# Stewart Ginn (actor)

Stewart Ginn (2 January 1921 – 20 September 1971) was an Australian radio, stage and television actor, best known as the character Nancarrow in the 1960s television comedy My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?.

## Career
### Radio

Stewart Ginn first became known in radio, after playing the main role in The Air Adventures of Hop Harrigan (1954), among other roles.

### Stage

Ginn then became a stage actor, his credits including Sidney Howard's They Knew What They Wanted with Zoe Caldwell in 1953and His Excellency with Barry Humphries in 1954, the latter winning him an Erik Kuttner Award. In 1954, he appeared in productions of The Heiress with Zoe Caldwell and Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday with Zoe Caldwell and Ray Lawler. He performed in Shakespeare's Henry V at the 1964 Adelaide Festival of Arts, alongside John Bell, Dennis Olsen, Anna Volska and Max Meldrum. He also appeared in John Mortimer's Lunch Hour in 1965, Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, alongside Ron Haddrick in 1966 and Arthur Miller's The Price (1970).

### Television

In 1959, Ginn appeared in the television play They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful and went on to appear in further television plays such as The Big Killing, playing Inspector Fowler in 1965.
Between 1966 and 1968 he appeared as Peregrine Nancarrow in the television comedy My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?, alongside Gordon Chater, John Meillon and Judi Farr. In 1968 he won a Penguin Award as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Nancarrow. That same year he reprised his role as Nancarrow in the spin-off series Rita and Wally.
He also appeared in television programs such as Homicide, Matlock Police, The Long Arm, Division 4, Spyforce and Birds in the Bush, and in the 1971 feature film Demonstrator.

## Death

Ginn died suddenly in September 1971, aged 49. He was in Melbourne at the time, where he was filming an episode of Division 4.

## Legacy

Hector Crawford praised Ginn's performance in the Matlock Police episode "The Word is Progress" as "one of the finest pieces of drama acting to come out of the Crawfords company".

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1955 | Three in One | Second Cab Driver | Segment: "The City" |
| 1958 | This Land Australia | | Short film |
| 1970 | Adam's Woman | Williams | |
| 1971 | Demonstrator | Supt. Ackland | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1959 | They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful | | TV play |
| 1961 | Whiplash | Peebles | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Close to the Roof | Wally Fox | TV play |
| 1961 | The Sergeant from Burralee | Nathaniel Carlton | TV play |
| 1961 | The Story of Peter Grey | | 156 episodes |
| 1962 | The Funnel Web | Det Sgt Lundy | TV play |
| 1962 | Consider Your Verdict | Robert Wilkins | 1 episode |
| 1962 | The Patriots | Private Joseph Sudds | 3 episodes |
| 1962 | Fly by Night | | TV play |
| 1963 | Time Out | Isaac Nichols | 1 episode |
| 1963 | Tribunal | Hans Van Meegeren | 1 episode |
| 1964 | The Adventurers | The Boss | 3 episodes |
| 1965 | The Big Killing | Inspector Fowler | TV play |
| 1965 | Moby Dick - Rehearsed | Middle Aged Axtor / Elijah and Carpenter | TV play |
| 1965 | The Stranger | Senator Anderson | Miniseries |
| 1965 | My Brother Jack | Vern | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 1966 | Australian Playhouse | Fred | 2 episodes |
| 1966–1968 | My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? | Peregrine Nancarrow | 88 episodes Won Penguin Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1968 | Rita and Wally | Peregrine Nancarrow / Vicar Barrington | 3 episodes |
| 1969 | Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | Joe Farrell | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Woobinda, Animal Doctor | | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Delta | Rankin | 1 episode |
| 1965–1969 | Homicide | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1969; 1970 | The Rovers | Ocker / Harris | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | The Long Arm | Wally Mills | 1 episode |
| 1970 | Barrier Reef | Travis | 1 episode |
| 1971 | Dead Men Running | Matt Doherty | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1971 | Matlock Police | Stewie Hall / Hudson | 2 episodes |
| 1969–1971 | Division 4 | Various roles | 8 episodes |
| 1971 | Spyforce | Frank Newman | 1 episode |
| 1972 | Birds in the Bush | Man in Car | 1 episode |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1948 | Frieda | | Melbourne Little Theatre |
| 1952 | Antigone | Creon | University of Melbourne with Melbourne Little Theatre Company |
| 1952 | Montserrat | | University of Melbourne with Tin Alley Players |
| 1953 | They Knew What They Wanted | Tony | University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company |
| 1954 | His Excellency | His Excellency the Governor | University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company Won Erik Kuttner Award for his performance |
| 1954 | The Heiress | Dr Austin Sloper | University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company |
| 1954 | Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | University of Melbourne with Union Theatre Repertory Company |
| 1958 | Curly on the Rack | Scobie | Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney |
| 1961 | Stop Press | | Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1964 | Henry V | Chorus | Tent Theatre, Adelaide, Tent Theatre, Sydney with AET Trust for Adelaide Festival of Arts |
| 1965 | Lunch Hour | | AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company |
| 1966 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Phil Hogan | Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with AET Trust |
| 1970 | The Price | | Independent Theatre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre |

## Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1950s | Ellen Dodd | | 2UW radio series |
| 1950s | The Right to Happiness | Uncle Peter | 3UZ radio series |
| 1951 | In Theatre Street | Marven | Radio play |
| 1954– | The Air Adventures of Hop Harrigan | Hop Harrigan | Artransa Radio series |
| 1954– | Stairway to Fame | | Gordon Grimsdale radio series |
| 1954 | Fat Man | | Grace Gibson 2UW radio series |
| 1958 | Simon and Laura | | General Motors Hour radio play |
| 1950s–1960s | A Shot in the Dark | Bill Owen | Radio series |
| 1950s–1960s | The Renegade | | Radio series |
| Late 1950s | The Passionate Years | | 2UW radio series |
| c.1958 | Radio Cab | | Fidelity Radio series |
| 1959– | Squad Room | Detective RJ Scanlon | Grace Gibson Radio series |
| 1960s | The Big Fisherman | | Grace Gibson Radio series |
| 1960s | Sound of Thunder | Gregory Enger | Radio series |
| 1960– | Exciting Lives | | Grace Gibson radio series |
| 1961–1962 | Interpol Confidential | | Radio series |
| 1962 | Dr Paul | | Grace Gibson radio series |
| | Crime Five | | Radio series |
| | Elephant Walk | George Carey | Grace Gibson radio series |
| | Phantom Time | | Radio series |
| | Their Finest Hour | | Radio series |