Earlylife HewasborninWoking,Surrey,England,thesonofadvertisingexecutiveFrancisOgilvy(thebrotherofadvertisinglegendDavidOgilvy)[1]andactressAileenRaymond(whohadpreviouslybeenmarriedtoJohnMills). HewaseducatedatEtonCollegeandattheRoyalAcademyofDramaticArt.←←←♥ [edit]ReturnoftheSaint Heisbestknownasthestarofthe1978–1979televisionseriesReturnoftheSaint,inw...(展开全部) Earlylife HewasborninWoking,Surrey,England,thesonofadvertisingexecutiveFrancisOgilvy(thebrotherofadvertisinglegendDavidOgilvy)[1]andactressAileenRaymond(whohadpreviouslybeenmarriedtoJohnMills). HewaseducatedatEtonCollegeandattheRoyalAcademyofDramaticArt.←←←♥ [edit]ReturnoftheSaint Heisbestknownasthestarofthe1978–1979televisionseriesReturnoftheSaint,inwhichheassumedtheroleofSimonTemplar,whichRogerMooreplayedfrom1962to1969.TheroleledtohisbeingconsideredaleadingcontenderfortakingovertheroleofJamesBondintheearly1980s,whenMooreannouncedhisintentiontoleavetherole.Ultimately,Ogilvyneverplayedthepart(inpartduetoMoore'sreconsideringhisresignationonseveraloccasions),althoughhedidplayaBond-likecharacterinaseriesofNorthAmericanTVcommercialsbroadcastintheearly1990s.Atleastonce,inanEpisodeofKungFu:TheLegendContinues,Dragon'sWingII",heplayedaBond-likeBritishagent,completewithwhitedinnerjacket.[2] Hedid,inaddition,recordaseriesofreadingsofIanFleming'sJamesBondnovelsintheearly1980s,whichwerereleasedonaudiocassettebytheListenforPleasurelabel. [edit]Othernotableroles OgilvyhashadanextensivecareerinthetheatreplayingleadingrolesinmanyLondonWestEndproductions,includingDesignforLiving,HappyFamily,ThreeSisters,RookeryNookbyBenTravers,RunforYourWife,TheMillionairessbyShaw,TheWaltzoftheToreadorsandothers.HehasalsoworkedwidelyintheAmericantheater.Amonghisfilms,Ogilvyhadamajorpartinthe1970epicfilmWaterloo,playingtheroleoftheDukeofWellington'schiefofstaff,WilliamdeLancey,starringalongsideChristopherPlummer,JackHawkinsRodSteigerandOrsonWelles.Heco-starredwithBorisKarloffinTheSorcerers,withJamesMason,BobbyDarinandGeraldineChaplininStrangerInTheHouse(1967),withVincentPriceinWitchfinderGeneral,withTomCourtenayandCandiceBergeninTheDaytheFishCameOut,withMerylStreepandGoldieHawninDeathBecomesHer,withPeterCushingintwofilmsforhorroerspecialistsAmicusandwithRichardDreyfussandNiaVardalosinMyLifeInRuins-amongothers. Hewasafriendofthefilm-makerMichaelReeves,andstarredinallthreeofthedirector'sfilms:RevengeOfTheBloodBeast,TheSorcerersandWitchfinderGeneral(alsoknownasTheConquerorWorm).Healsohadaroleintheshort-lived1990sAmericansoapopera,MalibuShores. Hehashadrolesinover100televisionshows,oftenappearingasagueststar.HeappearedinthetelevisionseriesUpstairs,Downstairs(asLawrenceKirbridge),andisbestknowntoAmericanaudiencesforthisrole. Heguest-starredinTheAvengers,inthe1968episode"TheyKeepKillingSteed".In1976,hefeaturedinthepilotepisodeofthetelevisioncomedyseriesRippingYarns,co-producedbyformerMontyPythonmembersMichaelPalinandTerryJones.HealsoappearedinI,Claudius(AsDrusus),andguest-starredin6episodesofMurder,SheWroteand5episodesofDiagnosisMurder.HeappearedasEdgarLintoninthe1970filmversionofWutheringHeightsandasOwenGerethinthe1970BBCdramatizationofTheSpoilsofPoynton. Inthe1990s,heguest-starredintheAmericantelevisionseriesBabylon5,inthe1998episode"IntheKingdomoftheBlind".Coincidentally,thatseries'starBruceBoxleitneristheformerhusbandofOgilvy'ssecondwifeKathrynHolcomb. [edit]Writingcareer Ogilvyisalsoaplaywrightandnovelist,currentlyworkingonaseriesofchildren'sbooks–MeasleAndTheWrathmonk,MeasleAndTheDragodon,MeasleAndTheMallockee,MeasleAndTheSlitherghoul,andMeasleandtheDoompit.Thebookshavebeentranslatedintoatleast15languages,andthereareplanstoproduceafilmbaseduponMeasleAndTheWrathmonk.Hehaswrittenandpublishedtwonovels-LooseChippingsandThePolkertonGiant-andtwoplays-ASlightHangover(publishedbySamuelFrench)andSwap!whichiscurrentlyrunninginPolandinitsthirdsuccessfulyear. [edit]Personallife Hehasonesonandastepdaughterfromhisfirstmarriage,whichendedindivorce.HethenmarriedBruceBoxleitner'sex-wife,KathrynHolcomb,in1992.KathrynhastwosonswithBoxleitner.Ogilvyistheirstepfather,andactressMelissaGilbertistheirstepmother.Ogilvy,BoxleitnerandGilbertallappearedinBabylon5. [edit]Selectedfilmography LasorelladiSatana(1966) StrangerintheHouse(1967) TheSorcerers(1967) TheDaytheFishCameOut(1967) WitchfinderGeneral(1968) WutheringHeights(1970) TheInvincibleSix(1970) Waterloo(1970) NoSexPlease,We'reBritish(1973) FromBeyondtheGrave(1973) --AndNowtheScreamingStarts!(1973)
