Ronald Hines

{{Short description|British actor (1929–2017)}}

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{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}

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| name = Ronald Hines

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| birth_name = Ronald Charles Andrew Hines

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|06|20}}

| birth_place = London, England, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|03|28|1929|06|20}}

| death_place = Midhurst, West Sussex, England

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| occupation = Actor

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Ronald Charles Andrew Hines (20 June 1929 – 28 March 2017) was a British television actor.{{cite news|title=Deceased Estates|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2813061|access-date=2 November 2017|work=The Gazette|date=29 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102205819/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2813061|archive-date=2 November 2017}} He had a lengthy career, but possibly his most prominent roles were as Henry Corner in three of the four series of Not in Front of the Children,{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/not-in-front-of-the-children/|title=Not in Front of the Children|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&q=ronald+hines+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA3-PA1936|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968}} and as William Cecil in Elizabeth R.

After graduating from RADA in 1950, Hines started on stage at Stratford, and made many theatrical appearances throughout his career, including at the Royal Court, the Old Vic and the National Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/ronald-hines/|title=Ronald Hines – RADA|website=www.rada.ac.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2bg/ronald-hines/past|title=Ronald Hines | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}

On television, he starred in the 1959–60 sitcom Tell It to the Marines.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d3361e5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221712/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d3361e5|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2018|title=Tell It to the Marines (1959)}} In 1965 he was a regular on the first series of the BBC oil industry drama The Troubleshooters (British TV series) (then titled Mogul). In 1966, Hines played Eric Redman in the 11th episode of the 5th series of the popular British action adventure The Saint (episode entitled "Paper Chase").{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79220cd4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219024202/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79220cd4|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2018|title=Paper Chase (1966)|website=BFI}} He also appeared on Jackanory several times, usually narrating stories about The Wombles.

Hines appeared as John Copeland in the crime drama series The Professionals (episode "The Acorn Syndrome") in 1980.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75c8efc2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504124937/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75c8efc2|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2019|title=The Acorn Syndrome (1980)|website=BFI}} In 1988 he played Home Secretary Henry Matthews in the TV film Jack the Ripper, which starred Michael Caine.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b796d573c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221801/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b796d573c|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2018|title=Jack the Ripper Part 1 (1988)}} He portrayed Hoofd Commissaris Samson in Thames Television's Amsterdam-set detective series Van der Valk (1991–92).{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/van-der-valk-on-masterpiece/cast/1030165293/|title=Van der Valk on Masterpiece|website=TVGuide.com}}

He also appeared in a number of films, starting with Dunkirk, in 1958 and finishing with Rough Cut, in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f668e6d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708123840/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f668e6d|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2018|title=Ronald Hines}} All his subsequent screen roles were on television rather than in films.

Hines died in Midhurst, West Sussex, England, on 28 March 2017, at the age of 87.{{cite journal|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris III|title=Ronald Hines, 87|journal=Classic Images|date=October 2017|issue=508|page=53}}