
Ian Raymond Ogilvy (born 30 September 1943) is an English film and television actor. He is best known as the star of the TV series Return of the Saint (1978–79), in which he assumed the role of Simon Templar from Roger Moore (1962–69).
Ian Raymond Ogilvy (born 30 September 1943) is an English film and television actor. He is best known as the star of the TV series Return of the Saint (1978–79), in which he assumed the role of Simon Templar from Roger Moore (1962–69).
The role led to his being considered a leading contender for the role of James Bond in the early 1980s, when Moore announced his intention to leave the role. He never played the part (in part due to Moore reconsidering his resignation on several occasions), although he did play a Bond-like character in a series of North American TV commercials broadcast in the early 1990s. At least once, in an episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, "Dragon's Wing II", he played a Bond-like British agent, complete with white dinner jacket.
He was a friend of film-maker Michael Reeves and starred in all three of Reeves's films: Revenge of the Blood Beast (1966), The Sorcerers (1967), and Witchfinder General (also known as The Conqueror Worm, 1968). He guest-starred in The Avengers in the 1968 episode "They Keep Killing Steed" as Baron Von Curt, and on the BBC in Somerset Maugham's The Door of Opportunity, opposite Marianne Faithfull.
He appeared in the films Stranger in the House (1967), and The Day the Fish Came Out (1967), and had a major role in the epic film Waterloo (1970).
In 1976, he featured in the pilot episode of the television comedy series Ripping Yarns. He also appeared in I, Claudius (1976, as Drusus), and guest-starred in 6 episodes of Murder, She Wrote and 4 episodes of Diagnosis Murder. He appeared as Edgar Linton in a film version of Wuthering Heights (1970) and as Owen Gereth in BBC dramatization of The Spoils of Poynton (also 1970).
In the 1990s, he guest-starred in the TV series Babylon 5 (1998). The series' star, Bruce Boxleitner, is the former husband of Ogilvy's second wife, actress Kathryn Holcomb. He also had a role in the short-lived 1990s American soap opera, Malibu Shores. He appeared as Lawrence Kirbridge in the series Upstairs, Downstairs. He's had roles in over 100 TV shows, often appearing as a guest star. He then co-starred with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn in Death Becomes Her (1992); and with Richard Dreyfuss and Nia Vardalos in My Life in Ruins (2009), among others.
He has had an extensive career in the theatre playing leading roles in many London West End productions, including Design for Living, Happy Family, Three Sisters, Rookery Nook by Ben Travers, Run for Your Wife, The Millionaires by Shaw, The Waltz of the Toreadors, and others. He has also worked widely in the American theatre.
He is a playwright and novelist, currently working on a series of children's books: Measle and the Wrathmonk, Measle and the Dragodon, Measle and the Mallockee, Measle and the Slitherghoul, and Measle and the Doompit. He has written and published two novels – Loose Chippings and The Polkerton Giant – and two plays: A Slight Hangover and Swap!. His memoir, Once a Saint, was published in May 2016. His book of film reviews 'Withering Slights', based on his Facebook page, was published in 2020.
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Release Date:21/02/2005

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Character:himself
Release Date:19/12/1999

Horse Sense
Character:Miles
Release Date:20/11/1999

Fugitive Mind
Character:Dr. Grace
Release Date:14/09/1999

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
Character:Gary
Release Date:25/07/1997

Puppet Master 5
Character:Dr. Jennings
Release Date:21/09/1994

Eddie Presley
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Release Date:20/05/1993

Invasion of Privacy
Character:Brian
Release Date:07/12/1992

Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
Character:Interviewer
Release Date:05/12/1992

Death Becomes Her
Character:Chagall
Release Date:30/07/1992

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Character:Daniel Portman
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Anna Karenina
Character:Stiva
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The Saint and the Brave Goose
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Release Date:07/01/1979

Tomkinson's Schooldays
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The Little Minister
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The Gathering Storm
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From Beyond the Grave
Character:William Seaton
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No Sex Please - We're British
Character:David Hunter
Release Date:25/07/1973

And Now the Screaming Starts!
Character:Charles Fengriffen
Release Date:27/04/1973

Waterloo
Character:De Lancey
Release Date:26/10/1970

The Invincible Six
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Release Date:10/06/1970

Wuthering Heights
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Wine of India
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Release Date:15/04/1970

Witchfinder General
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The Day the Fish Came Out
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The Sorcerers
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Release Date:25/06/1967

Stranger in the House
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Release Date:23/05/1967

The Connoisseur
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Release Date:24/05/1966

The She Beast
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Intrusion
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Eurotika!
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The Parkers
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Dharma & Greg
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Early Edition
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The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
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Malibu Shores
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JAG
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Caroline in the City
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Hope and Gloria
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One West Waikiki
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Babylon 5
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Burke's Law
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Diagnosis: Murder
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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
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Melrose Place
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P.S. I Luv U
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Baywatch
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Campion
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Time for Murder
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Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote
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Robin of Sherwood
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Affairs of the Heart
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Tom, Dick and Harriet
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Q.E.D.
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Return of the Saint
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I, Claudius
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Ripping Yarns
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Zodiac
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Upstairs, Downstairs
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The Spoils of Poynton
Character:Owen Gereth

The Liars
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BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Month
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The Man in Room 17
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Theatre 625
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Detective
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The Avengers
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Armchair Theatre
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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