Ron Haddrick

Ron Haddrick
Born
Ronald Norman Haddrick

(1929-04-09)9 April 1929
Died11 February 2020(2020-02-11) (aged 90)
Sydney
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • narrator
  • cricketer
Years active1949–2019
SpouseLorraine née Quigley
ChildrenLynette Haddrick
Greg Haddrick

Ronald Norman Haddrick MBE AM (9 April 1929 – 11 February 2020) was an Australian actor, narrator and South Australian cricketer. In 2012, he received the Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for his long and distinguished career in media, spanning some seventy years both locally and also in Britain. He appeared in many Shakespearean roles and often performed with theatre actress Ruth Cracknell.[1][2]

At the time of his Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award playwright David Williamson said, "Ron Haddrick was chosen for two reasons. He’s a great actor, definitely one of the greatest of his generation, and also a great human being who has enriched the lives of countless Australians through his acting. He has also enriched the lives of many of us who work in the theatre because of his dedication and palpable decency." Actor John Bell in presenting the award said his "career has been extraordinary ... he is undoubtedly one of the leading lights in the Australian acting industry and he is much loved, admired and respected, because of both his professionalism and his good nature."[3] On news of his death Bell Shakespeare said: “a legend of Australian theatre ... it was a privilege to have him grace our stage”.[4]

  1. ^ SMH Deaths Ron Haddrick AM MBE 9.4.1929 – 11.2.2020 Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ^ LEADING MAN — IN ART AND LIFE Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Lifetime Award shows that its not just a stage he is going through" Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ Vale Ron Haddrick Retrieved 14 February 2020.