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, Dragons 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 Reevess 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 Maughams 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 Ogilvys 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. Hes 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 childrens 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.

Film non disponibile da Ian Ogilvy

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Self

Film 2021

Witchfinder General

Richard Marshall

Film 1968

And Now the Screaming Starts!

Charles Fengriffen

Film 1973

Fugitive Mind

Dr. Grace

Film 1999

The Connoisseur

Viscount Ballantyne

Film 1966

Wine of India

Sam

Film 1970

From Beyond the Grave

William Seaton

Film 1974

The Sorcerers

Mike Roscoe

Film 1967

The She Beast

Philip

Film 1966

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

Self

Film 2022

Cop-Out

Desmond Flower

Film 1967

Renegades

Peck

Film 2022

No Sex Please: We're British

David Hunter

Film 1973

Mistrust

Ian

Film 2018

The Day the Fish Came Out

Peter

Film 1967

The Saint and the Brave Goose

Simon Templar

Film 1979

We Still Kill the Old Way

Richie Archer

Film 2014

Intrusion

Film 1961

The Little Minister

Rev. Gavin Dishart

Film 1975

The Athena Syndrome

Sir Peter William Bromville GCMG

Film

We Still Steal the Old Way

Richie Archer

Film 2017

Anna Karenina

Stiva

Film 1985

Invasion of Privacy

Brian

Film 1992

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Grayson

Film 1976

Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue

Interviewer

Film 1992

Wuthering Heights

Edgar Linton

Film 1970

The Invincible Six

Ronald

Film 1970

The Saint Steps In... To Television

Himself

Film 2008

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Self / Poem Reader (voice)

Film 2021

The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves

Himself

Film 2019

The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves

himself

Film 1999

Tigon Tales of Terror

Himself

Film 2005

Serie televisive non disponibile da Ian Ogilvy

Murder, She Wrote

Harold Baines

Tv 1984

Q.E.D.

Tv 1982

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Sterling

Tv 1993

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

Furlong

Tv 1993

Affairs of the Heart

Tv 1983

Early Edition

Tv 1996

Walker, Texas Ranger

Shredder Stonham

Tv 1993

Return of the Saint

Simon Templar

Tv 1978

Dharma & Greg

Geoffrey

Tv 1997

The Parkers

Tv 1999

Upstairs, Downstairs

self

Tv 1971

Robin of Sherwood

Lord Edgar

Tv 1984

Melrose Place

Tv 1992

JAG

Jeffrey Mason

Tv 1995

Tom, Dick and Harriet

Tv 1982

Baywatch

Tv 1989

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Edward VIII

Tv 1951

Diagnosis: Murder

Lyle Fairbanks

Tv 1993

Malibu Shores

Marc Delacourt

Tv 1996

P.S. I Luv U

Tv 1991

BBC Play of the Month

Candide

Tv 1965

Diagnosis: Murder

Larry Duggin

Tv 1993

Detective

Tv 1964

Diagnosis: Murder

Jerry Lane

Tv 1993

Ripping Yarns

Tv 1976

BBC Play of the Month

Thomas Aimwell

Tv 1965

One West Waikiki

Tv 1994

Campion

Jimmy Sutane

Tv 1989

Eurotika!

Self

Tv 1999

Babylon 5

Lord Jano

Tv 1994

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

Dr. Smallwood (voice)

Tv 1996

Burke's Law

Romeo

Tv 1994

The Man In Room 17

Pedro Da Silva

Tv 1965

Hope and Gloria

David Kirkwood

Tv 1995

BBC Play of the Month

Rev. Gavin Dishart

Tv 1965

Time for Murder

Max Donaldson

Tv 1985

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Tv 1980

Murder, She Wrote

Peter Templeton

Tv 1984

Murder, She Wrote

Lawson Childress

Tv 1984

Murder, She Wrote

Wade Foster

Tv 1984

Caroline in the City

Mr. Spencer

Tv 1995

The Avengers

Baron Von Curt

Tv 1961

The Spoils of Poynton

Owen Gereth

Tv 1970