{{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 = Sydney, Australia<ref name="Nominals"/> | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1918|3|17}}<ref name="Nominals"/> | 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<ref name="Nominals"/>– 25 May 1985) was an Australian actor, stage manager and playwright.
==Early life== Glenwright's father worked as a mechanic in the Civil Constructional Corps in the northern Queensland town of Charters Towers. His mother was a jockey.<ref name="Amp">{{cite web|url= https://amplify.gov.au/transcripts/slq/29445-Charters_Towers_OH/29445-0009-0001 |title= Gordon Glenwright (2 May 1996) Oral History Part 1 |publisher= Amplify |date= 2 May 1996}}</ref>
Glenwright attended school in the Charters Towers suburb of Richmond Hill. He left school to join the Australian Army Cadets in Wahroonga, enlisting on 21 July 1942.<ref name="Amp"/>
He served as a lieutenant in the Australian Army during the Second World War.<ref name="Nominals">{{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}}</ref> He was discharged from the Army on 22 January 1946.<ref name="Amp"/>
==Career== Glenwright was familiar to audiences for his appearances on stage, television and film. He described himself as a "tradesman" in regards to his approach to acting work.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
He started his theatre career in the late 1940s,<ref name=AusStage/> and started moving into television roles in the mid-1950s, primarily appearing in serials and telemovies.
Glenwright's theatre credits include ''The Removalists'', ''The Rivals'', ''The Homecoming'', ''King Lear'', ''Carnival!'', ''Man of La Mancha'' and ''The Day After the Fair.'' While acting for the New England Travelling Playhouse, Glenwright was also tour manager for their schools tour of New South Wales.<ref name="TG">{{cite web|url= https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/the-day-after-the-fair/ |title= The Day After the Fair |publisher= Theatregold}}</ref>
He appeared in numerous television series including ''Bellbird'', ''Homicide'', ''Division 4'' and ''Matlock Police''. He played the regular role of Hubbard in ''Class of '74'' from 1974 to 1975. He had a recurring role as Arthur Partridge in ''Number 96'' from 1975 to 1976. He also appeared as Detective Inspector Harry King in ''King’s Men'' from 1975 to 1980. He then starred as Sergeant Vic Brown on ''Carson's Law'' from 1983 to 1984.
His film credits include ''Eureka Stockade'' (1949), ''The Shiralee'' (1957), ''Inn of the Damned'' (1975) and ''The Dove'' (1974) – the latter alongside Gregory Peck.<ref name="TG"/>
Glenwright also appeared in documentaries and short films, as well as having extensive radio experience, both on the ABC and in commercial radio. Additionally, he had his own televised puppet show, and sang with the Italian Opera Company.<ref name="TG"/>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type |- | 1957 || ''Three in One'' || Alex || Anthology film (segment: ''The City'') |- | 1957 || ''The Shiralee'' || Pete || Feature film |- | 1957 || ''One for the Road'' || || Short film |- | 1966 || ''They're a Weird Mob'' || Sid || Feature film |- | 1967 || ''Journey Out of Darkness'' || Bartender || Feature film |- | 1974 || ''The Dove'' || Darwin Harbour Master || Feature film |- | 1975 || ''Inn of the Damned'' || Squire Grimstead || Feature film |}
===Television=== {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type |- | 1958 || ''The Trial of Madeleine Smith'' || || TV play |- | rowspan="4"|1959 || ''The Seagull'' || Soriun || TV play |- | ''Hamlet'' || The Gravedigger || TV play |- | ''Shell Presents'' || || TV play: "They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful" |- | ''Misery Me'' || Carlo Bambas || TV play |- | 1959; 1960 || ''Whiplash'' || Petey Hibberd / Carthy || 2 episodes |- | rowspan="3"|1960 || ''Stormy Petrel'' || Robert Campbell || 1 episode |- | ''The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day'' || Charlie Gibson || TV play<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day|first=Stephen|last= Vagg|date=October 19, 2020|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-the-slaughter-of-st-teresas-day/}}</ref> |- | ''The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (The General Motors Hour)'' || Dr Lloyd Angell || TV play |- | rowspan="2"|1961 || ''The Sergeant from Burralee'' || Captain Alcot || TV play |- | ''Traveller Without Luggage'' || Butler || TV film |- | rowspan="2"|1962 || ''Manhaul'' || Dinny McQuade || TV play |- | ''Telestory'' || Narrator || Episode: "They're a Weird Mob" |- | rowspan="5"|1963 || ''Consider Your Verdict'' || Herbert Pomeroy || 1 episode |- | ''Ballad for One Gun'' || Superintendent Hare || TV play |- | ''The Hungry Ones'' || Captain Thomas Gilbert || 2 episodes |- | ''Tribunal'' || William Kidd || 1 episode |- | ''The Tempest'' || Stephano || TV play |- | rowspan="4"|1964 || ''I Have Been Here Before'' || Sam Shipley || TV play |- | ''The Adventurers'' || Speedboat Driver || 3 episodes |- | ''The One That Got Away'' || Anthony Leach || TV play |- | ''The Stranger'' || Lord Mayor || 1 episode |- | 1964–1974 || ''Homicide'' || Peter Mason / Arnold Stone / Dr Miller / John Healy || 4 episodes |- | 1965 || ''My Brother Jack'' || Bostock || Miniseries, 2 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|1966 || ''Be Our Guest'' || Grandpa || |- | ''Nice Widow at Quinto'' || The Conductor || TV play |- | rowspan="3"|1967 || ''You Can't See 'Round Corners'' || || 1 episode |- | ''Hunter'' || Oscar || 3 episodes |- | ''Contrabandits'' || || Episode: "Madame Ukelele" |- | rowspan="2"|1968 || ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' || Coombes || 1 episode |- | ''The Battlers'' ||Bongo Byrne || 5 episodes |- | 1969 || ''Riptide'' || Plenderfeith || 1 episode |- | 1970 || ''Mrs. Finnegan'' || Dobson || 1 episode |- | 1970–1974 || ''Division 4'' || Eric Anderson / Norman Adams / Paul McBride || 3 episodes |- | 1972 || ''Behind the Legend'' || || Season 1, episode 7: "C. Y. O'Connor" |- | rowspan="2"|1973 || ''Boney'' || Sgt Carter || 1 episode |- | ''Spyforce'' || Brigadier Barton || 1 episode |- | rowspan="2"|1974 || ''Things That Go Bump in the Night'' || Charlie || Miniseries, 1 episode |- | ''Escape from Singapore'' || || TV documentary film |- | 1974–1975 || ''Class of '74'' || Hubbard || 382 episodes |- | 1974; 1976 || ''Matlock Police'' || Sean Ashe / Johnstone || 2 episodes |- | 1975 || ''The Rise and Fall of Wellington Boots'' || || TV special |- | 1975–1976 || ''Number 96'' || Arthur Partridge || 10 episodes |- | 1975–1980 || ''King's Men'' || Detective Inspector Harry King || 14 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|1977 || ''Pig in a Poke'' || || 1 episode |- | ''Say You Want Me'' || || TV film |- | 1979 || ''Doctor Down Under'' || Mr Benson || 1 episode |- | 1981 || ''The Young Doctors'' || Jack Collis || 2 episodes |- | 1982 || ''Taurus Rising'' || Harry Brent || |- | 1983–1984 || ''Carson's Law'' || Sgt Vic Brown || 135 episodes |}
==Stage== {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue / company |- | rowspan="4"|1948 || ''Pride and Prejudice'' || || rowspan="2"|Minerva Theatre, Sydney |- | ''Storm in a Teacup'' || |- | ''Julius Caesar'' || || Theatre Royal Sydney |- | ''Ah, Wilderness!'' || || Minerva Theatre, Sydney |- | rowspan="4"|1949 || ''The Maid of the Mountains'' || || Sydney Conservatorium of Music |- | ''Twelfth Night'' || || Theatre Royal Sydney |- | ''Dark Enchantment'' || || rowspan="2"|Minerva Theatre, Sydney |- | ''Pirates at the Barn'' || |- | rowspan="3"|1951 || ''Light Up the Sky'' || || rowspan="2"|Princess Theatre, Melbourne |- | ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'' || | |- | ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' || Teddie || Hew Theatre Royal<ref name=MercuryHobart>{{cite web | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27010113?searchTerm=“Gordon%20Glenwright” | title= Hilarious Comedy In Hew Theatre Royal Play | publisher=The Mercury, Hobart | date= 22 January 1951}}</ref> |- | 1951–1952 || ''See How They Run'' || Sgt. Towers || King's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, Princess Theatre, Melbourne & His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland |- | 1953 || ''For Better for Worse'' || || Theatre Royal Sydney |- | 1954 || ''Eternal Night'' || || Independent Theatre, Sydney |- | 1957–1958 || ''The Shifting Heart'' || Det. Sgt. Lukie || Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney |- | 1959 || ''The Piccadilly Bushman'' || Lew Leggat || Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Adelaide with J. C. Williamson's |- | rowspan="2"|1962 || ''Saint Joan'' || || University of Adelaide, Palace Theatre, Sydney, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne |- | ''You Never Can Tell'' || || University of Melbourne |- | 1962–1963 || ''Carnival!'' || Schlegel || Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal Sydney |- | 1963 || ''The Fire on the Snow'' || || Independent Theatre, Sydney |- | rowspan="2"|1964 || ''King Henry V'' || Pistol || Tent Theatre, Adelaide, Tent Theatre, Sydney |- | ''Hullabaloo Belay'' || || St James Playhouse, Sydney |- | 1966 || ''The Apple Cart'' || || Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |- | rowspan="2"|1967 || ''The Homecoming'' || Lead || UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre Centre |- | ''Getting Married'' || || Independent Theatre, Sydney |- | rowspan="4"|1969 || ''Hamlet'' || || UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Canberra, Theatre Royal, Hobart |- | ''The Rivals'' || Co-lead || Playhouse, Canberra |- | ''Little Murder'' || || UNSW, Sydney |- | ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' || Polonius || Theatre Royal, Hobart |- | rowspan="2"|1970 || ''The Band Wagon'' || Mr Botterill || Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Phillip St Theatre, Sydney |- | ''Dick Whittington'' || || UNSW, Sydney |- | 1970–1972 || ''Man of La Mancha'' || Innkeeper / Governor || Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Canberra Theatre |- | rowspan="2"|1972 || ''A Dead Liberty'' || || AMP Theatrette, Sydney |- | ''The Removalists'' || Simmonds || Phillip St Theatre, Sydney |- | 1973 || ''Suddenly at Home'' || Appleton || Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson's<ref>{{cite web | url= https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/suddenly-at-home/?searchid=143853&search_query=“+Gordon+Glenwright” | title= Suddenly at Home | publisher=Theatregold}}</ref> |- | 1976 || ''The Puddin' Club (Same Difference)'' || || Bonaparte's Theatre Restaurant, Sydney |- | rowspan="2"|1977 || ''Next'' || || St James Playhouse, Sydney |- | ''Funny Peculiar'' || Harry Asquith || Theatre Royal Sydney |- | rowspan="3"|1978 || ''Don't Piddle Against the Wind, Mate'' || Frank Burke / Understudy for Bob || SGIO Theatre, Brisbane |- | ''The Homecoming'' || Max || Townsville Civic Theatre, Cairns Civic Theatre |- | ''King Lear'' || Earl of Kent || SGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Seymour Centre, Sydney |- | rowspan="2"|1979 || ''No Names ... No Pack Drill'' || Det. Sgt. Browning || NSW regional tour |- | ''The Day After the Fair'' || Arthur Harnham || Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal Sydney |- | rowspan="3"|1981 || ''Death of a Salesman'' || |Willy Loman || Theatre 3, Canberra |- | ''Travelling North'' || Frank || NSW & QLD tour |- | ''Flexitime'' || The Boss || Phillip St Theatre, Sydney |- | 1984 || ''Salonika'' || || Nimrod Theatre Company, Sydney |} <ref name=AusStage>{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225125 | title= Gordon Glenwright theatre credits | publisher=AusStage}}</ref>
==Radio== {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1952 || ''The Explorers'' || || |- | rowspan="3"|1955 || ''Friday the 13th'' || Erik || |- | ''Dangerous Assignment'' || Hugo Pt 2 (Singapore) || Episodes: "Sandakan, Borneo", "Singapore", "Tibet" with Grace Gibson Productions<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Gordon-Glenwright.aspx?t=39834 | title=Gordon Glenwright}}</ref> |- | ''The Clock'' || George || Episodes: "Ghost Story", "Only Death is Timeless", "Deadlier than the Male"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.australianotr.com.au/the-clock.html | title=The Clock }}</ref> |- | 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 || NC-CN & 4QR<ref>{{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) }}</ref> |- | 1960 || ''The Quiet Stranger'' || Old John || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.archive.org/details/the-quiet-stranger-ep-02 | title=Aus 110 - the Quiet Stranger}}</ref> |- | 1961 || ''Passage of the Tangmar'' || Captain Goddard || |- | 1979 || ''The Drowned Phoenician Sailor'' || Shop Stewart || ABC Radio Sydney<ref name=AusStage/> |}
==Death==
Glenwright died on 25 May 1985, aged 67 in Sydney, New South Wales.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0322709}}
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