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