Gordon Charles Glenwright
Born(1918-03-17)March 17, 1918
Australia
Died25 May 1985(1985-05-25) (aged 67)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • stage manager
  • playwright
  • soldier
Years active1948-1984

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
1957The ShiraleeFeature film
1957Three in OneAlexAnthology film (segment: The City)
1958The Trial of Madeleine SmithTV play
1959HamletThe GravediggerTV play
1959The SeagullSorinTV play
1959Misery MeCarlo BambasTV play
1959They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were BeautifulTV play
1960The Slaughter of St. Teresa's DayCharlie GibsonTV play[4]
1960The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (The General Motors Hour)Dr Lloyd AngellTV play
1961The Sergeant from BurraleeCaptain AlcotTV play
1961Traveller Without LuggageButlerTV film
1962ManhaulDinny McQuadeTV play
1963Ballad for One GunTV play
1963The TempestStephanoTV play
1964I Have Been Here BeforeTV play
1964The One That Got AwayFeature film
1966They're a Weird MobFeature film
1974Escape from SingaporeTV film
1974The DoveDarwin Harbour MasterFeature film
1977Say You Want MeTV film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1@59-60WhiplashTV series
1962TelestoryNarratorTV series (episode: They're a Weird Mob)
1982-84Carson's LawSgt Vic BrownTV series
1963-64TribunalTV series
1964The StrangerLord MayorTV series
1968The Battlers Bongo ByrneTV series
1974Things That Go Bump in the NightCharlieTV miniseries
1974Class of '74HubbardTV series
1975The Rise and Fall of Wellington BootsTV series
1976King's Men Detective Inspector Harry KingTV series
1982Taurus RisingHarry BrentTV series

Stage

Year Title Role Venue / Company
1948Pride and PrejudiceMinerva Theatre, Sydney
1948Storm in a TeacupMinerva Theatre, Sydney
1948Julius CaesarTheatre Royal, Sydney
1948Ah, Wilderness!Minerva Theatre, Sydney
1949The Maid of the Mountains'Sydney Conservatorium of Music
1949Twelfth NightTheatre Royal, Sydney
1949Dark EnchantmentMinerva Theatre, Sydney
1949Pirates at the BarnMinerva Theatre, Sydney
1951-52See How They RunKing's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, Princess Theatre, Melbourne & His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland
1951Light Up the SkyPrincess Theatre, Melbourne
1951Aladdin and His Wonderful LampPrincess Theatre, Melbourne
1953For Better for WorseTheatre Royal, Sydney
1954Eternal NightIndependent Theatre, Sydney
1957-58The Shifting HeartDet. Sgt. LukieElizabethan Theatre
1959HamletTwo GravediggersABN Channel 2
1959They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were BeautifulATN-7, GTV-9 TV Studios, Melbourne
1959The Piccadilly BushmanComedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Adelaide
1960The Slaughter of St Teresa's DayCharlie GibsonABC Television Studios
1962Saint JoanUniversity of Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Palace Theatre, Sydney, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne
1962You Never Can TellUniversity of Melbourne
1962-63Carnival!Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney
1963Ballad for One GunABC Television Studios
1963The Fire on the SnowIndependent Theatre
1964King Henry VPistolTent Theatre, Adelaide, Tent Theatre, Rushcutters Bay
1964Hullabaloo BelaySt James Playhouse, Sydney
1966The Apple CartEnsemble Theatre
1967The HomecomingUniversity of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre
1967Getting MarriedIndependent Theatre
1969HamletUniversity of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra, Theatre Royal, Hobart
1969The RivalsPlayhouse, Canberra
1969Little MurderUniversity of NSW
1969Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadPoloniusTheatre Royal, Hobart
1970The Band WagonAthenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Phillip Theatre, Sydney
1970-72Man of La ManchaThe InnkeeperHer Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Canberra Theatre
1970Dick WhittingtonUniversity of NSW
1972A Dead LibertyAMP Theatrette, Sydney
1972The RemovalistsSimmondsPhillip Street Theatre
1976The Puddin' Club (Same Difference)Bonaparte's Theatre Restaurant, Woolloomooloo
1977NextSt James Playhouse, Sydney
1977Funny PeculiarHarry AsquithTheatre Royal, Sydney
1978Don't Piddle Against the Wind, MateFrank Burke / Understudy for BobSGIO Theatre, Brisbane
1978The HomecomingMaxTownsville Civic Theatre, Cairns Civic Theatre
1978King LearEarl of KentSGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Seymour Centre
1979The Drowned Phoenician SailorShop StewartABC Radio Sydney
1979No Names ... No Pack DrillDet. Sgt. BrowningNSW regional tour
1979The Day After the FairArthur HarnhamComedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney
1981Death of a SalesmanWilly LomanTheatre 3, Canberra
1981Travelling NorthFrankNSW & QLD tour
1981FlexitimeThe BossPhillip Street Theatre
1984SalonikaNimrod Theatre Company

[5]

Radio

Year Title Role Episodes
1952The Explorers
1955Friday the 13thErik
1954Dangerous AssignmentEpisodes: "Sandakan, Borneo", "Singapore", "Tibet"[6]
1955The ClockGeorgeEpisodes: "Ghost Story", "Only Death is Timeless", "Deadlier than the Male"[7]
1956T-MenTax Agent Jack KetchEpisodes: "The Case of the Loving Blonde", "The Case of the Bleeding Gold", "The Case of the Subfor Approach"
1957Captain CarvalloPrivate Gross[8]
1960The Quiet StrangerOld John[9]
1961Passage of the TangmarCaptain Goddard

Death

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

References

  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. ↑ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225125
  6. ↑ http://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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