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Tony Ranasinghe (31 July 1937 – 16 June 2015) was a veteran actor in cinema, teledrama and stage drama in Sri Lanka. He is known as the Lover of the 70s in Sri Lankan cinema due to the many popular films in which he acted. He was mostly restricted to innocent main role which is full of glamour and feelings. He died on 16 June 2015 at a public hospital in Colombo at the age of 77. According to critics, he is the last Crowned king in Sri Lankan cinema to be died after Gamini Fonseka, and Joe Abeywickrama. Until his death, he acted in 115 films, in 43 of which he was the leading actor and in 72 of which he played a supporting role. He also contributed as a script writer to 2 films. ==Early life & career== Ranasinghe Hettiarachchilage Ignatius Anthony Silva, who later became popular as Tony Ranasinghe, was born July 31, 1937 in Modara.〔 He studied at St. Anthony's College, Wattala, and De LaSalle College, Modera. Ranasinghe began his career in theatre with a role in ''Ran Thodu'' in 1963, which won him the Governor General's Award for Best Stage Actor. This award was presented by minister T. B. Ilangaratne. Ranasinghe made his film debut with Lester James Peries' ''Gamperaliya'' (1964) and followed it with ''Ran Salu''. He worked with Peries again on ''Delovak Athara'', in which he had the starring role. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Ranasinghe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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