George Ogilvie

Who is George Ogilvie?

George Buchan Ogilvie, born in Goulburn, New South Wales on 5 March 1931, is a prolific Australian theatre director and actor, who has also worked as director and actor within film and television.

George Ogilvie began as an actor at the Canberra Rep Theatre, and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he trained, taught and acted. In 1965, he returned to Australia to take up the position of associate director with the Melbourne Theatre Company, where he stayed for six years. He then worked as artistic director at the South Australian Theatre Company for four years, followed by 12 years as part of the subsidised theatre network. In 1988 he became a freelance director, working with the Australian Opera, the Australian Ballet Company and various theatre companies.

His television credits include the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal, the miniseries Bodyline, and direction of the TV films The Shiralee, Touch the Sun: Princess Kate, The Battlers, two episodes of the miniseries The Feds, and 11 episodes of the long-running police series Blue Heelers between 2002 and 2006.