Ian Ogilvy
Actor
Born September 30, 1943 in Woking, Surrey, England, UK
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 (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 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.
Filmography
The Athena Syndrome
Sir Peter William Bromville GCMG
Knightfall
Charles Knight
Renegades
Peck
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Self / Poem Reader (voice)
The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves
Himself
Mistrust
Ian
The Saint
The Fixer
We Still Steal the Old Way
Richie Archer
We Still Kill the Old Way
Richie Archer
My Life in Ruins
Mr. Stewart Tullen
The Saint Steps In... To Television
Himself
Horse Sense
Miles
Eurotika!
Self
Fugitive Mind
Dr. Grace
The Parkers
Dharma & Greg
Geoffrey
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
Gary
Early Edition
Clive Harbison
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Dr. Smallwood (voice)
Malibu Shores
Marc Delacourt
JAG
Jeffrey Mason
Caroline in the City
Mr. Spencer
Hope and Gloria
David Kirkwood
Puppet Master 5
Dr. Jennings
One West Waikiki
Babylon 5
Lord Jano
Burke's Law
Romeo
Diagnosis: Murder
Lyle Fairbanks
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Furlong
Eddie Presley
Captain Starch
Walker, Texas Ranger
Shredder Stonham
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Sterling
Invasion of Privacy
Brian
Death Becomes Her
Chagall
Melrose Place
P.S. I Luv U
Baywatch
Campion
Jimmy Sutane
Maigret
Daniel Portman
Maggie
Denholm Sinclair
Time for Murder
Max Donaldson
Anna Karenina
Stiva
Murder, She Wrote
Harold Baines
Robin of Sherwood
Lord Edgar
Affairs of the Heart
Q.E.D.
Lord Sidney Sarandon
The Saint and the Brave Goose
Simon Templar
Return of the Saint
Simon Templar
I, Claudius
Drusus
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Grayson
Ripping Yarns
The Little Minister
Rev. Gavin Dishart
The Gathering Storm
Edward VIII
Affairs of the Heart
Dr Morris Townsend
Zodiac
Martin Seacombe
From Beyond the Grave
William Seaton
No Sex Please - We're British
David Hunter
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Charles Fengriffen
Upstairs, Downstairs
self
Waterloo
De Lancey
The Invincible Six
Ronald
Wuthering Heights
Edgar Linton
The Spoils of Poynton
Owen Gereth
Liar!
Herbie, RB34
Witchfinder General
Richard Marshall
The Day the Fish Came Out
Peter
ITV Playhouse
Lord Windermere
Boy Meets Girl
André
The Sorcerers
Mike Roscoe
Stranger in the House
Desmond Flower
Half Hour Story
Ed
The She Beast
Philip
The Connoisseur
Viscount Ballantyne
BBC Play of the Month
Candide
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Peter
Out of the Unknown
Herbie, RB34
The Man in Room 17
Pedro Da Silva
Theatre 625
Franz
Detective
Inspector Appleby
The Avengers
Baron Von Curt
Armchair Theatre
David Baurmarez-Smith
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Edward VIII