Ronald "Trader" Faulkner (7 September 1927 – 14 April 2021) was an Australian actor, raconteur and flamenco dancer, best known for his work in the UK on the stage and television.

[5] He was a student and protege of Peter Finch and worked with many of the great stage actors of the twentieth century, including John Gielgud, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier[6] and Anthony Quayle.

His friend and mentor, Peter Finch, forgave him and offered him further parts in his Mercury Theatre company in Sydney, Australia.

[10] A young Martin Amis appeared alongside him in this film, and later named one of his characters after him in his 1997 murder mystery novel, Night Train.

[13][14] In a Times review of his autobiography, Faulkner was described as "never...a big star, but every triumph, setback or small humiliation has been equal grist to his storytelling mill.

[3][18] Faulkner lived with his mother on a houseboat, the Stella Maris,[19] moored in Chelsea Harbour during the 1950s, and was a neighbour of the actress Dorothy Tutin.

[13] In 1960 he entertained the formidable former actress and theatre manager Lillah McCarthy on board the Stella Maris on a particularly rough day.

In the second half of his life he lived in a top floor flat in Lexham Gardens, Kensington,[1] up 98 stairs[22] and was a committed Roman Catholic.