Ronald John Allen (16 December 1930 – 18 June 1991) was an English actor. He is best known for playing David Hunter in the long-running ITV soap opera Crossroads, a role he played from 1969 to 1985.
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Early life
Allen was born in Reading, Berkshire. He studied at Leighton Park School in Reading and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, where he won the John Gielgud Scholarship.
Career
Allen worked in repertory theatre and had a season at the Old Vic in London. He also appeared in several films, including A Night to Remember (1958) about the sinking of the Titanic, the espionage film Circle of Deception (1960), the British horror films The Projected Man (1966) and The Fiend (1972), the war film Hell Boats (1970), and the black comedy Eat the Rich (1987).
After roles in the BBC soaps Compact (1963–64) and United! (1966–67) came his best-remembered role, in the long-running soap Crossroads (1969–85). Allen played David Hunter, who was a shareholder of the Crossroads Motel with Meg Mortimer, Tish Hope and Bernard Booth. He also twice appeared as a guest star in the science fiction programme Doctor Who, in the stories The Dominators (1968) and The Ambassadors of Death (1970).
