GG
The basics
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Australian actor, stage manager and playwright
A.K.A.
Gordon Charles Glenwright
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1918(Australia)
Death:
1985
The details
Biography
Introduction
Gordon Charles Glenwright (17 March 1918 – 25 May 1985) was an Australian actor, stage manager and playwright.
Early life
Glenwright served as a lieutenant in the Australian Army during the Second World War.
Career
He was familiar to audiences for his appearances on stage, television and film. He described himself as a "tradesman".
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.
Filmography
Film
| 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 |
| 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
| 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
| 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 |
Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | The Explorers | ||
| 1955 | Friday the 13th | Erik | |
| 1954 | Dangerous Assignment | Episodes: "Sandakan, Borneo", "Singapore", "Tibet" | |
| 1955 | The Clock | George | Episodes: "Ghost Story", "Only Death is Timeless", "Deadlier than the Male" |
| 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 | |
| 1960 | The Quiet Stranger | Old John | |
| 1961 | Passage of the Tangmar | Captain Goddard |
Death
Glenwright passed away 25 May 1985, aged 67 in Sydney, New South Wales.