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Welsh actor (1928–1982)

Ronald Glasfryn Lewis (11 December 1928 – 7 January 1982) was a Welsh actor, best known for his appearances in British films of the 1950s and 1960s.^[2]

Early life and career

Lewis was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, the son of an accountant.

He moved with his family to London when he was seven.

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During the war he was evacuated back to south Wales, where he attended Bridgend Grammar School. There he played Bassanio in the school production of The Merchant of Venice.

He decided to become an actor after seeing George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cardiff.

Early roles

Lewis's first professional role was in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (1950) in repertory at Worthing. He was in The Square Ring at Hammersmith.^[3]

Lewis had an uncredited bit part in Valley of Song, set in Wales.

He was credited for the film version of The Square Ring (1953), for Ealing;