Ian Ogilvy
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1943-09-30 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Woking, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Ian Raymond Ogilvy
Biography
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 (1978â79), in which he assumed the role of Simon Templar from Roger Moore (1962â69).
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).
Known For
TV Shows (48)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Harold Baines / Peter Templeton / Wade Foster / Lawson Childress
JAG
1995
as Jeffrey Mason
Melrose Place
1992
The Avengers
1961
as Baron Von Curt
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Lyle Fairbanks / Larry Duggin / Jerry Lane
Babylon 5
1994
as Lord Jano
Baywatch
1989
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Candide / Rev. Gavin Dishart / Arthur Gower / Thomas Aimwell
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Shredder Stonham
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Peter
Caroline in the City
1995
as Mr. Spencer
Early Edition
1996
as Clive Harbison
Theatre 625
1964
as Franz
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Geoffrey
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Lord Windermere
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as self
Burke's Law
1994
as Romeo
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Sterling
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
as Dr. Smallwood (voice)
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Furlong
The Parkers
1999
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Herbie, RB34
Return of the Saint
1978
as Simon Templar
Robin of Sherwood
1984
as Lord Edgar
I, Claudius
1976
as Drusus
Hope and Gloria
1995
as David Kirkwood
One West Waikiki
1994
Detective
1964
as Inspector Appleby
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Edward VIII
Half Hour Story
1967
as Ed
Campion
1989
as Jimmy Sutane
Ripping Yarns
1976
Malibu Shores
1996
as Marc Delacourt
The Man in Room 17
1965
as Pedro Da Silva
P.S. I Luv U
1991
Armchair Theatre
1956
as David Baurmarez-Smith
Q.E.D.
1982
as Lord Sidney Sarandon
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Dr Morris Townsend
The Liars
1966
as Rupert
Zodiac
1974
as Martin Seacombe
Eurotika!
1999
as Self
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as André
Time for Murder
1985
as Max Donaldson
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Alban Torel
Armchair 30
1973
as A Man
The Spoils of Poynton
1970
as Owen Gereth
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1982
Menace Unseen
1988
as Duncan Free
Movies (48)
Death Becomes Her
1992
as Chagall
Waterloo
1970
as De Lancey
My Life in Ruins
2009
as Mr. Stewart Tullen
Wuthering Heights
1970
as Edgar Linton
The Saint
2017
as The Fixer
We Still Kill the Old Way
2014
as Richie Archer
After Midnight
2007
as Dennis
The She Beast
1966
as Philip
Liar!
1969
as Herbie, RB34
Maggie
1986
as Denholm Sinclair
Witchfinder General
1968
as Richard Marshall
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
as David Hunter
Puppet Master 5
1994
as Dr. Jennings
Horse Sense
1999
as Miles
Renegades
2022
as Peck
Moll Flanders
1975
as Humphrey Oliver
The Sorcerers
1967
as Mike Roscoe
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
as Charles Fengriffen
Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976
as Grayson
From Beyond the Grave
1974
as William Seaton
Maigret
1988
as Daniel Portman
Eddie Presley
1993
as Captain Starch
The Gathering Storm
1974
as Edward VIII
We Still Steal the Old Way
2017
as Richie Archer
Tigon Tales of Terror
2005
as Himself
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967
as Peter
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992
as Interviewer
Fugitive Mind
1999
as Dr. Grace
Stranger in the House
1967
as Desmond Flower
Wine of India
1970
as Sam
Anna Karenina
1985
as Stiva
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
2021
as Self / Poem Reader (voice)
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
1997
as Gary
The Athena Syndrome
as Sir Peter William Bromville GCMG
A Man in the Zoo
1975
as John Cromartie
The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves
2019
as Himself
The Invincible Six
1970
as Ronald
The Little Minister
1975
as Rev. Gavin Dishart
Invasion of Privacy
1992
as Brian
Knightfall
2025
as Charles Knight
The Saint Steps In... To Television
2008
as Himself
The Connoisseur
1966
as Viscount Ballantyne
The Saint and the Brave Goose
1979
as Simon Templar
Mistrust
2018
as Ian
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2022
as Self
Intrusion
1961
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
1999
as himself
About Ian Ogilvy
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 (1978â79), in which he assumed the role of Simon Templar from Roger Moore (1962â69). 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⊠With 96 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Ian Ogilvy has appeared in 48 films and 48 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ian Ogilvy Movies
- Death Becomes Her (1992) â as Chagall
- Waterloo (1970) â as De Lancey
- My Life in Ruins (2009) â as Mr. Stewart Tullen
- Wuthering Heights (1970) â as Edgar Linton
- The Saint (2017) â as The Fixer
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