Stewart Ginn (actor)

Stewart Ginn first became known in radio, after playing the main role in The Air Adventures of Hop Harrigan (1954),[http://www.neb2ad.com.au/75thsite/pages/golden-years/serials-drama.html 2AD website] among other roles.

Ginn then became a stage actor, his credits including Sidney Howard's They Knew What They Wanted with Zoe Caldwell in 1953[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77448 Ausstage]and His Excellency with Barry Humphries in 1954,[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77470 Ausstage] the latter winning him an Erik Kuttner Award. In 1954, he appeared in productions of The Heiress with Zoe Caldwell[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77567 Ausstage] and Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday with Zoe Caldwell and Ray Lawler.[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77570 Ausstage] He performed in Shakespeare's Henry V at the 1964 Adelaide Festival of Arts, alongside John Bell, Dennis Olsen, Anna Volska and Max Meldrum.[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/31423 Ausstage] He also appeared in John Mortimer's Lunch Hour in 1965, Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, alongside Ron Haddrick in 1966[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77946 Ausstage] and Arthur Miller's The Price (1970).[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225163 Ausstage]

In 1959, Ginn appeared in the television play They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful and went on to appear in further television plays such as The Big Killing, playing Inspector Fowler in 1965.{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-the-big-killing/|title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Big Killing|first=Stephen|last= Vagg|date=April 27, 2021|access-date=August 12, 2024}}

Between 1966 and 1968 he appeared as Peregrine Nancarrow in the television comedy My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?, alongside Gordon Chater, John Meillon and Judi Farr. In 1968 he won a Penguin Award as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Nancarrow.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19710921&id=HARkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KuUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2755,7996967 The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 1971] That same year he reprised his role as Nancarrow in the spin-off series Rita and Wally.

He also appeared in television programs such as Homicide, Matlock Police, The Long Arm, Division 4, Spyforce and Birds in the Bush, and in the 1971 feature film Demonstrator.{{IMDb name|0320057}}

Ginn died suddenly in September 1971, aged 49. He was in Melbourne at the time, where he was filming an episode of Division 4.

Hector Crawford praised Ginn's performance in the Matlock Police episode "The Word is Progress" as "one of the finest pieces of drama acting to come out of the Crawfords company".[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19710923&id=J8NUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1551,4992706 The Age, 23 September 1971]

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