Fly
Huntly
Harding
Rose,
Guard,Humpty
Dumpty, Frog
Footman
Fred Banks
Ours
Tom
Robertson
Sergeant Jones
Christopher
Dunham
Trials and Errors
Dawn Pavitt &
Terry Wale
Various
Dawn Pavitt &
Terry Wale
Apr
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Green Julia
Paul Ableman
Robert
'Bradshaw' Lacey
David Buxton
Apr
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
The Winter's Tale
William
Shakespeare
Clown
David Buxton
World Premiere
David Buxton &
Michael
Attenborough
Michael
Attenborough
David Buxton
Performed in the
Jenny Bone Studio
at the Mercury
Theatre and also
Salisbury Playhouse
Toured, and then
performed at the
Jenny Bone Studio
at the Mercury
Theatre
1974
Jul
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Green Julia
Paul Ableman
1974
Aug
1974
Sep
Liverpool
Playhouse
Liverpool
Playhouse
She Stoops to
Conquer
Under Milk Wood
1974
Oct
Equus
1974
Oct
1974
Dec
Liverpool
Playhouse
Liverpool
Playhouse
Liverpool
Playhouse
Oliver
Tony Lumpkin
Goldsmith
Dylan Thomas Mog Edwards,
Cherry Owen,
Utah Watkins
Peter Shaffer
Harry Dalton
1974
Dec
Liverpool
Playhouse
1975
Feb
1975
Mar
Liverpool
Playhouse
Liverpool
Playhouse
1975
Apr
1975
Apr
Liverpool
Playhouse
Liverpool
Henry IV Part One William
Shakespeare
Joseph and the
Andrew Lloyd
Amazing
Webber & Tim
Technicolor
Rice
Dreamcoat
Pinocchio
Brian Way &
Warren
Jenkins
The Circle
W Somerset
Maugham
All Things Bright
Keith
and Beautiful
Waterhouse &
Willis Hall
Love for Love
William
Congreve
The Philanthropist Christopher
Robert
'Bradshaw' Lacey
David Buxton
Caroline Smith
Antony Tuckey
Sue Wilson
Falstaff
Antony Tuckey
Levi
Caroline Smith
Pinocchio
Caroline Smith
Lord Porteous
Sue Wilson
Charles
Hesseltine
Caroline Smith
Tattle
Antony Tuckey
Philip
Caroline Smith
Performed at the
Jenny Bone Studio
at the Mercury
Theatre, and at the
King's Lynn Festival.
Cast was change
from the Apr 1974
production.
1975
1975
French Without
Tears
Trouble and Strife
1975
The Godmother
1975
The Titanic
Roadshow
1976
1976
1976
Jul
Playhouse
Liverpool
Playhouse
May
Hampton
Terence
Rattigan
Various
Dave
Illingworth &
the company
Brian Curtis
Sue Wilson
Various
Sue Todd
Moe Smith
Mel Smith
Honest Ron
Crucible
Theatre,
Sheffield
Century
Theatre
Keswick
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are
Dead
Spring and Port
Wine
Tom Stoppard
Polonius, Horatio
Mel Smith
Bill Naughton
Harold Crompton
James
Tomlinson
Century
Theatre
Keswick
And a Little Love
Besides
Alan Plater
Carter
James
Tomlinson
Avon Touring
Theatre Company played in theatres in
Bristol, Bath,
Sherman Theatre
Cardiff, Frome &
West Country
Avon Touring
Theatre Company played in theatres in
Bristol, Bath,
Sherman Theatre
Cardiff, Frome &
West Country
Avon Touring
Theatre Company toured in Bristol area
Also toured
Rotherham Civic
Theatre,
Huddersfield Arts
Centre &
Whitehaven
Also toured
Rotherham Civic
Theatre,
Huddersfield Arts
Centre &
Whitehaven
1976
Sep
1976
Dec
1977
Jan
1977
Oct
1978
Jan
1978
Feb
1978
May
1979 to 1983
Nuffield
Theatre
Southampton
Nuffield
Theatre
Southampton
Nuffield
Theatre
Southampton
Nuffield
Theatre
Southampton
French Without
Tears
Terence
Rattigan
Brian Curtis
Sue Wilson
Old King Cole
Ken Campbell
Baron Wadd
Sue Wilson
The Playboy of
the Western
World
Twelfth Night
JM Synge
Philly Cullen
Sue Wilson
William
Shakespeare
Sir Toby Belch
Sue Wilson
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Mercury
Theatre,
Colchester
Belgrade
Theatre
Coventry
Bristol
While the Sun
Shines
Terence
Rattigan
Horton
David Buxton
Jumpers
Tom Stoppard
Crouch
David Buxton
The Norman
Conquests
Alan
Ayckbourn
Reg
Dick Tuckey
Also toured
Basingstoke
Horseshoe Theatre
& Exeter Northcott
Theatre
Drama Therapist
and Drama
Workshops for:
Brooke Advisory
Centre, Bristol &
Weston Health
Authority, County of
Avon Social Work
Department and
County of Avon
Social Services
Department
1980
1981
Apr
1981
May
1981
1981
1983
Apr
1983
Oct
1983
Nov
1986
Bristol
Grammar
School
Chester
Gateway
Theatre
Chester
Gateway
Theatre
Bristol
University
Bristol
Grammar
School
Wolsey
Theatre,
Ipswich
Brunton
Theatre,
Musselburgh
Brunton
Theatre,
Musselburgh
The Family
Reunion
TS Eliot
Downing
Marjorie Avary
Funny Peculiar
Mike Stott
Rev AJ Thwaite
Ian Granville
Bell
Outside Edge
Richard Harris
Roger
Ian Granville
Bell
Poetry & Drama
Medley
One Life
Various
Various
Gregory Doran
Various
Grimes, Vladimir
Marjorie Avary
The Constant
Wife
W Somerset
Maugham
Mortimer Durham
Gerry Tebbutt
No More Sitting
on the Old School
Bench
Something's Afoot
Alan
Bleasdale
Mr Haddock
Ian Granville
Bell
Dr Grayburn
Ian Granville
Bell
Bristol
Stages on the
James
McDonald,
David Vos &
Robert
Gerlach
Ronald
Robert
Ronald Cunliffe
The Poor Players
Company
Cathedral
1991
1996
1997
to
date
2010
to
date
Aug
Way
Regent's Park
All On a
Open Air
Summer's Day
Theatre
The Nehru
Abdul Karim
Centre, London
Newcastle
Cunliffe &
Angela Barlow
Vicky Ireland
The Mouse
& Angela
Barlow
Vicky Ireland
Shushila
Anand
Readings with the
author
Founder with Andy
Collins of Roscius
Luvvies (Newcastle),
directed The Bear
(Anton Chekhov),
The Lady of
Pleasure (James
Shirley), The
Building of the Ark
(Anon) and Short
Plays and Sketches
by Harold Pinter
Founder of Rule 62
Drama Group
(Newcastle), wrote
and directed The
Broadcast, and Park
Bench
Newcastle
Television and cinema appearances
Year
1957
Month Venue Title
TV
TV Ad: Permaglaze Paint
Writer
Role
The
Director
Notes
1961
1977
1962
1963
1964
1965
Schoolboy
Stanley
Fairclough
Various
TV
Coronation Street
Various
TV
The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens,
Constance Cox
Kit Nubbles
Joan Craft
Feb
Apr
TV
Movie
Festival: Trevor
Catch Us If You Can
David Turner
Peter Nichols
Gerald
Clapper Boy
Peter Dews
John
Boorman
1967
Jan
TV
Harry
Hardcastle
Derek
Bennett
1967
Dec
TV
Samson
Alan Cooke
1968
1970
Oct
TV
TV
ITV Play of the Week: Love on John Finch, Ronald
the Dole
Gow, Walter
Greenwood
BBC Play of the Month:
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
The Gamblers: Give and Take Julia Jones
If It Moves, File It
Troy Kennedy-Martin
Joe
Roderick
Marc Miller
Derek
Bennett
The Vicar
Alan
1972
1970
Oct
TV
TV
1977
1976
TV
TV
TV Ad: Ben Sherman shirts
The Mating Machine: Who
Sleeps on the Right?
Crown Court: Operation
Happiness
TV Ad: Dutch Insurance
The E for Environment Show
1976
Dec
TV
1978
TV
By the Banks of the Wensum
David Illingworth &
Derek Robson
Ronald Fletcher
1978
TV
The Akenham Burial Case
Ronald Fletcher
John Esmonde, Bob
Larbey
Cherry Potter
Howard
Ross
Jury Foreman Oliver
Horsbrugh
The Husband
Prendergast
Dennis
Adams
Mr Walker
Christopher
Lewis
The Labourer Christopher
Lewis
aka 'Having a
Wild Weekend'
(USA)
BBC2
BBC1
BBC1
Radio appearances
Year Venue Title
1971 Radio How Do You Feel, Mrs Flax?
Writer
Andy Sims
1971 Radio
Eugène
Brieux
The Three Daughters of Monsieur
Dupont
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Role
Simon
Director
James
Duckett
Antonin James
Duckett
Notes
Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre
Radio 4 Saturday Night
Theatre