Jon Rollason

Jon was born on 9th April 1931 in Birmingham but latterly lived in Wales, Jon went to drama school at the Old Vic in London after completing his National Service. One of his first acting roles was as an understudy to Sir Laurence Olivier in the West End production of John Osborne's The Entertainer, One of his first major acting roles was in Joan Littlewood's production of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan where he starred alongside Richard Harris, he then spent several years at the famous Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Judi Dench, Leonard Rossiter, Isla Blair and Cheryl Campbell to name but a few, he appeared in stage productions of Henry VI (parts I, II and III), The Boy David and The Critic that lead to a mountain of radio and television work throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s - by appearing in some of Britain's top-rated shows including The Avengers, Coronation Street, Z-Cars, Swizzlewick, Softly Softly, Doctor Who, Crossroads, Barlow and Robin's Nest, along with a part in the world premiere broadcast of Harold Pinter's The Dwarves on BBC Radio 3 amongst many things.[5]

Rollason continued to act and also wrote for television, notably for daytime soap opera Crossroads after he got a job as a contract writer for ATV in the mid-late 1970s and co-created the 1969 BBC1 series Special Project Air and was a collector of ceramics. He was also a published author and script-writer for radio. and spent time writing and presenting a major international conferences and went on to write speeches for the bosses of Audi, Jaguar and Rover as well as Ford in the United States as well as writing TV documentaries and commercials and worked as a Llanrwst town councillor throughout a long hectic career.

Jon died on 20 February 2016 in Llandudno at the age of 84.

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