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Gordon Glenwright

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Gordon Glenwright
Born
Gordon Charles Glenwright

(1918-03-17)17 March 1918
Australia
Died25 May 1985(1985-05-25) (aged 67)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • stage manager
  • playwright
  • soldier
Years active1948-1984

Gordon Charles Glenwright (17 March 1918 – 25 May 1985) was an Australian actor, stage manager and playwright.

Early life

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Glenwright served as a lieutenant in the Australian Army during the Second World War.[1]

Career

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He was familiar to audiences for his appearances on stage, television and film. He described himself as a "tradesman".[2]

Glenwright started his career in theatre in the late 1940s, and started moving into television roles from the mid-1950s, primarily appearing in serials and telemovies.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1957 The Shiralee Feature film
1957 Three in One Alex Anthology film (segment: The City)
1958 The Trial of Madeleine Smith TV play
1959 Hamlet The Gravedigger TV play
1959 The Seagull Sorin TV play
1959 Misery Me Carlo Bambas TV play
1959 They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful TV play
1960 The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day Charlie Gibson TV play[4]
1960 The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (The General Motors Hour) Dr Lloyd Angell TV play
1961 The Sergeant from Burralee Captain Alcot TV play
1961 Traveller Without Luggage Butler TV film
1962 Manhaul Dinny McQuade TV play
1963 Ballad for One Gun TV play
1963 The Tempest Stephano TV play
1964 I Have Been Here Before TV play
1964 The One That Got Away Feature film
1966 They're a Weird Mob Feature film
1974 Escape from Singapore TV film
1974 The Dove Darwin Harbour Master Feature film
1977 Say You Want Me TV film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1@59-60 Whiplash TV series
1962 Telestory Narrator TV series (episode: They're a Weird Mob)
1982-84 Carson's Law Sgt Vic Brown TV series
1963-64 Tribunal TV series
1964 The Stranger Lord Mayor TV series
1968 The Battlers

Bongo Byrne || TV series

1974 Things That Go Bump in the Night Charlie TV miniseries
1974 Class of '74 Hubbard TV series
1975 The Rise and Fall of Wellington Boots TV series
1976 King's Men Detective Inspector Harry King TV series
1982 Taurus Rising Harry Brent TV series

Stage

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Year Title Role Venue / Company
1948 Pride and Prejudice Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1948 Storm in a Teacup Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1948 Julius Caesar Theatre Royal, Sydney
1948 Ah, Wilderness! Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1949 The Maid of the Mountains 'Sydney Conservatorium of Music
1949 Twelfth Night Theatre Royal, Sydney
1949 Dark Enchantment Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1949 Pirates at the Barn Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1951-52 See How They Run King's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, Princess Theatre, Melbourne & His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland
1951 Light Up the Sky Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1951 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1953 For Better for Worse Theatre Royal, Sydney
1954 Eternal Night Independent Theatre, Sydney
1957-58 The Shifting Heart Det. Sgt. Lukie Elizabethan Theatre
1959 Hamlet Two Gravediggers ABN Channel 2
1959 They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful ATN-7, GTV-9 TV Studios, Melbourne
1959 The Piccadilly Bushman Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Adelaide
1960 The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day Charlie Gibson ABC Television Studios
1962 Saint Joan University of Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Palace Theatre, Sydney, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne
1962 You Never Can Tell University of Melbourne
1962-63 Carnival! Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney
1963 Ballad for One Gun ABC Television Studios
1963 The Fire on the Snow Independent Theatre
1964 King Henry V Pistol Tent Theatre, Adelaide, Tent Theatre, Rushcutters Bay
1964 Hullabaloo Belay St James Playhouse, Sydney
1966 The Apple Cart Ensemble Theatre
1967 The Homecoming University of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre
1967 Getting Married Independent Theatre
1969 Hamlet University of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra, Theatre Royal, Hobart
1969 The Rivals Playhouse, Canberra
1969 Little Murder University of NSW
1969 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Polonius Theatre Royal, Hobart
1970 The Band Wagon Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Phillip Theatre, Sydney
1970-72 Man of La Mancha The Innkeeper Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Canberra Theatre
1970 Dick Whittington University of NSW
1972 A Dead Liberty AMP Theatrette, Sydney
1972 The Removalists Simmonds Phillip Street Theatre
1976 The Puddin' Club (Same Difference) Bonaparte's Theatre Restaurant, Woolloomooloo
1977 Next St James Playhouse, Sydney
1977 Funny Peculiar Harry Asquith Theatre Royal, Sydney
1978 Don't Piddle Against the Wind, Mate Frank Burke / Understudy for Bob SGIO Theatre, Brisbane
1978 The Homecoming Max Townsville Civic Theatre, Cairns Civic Theatre
1978 King Lear Earl of Kent SGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Seymour Centre
1979 The Drowned Phoenician Sailor Shop Stewart ABC Radio Sydney
1979 No Names ... No Pack Drill Det. Sgt. Browning NSW regional tour
1979 The Day After the Fair Arthur Harnham Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney
1981 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Theatre 3, Canberra
1981 Travelling North Frank NSW & QLD tour
1981 Flexitime The Boss Phillip Street Theatre
1984 Salonika Nimrod Theatre Company

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Radio

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Year Title Role Episodes
1952 The Explorers
1955 Friday the 13th Erik
1954 Dangerous Assignment Episodes: "Sandakan, Borneo", "Singapore", "Tibet"[6]
1955 The Clock George Episodes: "Ghost Story", "Only Death is Timeless", "Deadlier than the Male"[7]
1956 T-Men Tax Agent Jack Ketch Episodes: "The Case of the Loving Blonde", "The Case of the Bleeding Gold", "The Case of the Subfor Approach"
1957 Captain Carvallo Private Gross [8]
1960 The Quiet Stranger Old John [9]
1961 Passage of the Tangmar Captain Goddard

Death

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Glenwright passed away 25 May 1985, aged 67 in Sydney, New South Wales.

References

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  1. ^ "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "'Tradesman-like' actor plays down glamour". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 646. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 April 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Gordon Glenwright". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (19 October 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day". Filmink.
  5. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225125
  6. ^ http://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Gordon-Glenwright.aspx?t=39834
  7. ^ "The Clock".
  8. ^ "Vol. 19 No. 7 (16 February 1957)".
  9. ^ "Aus 110 - the Quiet Stranger".
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