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Occupation
  
Name
  
Ron Thompson

Role
  
Film actor


Ron Thompson (actor) Ron Thompson Los Angeles California United States Actor aboutme


Born
  
January 31, 1941 (age 83) (
1941-01-31
)
Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Website
  
about.me/ronthompson100

Movies and TV shows
  
Similar People
  
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Ron thompson as thoreau in the nbc bi centennial series the rebels


Ron Thompson (born January 31, 1941) is an American film, television, theatre actor, singer and songwriter.

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Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Thompson is perhaps best known for his dual lead roles in Ralph Bakshi's critically acclaimed rotoscope film American Pop and the 1970s TV series Baretta in the role of Detective Nopke.

Thompson had a brief career as a rock singer in the 1960s and wrote and recorded a number of singles as Ronnie Thompson under the guidance of his mentor and friend, rockabilly singer Ersel Hickey.

Thompson originated the role of Shanty Mulligan in the 1969 Pulitzer Prize winning play No Place to be Somebody by Charles Gordone and won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his 1973 theatre lead performance in the play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?

The Progress Bulletin praised Thompson's performance in the 1976 Felton Perry play Buy the Bi and Bye calling it an "offbeat and hilarious black satire with a zinging performance by Ron Thompson."

Thompson did a dramatic portrayal of Henry David Thoreau on the 1976 NBC television series The Rebels.

Ron thompson skype interview 2013 06 15


Filmography

Actor
-
Suffrage (completed) as
Harry Dawn
2021
Natasha Hall as
Marlon Franklin (voice)
2020
Ethnically Ambiguous (TV Series)
- Asian Persuasion (2020)
2019
Tellers as
Harry Dawn
2018
Gena as
John
2018
Chicks, Man as
Sherman
2018
[Cargo] as
Anthony Peterson
2017
Low Town as
Langston Bedry
2017
Hate Horses as
Rex Napier
2017
Stitches as
Ron
2015
Last Days of Coney Island (Short) as
Cops (voice)
2014
Happy Winter Solstice (Short) as
Man
2006
Bottleneck (Short) as
Husband
2000
Fallen Arches as
Leslie
1997
Crisis Center (TV Series) as
Junkie
- He Said, She Said (1997) - Junkie
1992
Death Ring (Video) as
Needles, Tattooer
1992
Deep Cover as
Store Owner
1992
American Me as
Junkie
1989
Imagining America (TV Movie) as
Beatnik Poet (segment "This Ain't Bebop")
1989
This Ain't Bebop (TV Movie) as
Beatnik Poet
1985
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) as
Jimmy MacDonald
- Organized Crime (1985) - Jimmy MacDonald
1982
The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) as
Guard
- The Good Samaritan (1982) - Guard
1981
American Pop as
Tony / Pete (voice)
1980
The Waltons (TV Series) as
1st G.I.
- The Prodigals (1980) - 1st G.I.
1977
The White Buffalo as
Frozen Dog Pimp
1977
Quincy M.E. (TV Series) as
Claude Stern
- -The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone- (1977) - Claude Stern
1975
Baretta (TV Series) as
Nopke / Penguin
- Street Edition (1976) - Nopke
- Death on the Run (1976) - Nopke
- The Dippers (1976) - Nopke
- Pay or Die (1976) - Nopke
- Murder for Me (1976) - Nopke
- Count the Days I'm Gone (1975) - Penguin
1976
The Rebels (TV Series) as
Henry David Thoreau
- Episode #1.4 (1976) - Henry David Thoreau
1975
Bronk (TV Series) as
Barrow
- Crackback (1975) - Barrow
1975
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as
Willy
- Web of Lies (1975) - Willy
1975
The Dream Makers (TV Movie) as
Dave
1974
Amy Prentiss (TV Series) as
Bartender
- Baptism of Fire (1974) - Bartender
1974
The Gun (TV Movie) as
Tom
1974
Ironside (TV Series) as
Jamie Fields / Bartender
- Run Scared (1974) - Jamie Fields
- Amy Prentiss: Part 1 (1974) - Bartender
1974
Mannix (TV Series) as
Kirk Bullard
- Death Has No Face (1974) - Kirk Bullard
1973
The No Mercy Man as
John Dunn
1968
Brown Eye, Evil Eye as
Freddy St. Claire (as Ronnie Thompson)
1962
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) as
Junkie / Larry
- Assignment: Teenage Junkies (1962) - Junkie
- Assignment: Teenage Junkies (1962) - Junkie
- Assignment: Teenage Junkies (1962) - Junkie
- Runaway Road: Story of a Missing Person (1962) - Larry
- Securities for Suckers (1962) - Larry
Self
2023
The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (TV Series) as
Guest
- Ron Thompson/Brad Loree (2023) - Guest
2020
The Only One in the Room (Podcast Series) as
Self
- SUNDAY EDITION: Ron Thompson Is The Only Actor Making A Comeback At Age 79 (2020) - Self
2018
The Actor's Choice (TV Series) as
Self
- Bobby McGee & Ron Thompson (2019) - Self
- Ron Thompson (2018) - Self
2017
An Interview with Joe Black (TV Movie documentary)

References

Ron Thompson (actor) Wikipedia