
Ron Cook
Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s.
Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, the son of a school cook and a car worker. When he was 6, his family moved to Coventry; he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.183 |
Birthday | 1948-12-01 |
Place of Birth | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK |
Also Known As |

2000

Chocolat
7/3316
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they r...
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Chocolat

2006

Confetti
5.508/66
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
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Confetti

2022

Empire of Light
6.664/560
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England...
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Empire of Light

1989

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
7.3/639
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

2001

Lucky Break
6.2/34
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which...
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Lucky Break

2004

Thunderbirds
5/297
Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Led by Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton),...
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Thunderbirds

2021

The King's Man
6.752/4639
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop...
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The King's Man

2005

On a Clear Day
6.5/30
After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For t...
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On a Clear Day

1999

Topsy-Turvy
6.6/148
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Th...
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Topsy-Turvy

2003

Hornblower: Loyalty
7/30
Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
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Hornblower: Loyalty

2003

Hornblower: Duty
7.2/28
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napo...
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Hornblower: Duty

1984

Scandalous
4/1
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
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Scandalous

2003

The Other Boleyn Girl
7.3/49
Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes m...
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The Other Boleyn Girl

2004

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
0/0
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 2004 movie THUNDERBIRDS.
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No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

1985

Number One
5/2
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
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Number One

1994

Sharpe's Honour
6.6/27
1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out...
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Sharpe's Honour

2022

Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry
0/0
Grenfell sets out to discover why the devastating fire of 14 June 2017 happened after the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, and who was responsible for...
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Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry

1983

Henry VI Part 1
7.5/2
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
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Henry VI Part 1

1983

Henry VI Part 2
7/1
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
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Henry VI Part 2

1983

Henry VI Part 3
7/1
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
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Henry VI Part 3

1983

The Tragedy of Richard III
6/1
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duk...
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The Tragedy of Richard III

2009

Le Journal d'Anne Frank
6/1
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2012

Bert & Dickie
6.2/5
Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) d...
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Bert & Dickie

1991

Turbulence
0/0
An adolescent girl, sexually abused as a child by her father, runs away from home.
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Turbulence

2024

Sew Torn
7.7/3
A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her differen...
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Sew Torn

2009

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
6.9/180
After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to c...
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2002

Dead Gorgeous
3.5/2
Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder...
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Dead Gorgeous

2010

Time Gentlemen, Please
10/1
A would-be publican decides to set up shop on a remote island with a flat-pack DIY pub, but encounters more competition than he bargained for.
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Time Gentlemen, Please

1986

Day To Remember
0/0
Wally is spending Christmas with his wife Hilda at the house of their daughter and son-in-law. Wally is hoping that he will miraculously regain his me...
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Day To Remember

2004

The Merchant of Venice
6.773/565
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heir...
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The Merchant of Venice

2007

Hot Fuzz
7.561/7698
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...
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Hot Fuzz

1990

The Fool
7/2
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...
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The Fool

2001

Charlotte Gray
6.1/165
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working...
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Charlotte Gray

2002

Fields of Gold
0/0
A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at...
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Fields of Gold

2008

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
6.333/3
The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's.
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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

2002

24 Hour Party People
7/464
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changi...
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24 Hour Party People

2006

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
6/24
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his...
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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2000

Quills
7.139/655
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, def...
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Quills

2012

Mrs Biggs
7.8/6
The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leadin...
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Mrs Biggs

2002

The Hound of the Baskervilles
6.1/40
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles B...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1996

Secrets & Lies
7.5/659
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cyn...
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Secrets & Lies

2002

Murder
0/0
Chris Maurer is killed the day after his 21st birthday and his grieving mother, Angela Maurer, is unable to come to grips with that fact. She is taken...
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Murder

2006

Land of the Blind
5.8/53
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
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Land of the Blind

1982

The Magic Shop
0/0
A father and son enter a magic shop that may contain real magic.
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The Magic Shop

1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor
8/2
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Wh...
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The Merry Wives of Windsor

1998

Let the Good Times Roll
0/0
A short autobiographical film written by Dexter Fletcher.
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Let the Good Times Roll

2020

18% Grey
7/4
When his wife leaves him, struggling Bulgarian photographer Zack sets out on a wild trip from London to Berlin. It is a journey that reveals the truth...
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18% Grey

2011

National Theatre Live: King Lear
7/2
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question...
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National Theatre Live: King Lear

2000

102 Dalmatians
5.492/1376
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely allia...
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102 Dalmatians

1976

Secrets of a Superstud
3/2
In this silly soft-core sex comedy, Tony Kenyon is Custer Firkeshaw, the owner of a girlie magazine. He stands to inherit a fortune… If he can get mar...
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Secrets of a Superstud

2024

The Critic
5.359/39
Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor...
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