Gordon Glenwright

Gordon Glenwright
Gordon Glenwright
Born	Gordon Charles Glenwright; 17 March 1918; Australia
Died	25 May 1985 (aged 67); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations	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.

Early life

Glenwright served as a lieutenant in the Australian Army during the Second World War.^[1]

Career

He was familiar to audiences for his appearances on stage, television and film. He described himself as a "tradesman".^[2]

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.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1957	The Shiralee		Feature film
1957	Three in One	Alex	Anthology film (segment: The City)
1958	The Trial of Madeleine Smith		TV play
1959	Hamlet	The Gravedigger	TV play
1959	The Seagull	Sorin	TV play
1959	Misery Me	Carlo Bambas	TV play
1959	They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful		TV play
1960	The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day	Charlie Gibson	TV play^[4]
1960	The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (The General Motors Hour)	Dr Lloyd Angell	TV play
1961	The Sergeant from Burralee	Captain Alcot	TV play
1961	Traveller Without Luggage	Butler	TV film
1962	Manhaul	Dinny McQuade	TV play
1963	Ballad for One Gun		TV play
1963	The Tempest	Stephano	TV play
1964	I Have Been Here Before		TV play
1964	The One That Got Away		Feature film
1966	They're a Weird Mob		Feature film
1974	Escape from Singapore		TV film
1974	The Dove	Darwin Harbour Master	Feature film
1977	Say You Want Me		TV film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1@59-60	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

Year	Title	Role	Venue / Company
1948	Pride and Prejudice		Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1948	Storm in a Teacup		Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1948	Julius Caesar		Theatre Royal, Sydney
1948	Ah, Wilderness!		Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1949	The Maid of the Mountains		'Sydney Conservatorium of Music
1949	Twelfth Night		Theatre Royal, Sydney
1949	Dark Enchantment		Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1949	Pirates at the Barn		Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1951-52	See How They Run		King's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, Princess Theatre, Melbourne & His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland
1951	Light Up the Sky		Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1951	Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp		Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1953	For Better for Worse		Theatre Royal, Sydney
1954	Eternal Night		Independent Theatre, Sydney
1957-58	The Shifting Heart	Det. Sgt. Lukie	Elizabethan Theatre
1959	Hamlet	Two Gravediggers	ABN Channel 2
1959	They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful		ATN-7, GTV-9 TV Studios, Melbourne
1959	The Piccadilly Bushman		Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Adelaide
1960	The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day	Charlie Gibson	ABC Television Studios
1962	Saint Joan		University of Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Palace Theatre, Sydney, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne
1962	You Never Can Tell		University of Melbourne
1962-63	Carnival!		Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney
1963	Ballad for One Gun		ABC Television Studios
1963	The Fire on the Snow		Independent Theatre
1964	King Henry V	Pistol	Tent Theatre, Adelaide, Tent Theatre, Rushcutters Bay
1964	Hullabaloo Belay		St James Playhouse, Sydney
1966	The Apple Cart		Ensemble Theatre
1967	The Homecoming		University of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre
1967	Getting Married		Independent Theatre
1969	Hamlet		University of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra, Theatre Royal, Hobart
1969	The Rivals		Playhouse, Canberra
1969	Little Murder		University of NSW
1969	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Polonius	Theatre Royal, Hobart
1970	The Band Wagon		Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Phillip Theatre, Sydney
1970-72	Man of La Mancha	The Innkeeper	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Canberra Theatre
1970	Dick Whittington		University of NSW
1972	A Dead Liberty		AMP Theatrette, Sydney
1972	The Removalists	Simmonds	Phillip Street Theatre
1976	The Puddin' Club (Same Difference)		Bonaparte's Theatre Restaurant, Woolloomooloo
1977	Next		St James Playhouse, Sydney
1977	Funny Peculiar	Harry Asquith	Theatre Royal, Sydney
1978	Don't Piddle Against the Wind, Mate	Frank Burke / Understudy for Bob	SGIO Theatre, Brisbane
1978	The Homecoming	Max	Townsville Civic Theatre, Cairns Civic Theatre
1978	King Lear	Earl of Kent	SGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Seymour Centre
1979	The Drowned Phoenician Sailor	Shop Stewart	ABC Radio Sydney
1979	No Names ... No Pack Drill	Det. Sgt. Browning	NSW regional tour
1979	The Day After the Fair	Arthur Harnham	Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney
1981	Death of a Salesman	Willy Loman	Theatre 3, Canberra
1981	Travelling North	Frank	NSW & QLD tour
1981	Flexitime	The Boss	Phillip Street Theatre
1984	Salonika		Nimrod Theatre Company

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Radio

Year	Title	Role	Episodes
1952	The Explorers
1955	Friday the 13th	Erik
1954	Dangerous Assignment		Episodes: "Sandakan, Borneo", "Singapore", "Tibet"^[6]
1955	The Clock	George	Episodes: "Ghost Story", "Only Death is Timeless", "Deadlier than the Male"^[7]
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	^[8]
1960	The Quiet Stranger	Old John	^[9]
1961	Passage of the Tangmar	Captain Goddard

Death

Glenwright passed away 25 May 1985, aged 67 in Sydney, New South Wales.

References

^ "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ "'Tradesman-like' actor plays down glamour". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 646. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 April 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Gordon Glenwright". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ Vagg, Stephen (19 October 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day". Filmink.
^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225125
^ http://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Gordon-Glenwright.aspx?t=39834
^ "The Clock".
^ "Vol. 19 No. 7 (16 February 1957)".
^ "Aus 110 - the Quiet Stranger".

External links

Gordon Glenwright at IMDb

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[Nominals-1] "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

[2] "'Tradesman-like' actor plays down glamour". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 646. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 April 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Gordon Glenwright". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[4] Vagg, Stephen (19 October 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day". Filmink.

[5] ttps://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225125

[6] ttp://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Gordon-Glenwright.aspx?t=39834

[7] "The Clock".

[8] "Vol. 19 No. 7 (16 February 1957)".

[9] "Aus 110 - the Quiet Stranger".

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Gordon Glenwright
Born	Gordon Charles Glenwright (1918-03-17)17 March 1918 Australia
Died	25 May 1985(1985-05-25) (aged 67) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations	Actor stage manager playwright soldier
Years active	1948-1984