Ian Ogilvy

Actor Sep 30 (age 82) Woking, Surrey, England, UK 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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Biography

Ian Raymond Ogilvy (born 30 September 1943) is an English film and television actor. He is best known as the star of the TV series Return of the Saint (1978–79), in which he assumed the role of Simon Templar from Roger Moore (1962–69). The role led to his being considered a leading contender for the role of James Bond in the early 1980s, when Moore announced his intention to leave the role. He never played the part (in part due to Moore reconsidering his resignation on several occasions), altho…

Known For

Film

Death Becomes Her

Chagall

Film

Waterloo

De Lancey

Film

I, Claudius

Drusus

Film

My Life in Ruins

Mr. Stewart Tullen

Film

Witchfinder General

Richard Marshall

Film

From Beyond the Grave

William Seaton

Film

The Saint

The Fixer

Film

Horse Sense

Miles

Filmography

Acting (87)

Movies (44)

Knightfall

2025

as Charles Knight

Renegades

2022

as Peck

5.4

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

2022

as Self

8.0

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

as Self / Poem Reader (voice)

7.6

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021

as Self

7.0

The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves

2019

as Himself

Mistrust

as Ian

The Saint

as The Fixer

We Still Steal the Old Way

2017

as Richie Archer

5.8

We Still Kill the Old Way

2014

as Richie Archer

6.0

My Life in Ruins

2009

as Mr. Stewart Tullen

6.1

The Saint Steps In... To Television

2008

as Himself

10.0

Tigon Tales of Terror

as Himself

Horse Sense

as Miles

Fugitive Mind

as Dr. Grace

The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves

1999

as himself

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson

as Gary

Puppet Master 5

as Dr. Jennings

Eddie Presley

as Captain Starch

Death Becomes Her

as Chagall

Invasion of Privacy

as Brian

Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue

1992

as Interviewer

Maigret

as Daniel Portman

Anna Karenina

as Stiva

The Saint and the Brave Goose

1979

as Simon Templar

Tomkinson's Schooldays

1976

as Grayson

9.0

The Little Minister

1975

as Rev. Gavin Dishart

From Beyond the Grave

as William Seaton

The Gathering Storm

as Edward VIII

No Sex Please - We're British

1973

as David Hunter

5.0

And Now the Screaming Starts!

1973

as Charles Fengriffen

Wuthering Heights

as Edgar Linton

Waterloo

as De Lancey

The Invincible Six

as Ronald

Wine of India

as Sam

Liar!

1969

as Herbie, RB34

Witchfinder General

1968

as Richard Marshall

6.5

The Day the Fish Came Out

1967

as Peter

4.6

Stranger in the House

as Desmond Flower

The Sorcerers

as Mike Roscoe

The She Beast

as Philip

The Connoisseur

as Viscount Ballantyne

Intrusion

1961

5.0

The Athena Syndrome

as Sir Peter William Bromville GCMG

Television (43)

The Parkers

Eurotika!

as Self

Dharma & Greg

as Geoffrey

Early Edition

as Clive Harbison

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996

as Dr. Smallwood (voice)

Malibu Shores

as Marc Delacourt

JAG

as Jeffrey Mason

Caroline in the City

as Mr. Spencer

Hope and Gloria

as David Kirkwood

Babylon 5

as Lord Jano

One West Waikiki

Burke's Law

as Romeo

Diagnosis: Murder

as Lyle Fairbanks

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Shredder Stonham

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993

as Furlong

7.0

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

as Sterling

Melrose Place

P.S. I Luv U

Baywatch

Campion

as Jimmy Sutane

Time for Murder

as Max Donaldson

Murder, She Wrote

as Harold Baines

Robin of Sherwood

as Lord Edgar

Affairs of the Heart

Q.E.D.

Tom, Dick and Harriet

1982

8.5

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Return of the Saint

as Simon Templar

I, Claudius

as Drusus

I, Claudius

as Drusus

Ripping Yarns

Zodiac

as Martin Seacombe

Upstairs, Downstairs

as self

The Spoils of Poynton

1970

as Owen Gereth

5.5

The Liars

1966

as Rupert

BBC Play of the Month

as Arthur Gower

Out of the Unknown

as Herbie, RB34

The Man in Room 17

as Pedro Da Silva

Theatre 625

as Franz

Detective

The Avengers

as Baron Von Curt

Armchair Theatre

as David Baurmarez-Smith

5.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Edward VIII

8.6