{{Short description|American actor (1930–2015)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{more footnotes|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Ron Foster | image = Ron Foster (April 1962).JPG | caption = Foster in ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'' (1962) | birth_name = Ronald R. Foster | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|02|19}} | birth_place = [[Wichita, Kansas]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|2|26|1930|02|19}} | death_place = [[Placerville, California]] US | occupation = [[Actor]] | years_active = 1956–2008 | spouse = }}
'''Ronald R. Foster''' (February 19, 1930 – February 26, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenvalleymortuary.com/obituaries/Ron-Foster-25497/|title=Ron Foster Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information|work=Green Valley Mortuary & Cemetery|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref> was an American actor.
==Partial filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''[[The Proud and Profane]]'' (1956) – Bolton (uncredited) *''[[The Storm Rider]]'' (1957) – Burns (uncredited) *''[[Under Fire (1957 film)|Under Fire]]'' (1957) – Lieutenant (uncredited) *''[[Young and Dangerous (1957 film)|Young and Dangerous]]'' (1957) – Rock's Buddy (uncredited) *''[[Rockabilly Baby]]'' (1957) – Carnival Barker (uncredited) *''[[Cattle Empire]]'' (1958) – Stitch (uncredited) *''[[Thundering Jets]]'' (1958) – Control Tower Sergeant (uncredited) *''[[Desert Hell]]'' (1958) – Pvt. Bergstrom *''[[Diary of a High School Bride]]'' (1959) – Steve *''[[Ma Barker's Killer Brood]]'' (1960) – Doc *''[[Three Came to Kill]]'' (1960) – Herb Morely (uncredited) *''[[The Music Box Kid]]'' (1960) – Larry Shaw *''[[Cage of Evil]]'' (1960) – Det. Scott Harper *''[[The Walking Target]]'' (1960) – Nick Harbin *''[[Operation Bottleneck]]'' (1961) – Lt. Rulan H. Voss *''[[Secret of Deep Harbor]]'' (1961) – Skip Hanlon *''[[House of the Damned (1963 film)|House of the Dammed]]'' (1963) – Scott Campbell *''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]'' (1981) – Fillmore *''[[Ninja III: The Domination]]'' (1984) – Jiminez {{div col end}}
==Other television roles== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Highway Patrol (American TV series)|Highway Patrol]]'' (1957-1959) Officer Garvey / Dispatcher / Officer / Officer 1410 / Officer 3220 / Officer Dennis / Officer Dorsey / Officer Foster / Officer Garvey - Unit 2108 / Plainclothes Officer / Sgt. Garvey / Unit 2174 / Unit 2370 / Unit 3110 (24 episodes) *''[[Official Detective]]'' "Murder In A Girls' School" - Miller Dolce (1958) * ''[[Peter Gunn]]'' "Murder on the Midway" - Martin Franklin (1958) *''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' as Fred Pike in "The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor" (1960) loop *''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]'' as Johnny in "Arizona Lottery" (1960) *''[[Sea Hunt]]'', twice (1959–1960, Season 3, Episode 18) *''[[Colt .45 (TV series)|Colt .45]]'' as Tommy Potts in "Bounty List" (1960) *''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' as Bill in "The Mask of Vengeance" (1960) *''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]'', twice as Toby Dawson in "Six Feet of Gold" (1960) and as Sheriff Buck Simpson in "Jeopardy at Jackson Hole" (1961) *''[[Gunsmoke]]'', twice (1961); As Cole Treadwell in “Bless Me Till I Die” (S6E31) & Jim Garza in “Nina’s Revenge” (S7E12). *''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1961) – as Bill Rudd in S3:E12, "Incident at the Top of the World" *''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'' as Ken Logan in "Royal Maroon" (1962) *''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'' as Lieutenant Durham in "[[Seven Against the Sea]]" (1962) *''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'' as Lee Taylor in "The Wedding Party" (1963) *''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' as Charlie Dorsey in "The Money Cage" (1963) *''[[G.E. True]]'' as Captain James Dunlop in "Black Market" (1963) *''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone ]]'' as Sgt. William Connors in Season 5 Episode 10: “[[The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms]]" (1963) *''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' as Dr. Robert Richardson in "[[The Mice (The Outer Limits)|The Mice]]" (1964) *''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' as Reverend Larson in "Portrait of an Unknown Man" (1964) *''[[Combat!]]'' as Private Marshall in "Crossfire" (1965) *''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]'' as Captain Borega in "Gauntlet of Fire" (1966) * ''[[Bonanza]]'' as Al Mooney in S6 E1 "Invention of a Gunfighter" (1964) and ranch hand Stark in S8 E1 "Something Hurt, Something Wild" (1966) *''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]'' as Major Conway in "Rendezvous in Tokyo" (1967) *''[[The High Chaparral]]'' as Lieutenant Corey in "The Peacemaker" (1968) *''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]'' as Dr. Madeo in "Let X Equal a Lousy Weekend" (1969) *''[[O'Hara, U.S. Treasury]]'' as Al Ellis in "Operation Crystal Springs" (1970) *''[[Petrocelli]]'', twice (1974 and 1976) *''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', as a sheriff in "Colorado Roulette" (1988) {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0288031|name=Ron Foster}}
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