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{{Short description|Australian theatre director and actor (1931–2020)}}
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'''George Buchan Ogilvie''' ([[Goulburn]], [[New South Wales]] on 5 March 1931<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644695/ IMDb: ''George Ogilvie''] Retrieved 2013-03-09</ref>) is a prolific [[Australia]]n [[theatre director]] and actor, who has also worked as director and actor within film and television.
'''George Buchan Ogilvie''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (5 March 1931 – 5 April 2020) was a prolific Australian [[theatre director]] and actor, who also worked as a director and actor within film and television.


== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
George Ogilvie began as an actor at the Canberra Rep Theatre, and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he trained, taught and acted. In 1965, he returned to Australia to take up the position of associate director with the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]], where he stayed for six years. He then worked as artistic director at the [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|South Australian Theatre Company]] for four years, followed by 12 years as part of the subsidised theatre network. In 1988 he became a freelance director, working with the [[Opera Australia|Australian Opera]], the [[The Australian Ballet|Australian Ballet Company]] and various theatre companies.<ref name=ACA>[http://www.actorscentre.com.au/george-ogilvie/ Actors Centre Australia: George Ogilvie biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027225307/http://www.actorscentre.com.au/george-ogilvie/ |date=27 October 2011 }} Retrieved 2013-03-09</ref>
George Ogilvie began as an actor at the Canberra Repertory Theatre, and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he trained, taught and acted. In 1965, he returned to Australia to take up the position of associate director with the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]], where he stayed for six years. He then worked as artistic director at the [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|South Australian Theatre Company]] for four years, followed by 12 years as part of the subsidised theatre network. In 1988 he became a freelance director, working with the [[Opera Australia|Australian Opera]], the [[The Australian Ballet|Australian Ballet]] and various theatre companies.<ref name=ACA>[http://www.actorscentre.com.au/george-ogilvie/ Actors Centre Australia: George Ogilvie biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027225307/http://www.actorscentre.com.au/george-ogilvie/ |date=27 October 2011 }} Retrieved 2013-03-09</ref>


His television credits include the 1983 miniseries ''[[The Dismissal (TV miniseries)|The Dismissal]]'' (where he played the Labor Senator [[Jim McClelland]]), the miniseries ''[[Bodyline (miniseries)|Bodyline]]'' (1984) (where he was one of the writers and also directed three of the seven episodes), and direction of the TV films ''[[The Shiralee (1987 film)|The Shiralee]]'' (1987), ''[[Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)|Touch the Sun: Princess Kate]]'' (1988), ''[[The Battlers]]'' (1994), two episodes of the miniseries ''[[The Feds (miniseries)|The Feds]]'' (1994), and 11 episodes of the long-running police series ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' between 2002 and 2006.
His television credits include the 1983 miniseries ''[[The Dismissal (miniseries)|The Dismissal]]'' (where he played the Labor Senator [[Jim McClelland]]), the miniseries ''[[Bodyline (miniseries)|Bodyline]]'' (1984) (where he was one of the writers and also directed three of the seven episodes), and direction of the TV films ''[[The Shiralee (1987 film)|The Shiralee]]'' (1987), ''[[Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)|Touch the Sun: Princess Kate]]'' (1988), ''[[The Battlers]]'' (1994), two episodes of the miniseries ''[[The Feds (miniseries)|The Feds]]'' (1994), and 11 episodes of the long-running police series ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' between 2002 and 2006.


His film credits include ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]'' (1985), which he directed together with [[George Miller (producer)|George Miller]], ''[[Short Changed]]'' (1985), the much awarded ''[[The Place at the Coast]]'' (1987), and ''[[The Crossing (1990 film)|The Crossing]]'' (1990), where [[Russell Crowe]] was first seen on the screen.
His film credits include ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]'' (1985), which he directed together with [[George Miller (producer)|George Miller]], ''[[Short Changed]]'' (1985), the much awarded ''[[The Place at the Coast]]'' (1987), and ''[[The Crossing (1990 film)|The Crossing]]'' (1990), where [[Russell Crowe]] was first seen on the screen.


George Ogilvie regularly teaches and directs at [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] and [[Actors Centre Australia]]. In 1983 he was made an AM ([[Member of the Order of Australia]]) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the theatre and the performing arts.
George Ogilvie regularly taught and directed at [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] and [[Actors Centre Australia]]. In 1983 he was appointed a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] (AM) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to the theatre and the performing arts.


In 2006, the Australian performing arts association [[Currency House]] published his autobiography: ''Simple Gifts - a life in the theatre''.<ref>[http://www.currencyhouse.org.au/node/135 Currency House: ''Simple Gifts - a life in the theatre''] Retrieved 2013-03-09</ref>
In 2006, the Australian performing arts association [[Currency House]] published his autobiography: ''Simple Gifts – a life in the theatre''.<ref>[http://www.currencyhouse.org.au/node/135 Currency House: ''Simple Gifts – a life in the theatre''] Retrieved 2013-03-09</ref>


He died, aged 89, on 5 April 2020.<ref name="tvtonight">{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/04/vale-george-ogilvie.html|title=Vale:George Ogilve}}</ref>
==Books==
* {{Cite book | author = George Ogilvie| title = ''Simple Gifts – A Life in the Theatre'' | publisher = Sydney: Currency House| year = 2006| isbn = 9780975730171}}


==Stage Credits==
==Books==
* {{Cite book | author = George Ogilvie| title = Simple Gifts – A Life in the Theatre | location = Sydney | publisher = Currency House| year = 2006| isbn = 9780975730171}}
Coppélia, Joan Sutherland Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 2 December 2016<br>
Coppélia, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC, 23 September 2016<br>
Camelot, The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 23 August 2006<br>
Shorter and Sweeter, The Studio (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 30 November 2004<br>
Vicious Streaks, Darlinghurst Theatre, Potts Point, NSW, 12 August 2004<br>
Norma, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 26 June 2004<br>
Norma, The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 17 April 2004<br>
Stags and Hens, NIDA Studio, Kensington, NSW, 2 October 2003<br>
Proof, Glen Street Theatre, Frenchs Forest, NSW, 20 August 2003<br>
Proof, Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 10 June 2003<br>
Gift Of The Gun, Newtown Theatre, Newtown, NSW, 15 January 2003<br>
A Man With Five Children, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 4 January 2002<br>
Coppelia, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 30 November 2001<br>
Coppelia, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 19 November 2001<br>
Otello, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 1 August 1996<br>
Otello, The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 16 March 1996<br>
King Lear, Orange Civic Theatre, Orange, NSW, 11 July 1995<br>
King Lear, Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW, 16 June 1995<br>
King Lear, Wharf 2 Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW, 10 May 1995<br>
The Quartet from Rigoletto, Ensemble Theatre (1960-), Kirribilli, NSW, 20 April 1995<br>
The Quartet from Rigoletto, Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW, 17 March 1995<br>
The Garden of Granddaughters, The Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW, 8 June 1993<br>
The Garden of Granddaughters, George Jenkins Theatre, Frankston, VIC, 27 May 1993<br>
The Garden of Granddaughters, Alexander Theatre, Clayton, VIC, 18 May 1993<br>
The Garden of Granddaughters, Ford Theatre, Geelong, VIC, 14 May 1993<br>
The Garden of Granddaughters, Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat, VIC, 11 May 1993<br>
The Garden of Granddaughters, CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC, 16 April 1993<br>
The Heiress, Marian Street Theatre, Killara, NSW, 1 September 1992<br>
Twelfth Night, Grant Street Theatre, Southbank, VIC, 2 May 1992<br>
St James Infirmary Blues, Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW, 14 February 1992<br>
A Flea in Her Ear, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 11 October 1991<br>
Otello, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 5 August 1991<br>
Twelfth Night, Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW, 8 March 1991<br>
Coppélia, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 6 November 1990<br>
Coppélia, The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 4 October 1990<br>
Shirley Valentine, Playhouse, Newcastle, NSW, 24 April 1990<br>
Shirley Valentine, Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW, 15 February 1990<br>
Shirley Valentine, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 3 November 1989<br>
Shirley Valentine, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 2 September 1989<br>
Shirley Valentine, Universal Theatre, North Fitzroy, VIC, 28 April 1989<br>
Otello, The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 27 April 1989<br>
Shirley Valentine, The Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW, 30 December 1988<br>
Otello, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 19 July 1988<br>
Don Giovanni, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, WA, 11 February 1988<br>
Don Giovanni, Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS, 11 January 1988<br>
Don Giovanni, Lyric Theatre, South Brisbane, QLD, 9 November 1987<br>
Don Giovanni, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 4 August 1987<br>
Pericles, The Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW, 2 June 1987<br>
Don Giovanni, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 5 November 1983<br>
Don Giovanni, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1983<br>
New Sky, Playhouse, Newcastle, NSW, 11 October 1983<br>
Don Giovanni, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 8 September 1983<br>
Otello, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 4 August 1983<br>
Otello, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 23 July 1983<br>
Don Giovanni, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 20 April 1983<br>
Falstaff, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 8 September 1982<br>
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 31 August 1982<br>
Lucrezia Borgia, Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 28 January 1982<br>
You Can't Take It With You, Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 2 January 1982<br>
Death of a Salesman, York Theatre, Chippendale, NSW, 1982<br>
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 27 November 1981<br>
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC, 14 October 1981<br>
Coppelia, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW, 16 September 1981<br>
Coppelia, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong, VIC, 26 June 1981<br>
Otello, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC, 20 May 1981<br>
Otello, Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 28 January 1981<br>
Don Giovanni, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 8 January 1981<br>
Strife, NIDA Theatre, Kensington, NSW, 29 October 1980<br>
The Kingfisher, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, WA, 2 August 1980<br>
No Names ... No Pack Drill, Theatre Royal (1976- ), Sydney, NSW, 10 June 1980<br>
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 13 May 1980<br>
Falstaff, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 25 April 1980<br>
No Names ... No Pack Drill, Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 1 April 1980<br>
Falstaff, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 29 March 1980<br>
Don Giovanni, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 8 March 1980<br>
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 30 October 1979<br>
Don Giovanni, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC, 4 August 1979<br>
Falstaff, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 1 August 1979<br>
Coppélia, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 17 July 1979<br>
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 20 June 1979<br>
Coppélia, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 2 June 1979<br>
The Kingfisher, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 19 April 1979<br>
Coppélia, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, VIC, 22 February 1979<br>
Don Giovanni, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 17 February 1979<br>
The Kingfisher, York Theatre, Chippendale, NSW, 7 February 1979<br>
The Kingfisher, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 29 November 1978<br>
Widowers' Houses, Parade Theatre (1969-1999), Kensington, NSW, 4 October 1978<br>
Don Giovanni, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 19 July 1978<br>
Don Giovanni, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW, 1 June 1978<br>
Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, Theatre Royal (1976- ), Sydney, NSW, 1 June 1978<br>
Don Giovanni, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 6 May 1978<br>
Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, Union Hall, Adelaide, SA, 26 April 1978<br>
Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, 20 March 1978<br>
Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 24 January 1978<br>
Of Rogues and Clowns, Downstairs Theatre, Chippendale, NSW, 30 November 1977<br>
Lucrezia Borgia, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 4 June 1977<br>
The Cake Man, Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach, NSW, 29 April 1977<br>
Old King Cole, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 28 December 1976<br>
Happy Landings, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 2 December 1976<br>
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 14 October 1976<br>
School for Clowns, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 24 August 1976<br>
Major Barbara, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 19 August 1976<br>
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Opera Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW, 22 June 1976<br>
School for Clowns, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 27 May 1976<br>
Coriolanus, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 8 March 1976<br>
Thark, St Martins Theatre, South Yarra, VIC, 18 December 1975<br>
The Winslow Boy, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 5 November 1975<br>
When Voyaging, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 15 October 1975<br>
The Three Cuckolds, South Australia, SA, 2 June 1975<br>
Equus, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 22 May 1975<br>
As You Like It, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 3 April 1975<br>
She Stoops to Conquer, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 6 December 1974<br>
The Three Cuckolds, The Playhouse, Adelaide, SA, 26 October 1974<br>
Love's the Best Doctor, South Australia, SA, 6 August 1974<br>
Journey's End, Royalty Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 June 1974<br>
The Comedy of Errors, Arts Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 25 March 1974<br>
Paying The Piper, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 10 October 1973<br>
The Comedy of Errors, Union Hall, Adelaide, SA, 12 September 1973<br>
Alpha Beta, Union Hall, Adelaide, SA, 15 August 1973<br>
The Woman Tamer, Sheridan Theatre, North Adelaide, SA, 17 May 1973<br>
The Comedy of Errors, Arts Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 25 March 1973<br>
A Certified Marriage, Arts Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 14 March 1973<br>
An Ideal Husband, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 6 March 1973<br>
An Ideal Husband, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, 9 February 1973v
Crete and Sergeant Pepper, Union Hall, Adelaide, SA, 31 January 1973<br>
An Ideal Husband, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 1973<br>
The Lesson; The Chairs: a study in absurdist theatre., Lecture Theatre V Napier Building, Adelaide, SA, 6 December 1972<br>
Jugglers Three, Union Hall, Adelaide, SA, 31 October 1972<br>
An Ideal Husband, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 16 August 1972<br>
Uncle Vanya, Parade Theatre (1969-1999), Kensington, NSW, 30 June 1972<br>
Patate, Arts Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 20 March 1972<br>
The Alchemist, Union Hall, Adelaide, SA, 4 March 1972<br>
Trelawny of the Wells, Parade Theatre (1969-1999), Kensington, NSW, 28 January 1972<br>
Patate, Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC, 24 January 1972<br>
Patate, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 14 December 1971<br>
The Trial Of The Catonsville Nine, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 16 November 1971<br>
Conduct Unbecoming, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, September 1971<br>
Conduct Unbecoming, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 3 July 1971<br>
Macquarie, Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, May 1971<br>
The Philanthropist, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 23 March 1971<br>
The Government Inspector, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 17 February 1971<br>
Cat Among the Pigeons, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, June 1970<br>
Cat Among the Pigeons, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 16 February 1970<br>
Rookery Nook, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 23 December 1969<br>
Six Characters in Search of an Author, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 14 October 1969<br>
A Long View, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 4 August 1969<br>
The Country Wife, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 24 July 1969<br>
The Country Wife, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 8 April 1969<br>
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 2 December 1968<br>
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, The Little Theatre, Launceston, TAS, 20 November 1968<br>
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS, 11 November 1968<br>
Everything in the Garden, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 8 October 1968<br>
Three Sisters, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 9 September 1968<br>
The Magistrate, Adelaide Teachers College Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 5 August 1968<br>
The Magistrate, The King's Theatre, Mount Gambier, SA, 2 August 1968<br>
The Magistrate, Broken Hill, Broken Hill, NSW, 1 August 1968<br>
The Magistrate, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura , VIC, 30 July 1968<br>
The Magistrate, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 25 July 1968<br>
The Magistrate, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 15 July 1968<br>
Burke's Company, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 7 May 1968<br>
The Magistrate, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 12 March 1968<br>
A Flea in Her Ear, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 4 December 1967<br>
Rhinoceros, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 10 October 1967<br>
The Heiress, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 12 September 1967<br>
A Flea in Her Ear, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 10 July 1967<br>
Incident at Vichy, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1967<br>
The Servant of Two Masters, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 9 May 1967<br>
A Flea in Her Ear, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 14 March 1967<br>
The Knack, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 31 October 1966<br>
The Killing of Sister George, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 3 October 1966<br>
The Killing of Sister George, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, 9 August 1966<br>
The Killing of Sister George, Old Tote Theatre, Kensington, NSW, 26 July 1966<br>
The Killing of Sister George, Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT, 30 June 1966<br>
The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 10 May 1966<br>
War and Peace, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 15 March 1966<br>
A Break in the Music, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, 15 February 1966<br>
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 14 March 1961<br>
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 9 January 1961<br>
Man and Superman, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 21 November 1960<br>
A Taste of Honey, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 31 October 1960<br>
She Stoops to Conquer, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 19 September 1960<br>
Look Who's Here!, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 20 July 1960<br>
Sweeney Todd, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, April 1960<br>
The Entertainer, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 8 February 1960<br>
Prisoners' Country, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 18 January 1960<br>
Sweeney Todd, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 28 December 1959<br>
The Ghost Train, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 7 December 1959<br>
Moby Dick - Rehearsed, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 10 November 1959<br>
The Rape of the Belt, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 26 October 1959<br>
Venus Observed, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 12 October 1959<br>
Marcus, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 12 April 1959<br>
Moby Dick - Rehearsed, Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW, March 1959<br>
Orpheus Decending, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, January 1959<br>
The Threepenny Opera, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, December 1958<br>
Lysistrata, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, December 1958<br>
Blood Wedding, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, November 1958<br>
The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, October 1958<br>
Hotel Paradiso, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 2 September 1958<br>
A Streetcar Named Desire, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, September 1958<br>
Lola Montez, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 19 February 1958<br>
A Hatful of Rain, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 13 January 1958<br>
The Making of Moo, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, January 1958<br>
Beauty and the Beast, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 26 December 1957<br>
Speak of the Devil, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 16 December 1957<br>
A View from the Bridge, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 25 November 1957<br>
Arsenic and Old Lace, Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC, 11 November 1957<br>
Hamlet, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, 7 October 1957<br>
The Relapse, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, 1 October 1957<br>
The Relapse, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, SA, 9 September 1957<br>
Hamlet, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, SA, 31 August 1957<br>
Hamlet / The Relapse, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, SA, 31 August 1957<br>
Hamlet, Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW, 15 May 1957<br>
The Relapse, Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW, 15 May 1957<br>
Twelfth Night, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, 29 October 1956<br>
The Rivals, Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA, October 1956<br>
Twelfth Night, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 12 June 1956<br>
The Rivals, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, SA, 5 June 1956<br>
The Rivals, Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW, 19 May 1956<br>
Only an Orphan Girl or A Soul Redeemed, Riverside Theatre, Barton, ACT, 3 February 1956<br>
The Rivals, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 1956<br>
Twelfth Night, Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW, 1956<br>
Only an Orphan Girl or A Soul Redeemed, Riverside Theatre, Barton, ACT, 18 November 1955<br>
Macbeth, Riverside Theatre, Barton, ACT, 30 September 1955<br>
The Love Of Four Colonels, Riverside Theatre, Barton, ACT, 15 April 1955<br>
A Sleep of Prisoners, Riverside Theatre, Barton, ACT, 4 February 1955<br>
The Guardsman, Riverside Theatre, Barton, ACT, 18 June 1954<br>
Antigone, Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT, 16 October 1951<br>
Press Cuttings, Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT, 17 September 1951<br>
The School for Wives Criticised, Canberra, Canberra, ACT, 1949<br>
The School for Wives, Canberra, Canberra, ACT, 1949<br>
Othello, Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT, 17 October 1945<br>
Othello, Albert Hall, Yarralumla, ACT, 29 August 1945


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111027225307/http://www.actorscentre.com.au/george-ogilvie/ Actors Centre Australia: George Ogilvie biography] Retrieved 2013-03-09
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111027225307/http://www.actorscentre.com.au/george-ogilvie/ Actors Centre Australia: George Ogilvie biography] Retrieved 2013-03-09
*{{IMDb name|id=0644695|name=George Ogilvie }}
*{{IMDb name|id=0644695|name=George Ogilvie }}
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/163604115?versionId=178370006 National Library of Australia: ''Papers of George Ogilvie, 1943-2006''] Retrieved 2013-03-09
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/163604115?versionId=178370006 National Library of Australia: ''Papers of George Ogilvie, 1943–2006''] Retrieved 2013-03-09


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Revision as of 08:55, 25 April 2024

For the Australian rules footballer, see George Ogilvie (footballer). For the British Indian Army officer, see George Drummond Ogilvie.

George Ogilvie
AM
Born
George Buchan Ogilvie

(1931-03-05)5 March 1931
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Died5 April 2020(2020-04-05) (aged 89)
Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Theatre, film and TV director
  • actor
  • screenwriter
  • drama teacher
Years active1945–2014

George Buchan Ogilvie AM (5 March 1931 – 5 April 2020) was a prolific Australian theatre director and actor, who also worked as a director and actor within film and television.

Life and career

George Ogilvie began as an actor at the Canberra Repertory Theatre, and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he trained, taught and acted. In 1965, he returned to Australia to take up the position of associate director with the Melbourne Theatre Company, where he stayed for six years. He then worked as artistic director at the South Australian Theatre Company for four years, followed by 12 years as part of the subsidised theatre network. In 1988 he became a freelance director, working with the Australian Opera, the Australian Ballet and various theatre companies.[1]

His television credits include the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal (where he played the Labor Senator Jim McClelland), the miniseries Bodyline (1984) (where he was one of the writers and also directed three of the seven episodes), and direction of the TV films The Shiralee (1987), Touch the Sun: Princess Kate (1988), The Battlers (1994), two episodes of the miniseries The Feds (1994), and 11 episodes of the long-running police series Blue Heelers between 2002 and 2006.

His film credits include Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), which he directed together with George Miller, Short Changed (1985), the much awarded The Place at the Coast (1987), and The Crossing (1990), where Russell Crowe was first seen on the screen.

George Ogilvie regularly taught and directed at NIDA and Actors Centre Australia. In 1983 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to the theatre and the performing arts.

In 2006, the Australian performing arts association Currency House published his autobiography: Simple Gifts – a life in the theatre.[2]

He died, aged 89, on 5 April 2020.[3]

Books

  • George Ogilvie (2006). Simple Gifts – A Life in the Theatre. Sydney: Currency House. ISBN 9780975730171.

References

  1. ^ Actors Centre Australia: George Ogilvie biography Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-03-09
  2. ^ Currency House: Simple Gifts – a life in the theatre Retrieved 2013-03-09
  3. ^ "Vale:George Ogilve".

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