Ron Randell  Ronald Egan "Ron" Randell (8 October 1918 – 11 June 2005) was an Australian actor. After beginning his acting career on the stage in 1937, he played Charles Kingsford Smith in the film "Smithy" (1946). He also had roles in "Bulldog Drummond at Bay" (1947), "Kiss Me Kate" (1953), "I Am a Camera" (1955), "Most Dangerous Man Alive" (1961) and "King of Kings" (1961). Randell was the son of Ernest Randell (d. 26 May 1946) and Louisa Egan, who had married in 1912. Randell's great-great-grandfather was one of the main developers of the South Australia colony from 1836. His grandfather ran camel trains across the Nullabor Plain to Coolgardie. Randell's father was born in Broken Hill and did a variety of jobs. Randell was born in Sydney and was the eldest of three sons, the others being Reg and Norm. He attended Marist Brothers in North Sydney. He left school at the age of 14, and went to work as an office boy in a Sydney finance office. Aged fourteen, Randell participated in a few sketches at a social acting club and did an unpaid job for radio station 2UE. He made his first professional appearance for the ABC at 14 for the Children's Sessions. He soon started acting regularly on children's serials. After eight months, Randell quit his office job to concentrate on acting. He soon established himself as a leading male juvenile for radio, acting for 2KY Players, George Edwards, BAP and on Lux Playhouse. He also worked as a compère for variety shows, in particular with Jack Davey and did a two-man revue with Lloyd Lamble. He worked in both Sydney and Melbourne. Randell made his legitimate stage debut aged 19, in a production of "Quiet Wedding" at the Minerva Theatre in Sydney. Randell later said, "I moved out of radio and back into theatre because I was becoming a left-hand actor. I would hold the script in my right hand and do all my acting with my left hand." He said at the time "He finds the footlights a pleasant change after the mike, but we’re not to lose him in radio." The majority of his stage work was done at the Minerva Theatre, including performances in "Of Mice and Men". Randell says police were ready to arrest the cast of "Of Mice and Men" because the play featured the word "whorehouse".