Ian Ogilvy
| Ian Ogilvy | |
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Ogilvy in 2007.
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| Born |
30 September 1943 Woking, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Actor, playwright, novelist |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Diane Hart (m. 1968; div. 1983) Kathryn Holcomb (m. 1992) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
Ian Raymond Ogilvy (born 30 September 1943) is an English-American actor, playwright, and novelist.
Ogilvy was born in Woking, Surrey, England, to Francis Fairfield Ogilvy, brother of advertising executive David Ogilvy and actress Aileen Raymond (who had previously been married to actor John Mills). His grandfather, Francis John Longley Ogilvy, was a Gaelic-speaking Highlander from Scotland who was a classics scholar and a financial broker. He was educated at Sunningdale School, Eton College, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
He is best known as the star of the television 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's 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 recorded a series of readings of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels in the early 1980s, which were released on audio cassette by the Listen for Pleasure label.
Ogilvy 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 Millionairess by Shaw, The Waltz of the Toreadors, and others. He has also worked widely in the American theatre. Among his films, Ogilvy had a major part in the 1970 epic film Waterloo.
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