Gordon Glenwright
{{Short description|Australian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2020}}
{{infobox person
| name = Gordon Glenwright
| birth_name = Gordon Charles Glenwright
| birth_place = Australia
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1918|3|17}}
| death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age |1985|5|25 |1918|3|17 |df=yes}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|stage manager|playwright|soldier}}
| years_active = 1948-1984
}}
Gordon Charles Glenwright (17 March 1918 – 25 May 1985) was an Australian actor, stage manager and playwright.
Glenwright served as a lieutenant in the Australian Army during the Second World War.{{Cite web |title=World War Two Service |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=218834&c=WW2 |access-date=6 February 2021 |website=Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs}}
Career
He was familiar to audiences for his appearances on stage, television and film. He described himself as a "tradesman".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126835363 |title='Tradesman-like' actor plays down glamour |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=55 |issue=16,646 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 April 1981 |accessdate=3 August 2020 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225125 |title=Gordon Glenwright |work=The Australian Live Performance Database |accessdate=2022-10-16 }}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type | |||
| 1959-60 | 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
{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225125 | title=AusStage }}
Radio
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Episodes | |||
| 1952 | The Explorers | ||
| 1955 | Friday the 13th | Erik | |
| 1954 | Dangerous Assignment | Episodes: "Sandakan, Borneo", "Singapore", "Tibet"{{cite web | url=http://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Gordon-Glenwright.aspx?t=39834 | title=Gordon Glenwright }} | |
| 1955 | The Clock | George | Episodes: "Ghost Story", "Only Death is Timeless", "Deadlier than the Male"{{cite web | url=http://www.australianotr.com.au/the-clock.html | title=The Clock }} |
| 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 | {{cite web | url=http://www.nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1498217861/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1553687963&partId=nla.obj-1498406876#page/n18/mode/1up | title=Vol. 19 No. 7 (16 February 1957) }} |
| 1960 | The Quiet Stranger | Old John | {{cite web | url=http://www.archive.org/details/the-quiet-stranger-ep-02 | title=Aus 110 - the Quiet Stranger }} |
| 1961 | Passage of the Tangmar | Captain Goddard |
Death
Glenwright passed away 25 May 1985, aged 67 in Sydney, New South Wales.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0322709}}
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Category:Australian male actors
Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II
Category:Australian Army officers
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