The Ginger Man is a novel, first published in Paris in 1955, by J. P. Donleavy. The story is set in Dublin, Ireland, in post-war 1947. Upon its publication, it was banned both in Ireland and the United States of America by reason of obscenity.

Ronald Fraser was a British character actor, who appeared in numerous British plays, films and television shows from the 1950s to the 1990s.