Ronald Hines

Ronald Hines (born 20 June 1929, London) is a British television actor.

He has had a lengthy career, but possibly his best-known role was as the husband in three of the four series of Not in Front of the Children. He was also appeared on Jackanory several times, usually narrating stories about the Wombles. He also starred in the 1959-60 sitcom Tell It to the Marines.

In 1988 he played Home Secretary Henry Matthews in the TV film Jack the Ripper which starred Michael Caine.

He also appeared in a number of films, starting with Dunkirk in 1958 and finishing with Rough Cut in 1980. All of his subsequent screen roles have been on television rather than in films.

Selected TV and filmography

• Dunkirk (1958)
• The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
• Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
• The Angry Silence (1960)
• Echo of Barbara (1961)
• House of Mystery (1961)
• Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
• The Informers (1963)
• The Hi-Jackers (1963)
• Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
• Elizabeth R (1971)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Dead of Night (TV series) (1972)
• Take Me High (1973)
• Rough Cut (1980)
• Pack of Lies (1987)
• Jack the Ripper (1988)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)

External links

• Ronald Hines' IMDB profile
• Ronald Hines' allmovie profile