Earlylife　　HewasborninWoking,Surrey,England,thesonofadvertisingexecutiveFrancisOgilvy(thebrotherofadvertisinglegendDavidOgilvy)[1]andactressAileenRaymond(whohadpreviouslybeenmarriedtoJohnMills).　　HewaseducatedatEtonCollegeandattheRoyalAcademyofDramaticArt.←←←♥　　[edit]ReturnoftheSaint　　Heisbestknownasthestarofthe1978–1979televisionseriesReturnoftheSaint,inw...(展开全部)　　Earlylife　　HewasborninWoking,Surrey,England,thesonofadvertisingexecutiveFrancisOgilvy(thebrotherofadvertisinglegendDavidOgilvy)[1]andactressAileenRaymond(whohadpreviouslybeenmarriedtoJohnMills).　　HewaseducatedatEtonCollegeandattheRoyalAcademyofDramaticArt.←←←♥　　[edit]ReturnoftheSaint　　Heisbestknownasthestarofthe1978–1979televisionseriesReturnoftheSaint,inwhichheassumedtheroleofSimonTemplar,whichRogerMooreplayedfrom1962to1969.TheroleledtohisbeingconsideredaleadingcontenderfortakingovertheroleofJamesBondintheearly1980s,whenMooreannouncedhisintentiontoleavetherole.Ultimately,Ogilvyneverplayedthepart(inpartduetoMoore'sreconsideringhisresignationonseveraloccasions),althoughhedidplayaBond-likecharacterinaseriesofNorthAmericanTVcommercialsbroadcastintheearly1990s.Atleastonce,inanEpisodeofKungFu:TheLegendContinues,Dragon'sWingII",heplayedaBond-likeBritishagent,completewithwhitedinnerjacket.[2]　　Hedid,inaddition,recordaseriesofreadingsofIanFleming'sJamesBondnovelsintheearly1980s,whichwerereleasedonaudiocassettebytheListenforPleasurelabel.　　[edit]Othernotableroles　　OgilvyhashadanextensivecareerinthetheatreplayingleadingrolesinmanyLondonWestEndproductions,includingDesignforLiving,HappyFamily,ThreeSisters,RookeryNookbyBenTravers,RunforYourWife,TheMillionairessbyShaw,TheWaltzoftheToreadorsandothers.HehasalsoworkedwidelyintheAmericantheater.Amonghisfilms,Ogilvyhadamajorpartinthe1970epicfilmWaterloo,playingtheroleoftheDukeofWellington'schiefofstaff,WilliamdeLancey,starringalongsideChristopherPlummer,JackHawkinsRodSteigerandOrsonWelles.Heco-starredwithBorisKarloffinTheSorcerers,withJamesMason,BobbyDarinandGeraldineChaplininStrangerInTheHouse(1967),withVincentPriceinWitchfinderGeneral,withTomCourtenayandCandiceBergeninTheDaytheFishCameOut,withMerylStreepandGoldieHawninDeathBecomesHer,withPeterCushingintwofilmsforhorroerspecialistsAmicusandwithRichardDreyfussandNiaVardalosinMyLifeInRuins-amongothers.　　Hewasafriendofthefilm-makerMichaelReeves,andstarredinallthreeofthedirector'sfilms:RevengeOfTheBloodBeast,TheSorcerersandWitchfinderGeneral(alsoknownasTheConquerorWorm).Healsohadaroleintheshort-lived1990sAmericansoapopera,MalibuShores.　　Hehashadrolesinover100televisionshows,oftenappearingasagueststar.HeappearedinthetelevisionseriesUpstairs,Downstairs(asLawrenceKirbridge),andisbestknowntoAmericanaudiencesforthisrole.　　Heguest-starredinTheAvengers,inthe1968episode"TheyKeepKillingSteed".In1976,hefeaturedinthepilotepisodeofthetelevisioncomedyseriesRippingYarns,co-producedbyformerMontyPythonmembersMichaelPalinandTerryJones.HealsoappearedinI,Claudius(AsDrusus),andguest-starredin6episodesofMurder,SheWroteand5episodesofDiagnosisMurder.HeappearedasEdgarLintoninthe1970filmversionofWutheringHeightsandasOwenGerethinthe1970BBCdramatizationofTheSpoilsofPoynton.　　Inthe1990s,heguest-starredintheAmericantelevisionseriesBabylon5,inthe1998episode"IntheKingdomoftheBlind".Coincidentally,thatseries'starBruceBoxleitneristheformerhusbandofOgilvy'ssecondwifeKathrynHolcomb.　　[edit]Writingcareer　　Ogilvyisalsoaplaywrightandnovelist,currentlyworkingonaseriesofchildren'sbooks–MeasleAndTheWrathmonk,MeasleAndTheDragodon,MeasleAndTheMallockee,MeasleAndTheSlitherghoul,andMeasleandtheDoompit.Thebookshavebeentranslatedintoatleast15languages,andthereareplanstoproduceafilmbaseduponMeasleAndTheWrathmonk.Hehaswrittenandpublishedtwonovels-LooseChippingsandThePolkertonGiant-andtwoplays-ASlightHangover(publishedbySamuelFrench)andSwap!whichiscurrentlyrunninginPolandinitsthirdsuccessfulyear.　　[edit]Personallife　　Hehasonesonandastepdaughterfromhisfirstmarriage,whichendedindivorce.HethenmarriedBruceBoxleitner'sex-wife,KathrynHolcomb,in1992.KathrynhastwosonswithBoxleitner.Ogilvyistheirstepfather,andactressMelissaGilbertistheirstepmother.Ogilvy,BoxleitnerandGilbertallappearedinBabylon5.　　[edit]Selectedfilmography　　LasorelladiSatana(1966)　　StrangerintheHouse(1967)　　TheSorcerers(1967)　　TheDaytheFishCameOut(1967)　　WitchfinderGeneral(1968)　　WutheringHeights(1970)　　TheInvincibleSix(1970)　　Waterloo(1970)　　NoSexPlease,We'reBritish(1973)　　FromBeyondtheGrave(1973)　　--AndNowtheScreamingStarts!(1973)