Ronald Long

Ronald Long (30 January 1911 – 23 October 1986), was an English actor who appeared principally in American television shows of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Ronald Long
Long in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960)
Born	(1911-01-30)30 January 1911 London, England
Died	23 October 1986(1986-10-23) (aged 75) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936–1976

Early years

Long was born in London and performed at the Old Vic Theatre there^[1] before moving to America in the late 1940s.

Career

His longest-running role was portraying Evans Baker on the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life for four years.^[2] His roles on Broadway included the police inspector in the drama, A Pin to See the Peep Show (1953), and Dr. Blimber in the comedy Nature's Way (1957).^[3] His film debut was in Two Loves (1961).

Long had character roles in 1960s sitcoms, including Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, and Green Acres. He had several roles on Bewitched, including Henry VIII in a two-part episode in 1971. He also played the loud and blustery Captain Bligh/Charles Laughton-like "Admiral Zahrk" who constantly bellowed about "Mister Kidno" and his missing goat cheese in the Lost in Space episode "Mutiny in Space." He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of title character Arthur Hennings, who, as a former Nazi official, had assumed a new identity, in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Renegade Refugee." He also played murder victim Franz Hoffer in the 1965 episode, "The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein." Other TV appearances include parts on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Batman (episode 110 in 1967), The Time Tunnel, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, Mannix and Columbo.

Long also appeared as the picky eater in a Stan Freberg advertisement for Sunsweet Pitted Prunes. Satisfied that his objection to prune pits had been resolved, Long remarked, "They're still rather badly wrinkled, you know."^[1]

Death

Long died at the age of 75 in Burbank, California.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	The Naked Road	Wayne Jackson
1961	Two Loves	Headmaster Reardon
1962	The Notorious Landlady	Coroner
	Five Weeks in a Balloon	Chiddingfold	Uncredited
1963	The Man from the Diners' Club	Minister
	The List of Adrian Messenger	Carstairs
	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Major Hart	Season 2 Episode 1: "A Home Away from Home"
1966	Assault on a Queen	Officer #2
1967	The Wild Wild West	Sultan of Ramapur
	Lost in Space	Admiral Zahrk
	Batman	Karnaby Katz
1968– 1971	Bewitched	McTavish the ghost giant from "Jack and the Beanstalk" Santa Claus magistrate in old Salem King Henry VIII (two-part episode)
1968– 1969	I Dream of Jeannie	Sir Widgin Willingham Uncle Azmire
1969	Green Acres	Waiter
	Hogan's Heroes	Major Blair
1969– 1970	Get Smart	Leadside Montague Leach
1970	R. P. M.	5th Professor at Dining Table	Uncredited