# Gordon Glenwright

Gordon Charles Glenwright (17 March 1918 – 25 May 1985) was an Australian actor, stage manager and playwright.

## Early life

Glenwright served as a lieutenant in the Australian Army during the Second World War.

## Career

He was familiar to audiences for his appearances on stage, television and film. He described himself as a "tradesman".
Glenwright started his career in theatre in the late 1940s, and started moving into television roles from the mid-1950s, primarily appearing in serials and telemovies.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1957 | The Shiralee | | Feature film |
| 1957 | Three in One | Alex | Anthology film (segment: The City) |
| 1958 | The Trial of Madeleine Smith | | TV play |
| 1959 | Hamlet | The Gravedigger | TV play |
| 1959 | The Seagull | Sorin | TV play |
| 1959 | Misery Me | Carlo Bambas | TV play |
| 1959 | They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful | | TV play |
| 1960 | The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day | Charlie Gibson | TV play |
| 1960 | The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (The General Motors Hour) | Dr Lloyd Angell | TV play |
| 1961 | The Sergeant from Burralee | Captain Alcot | TV play |
| 1961 | Traveller Without Luggage | Butler | TV film |
| 1962 | Manhaul | Dinny McQuade | TV play |
| 1963 | Ballad for One Gun | | TV play |
| 1963 | The Tempest | Stephano | TV play |
| 1964 | I Have Been Here Before | | TV play |
| 1964 | The One That Got Away | | Feature film |
| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob | | Feature film |
| 1974 | Escape from Singapore | | TV film |
| 1974 | The Dove | Darwin Harbour Master | Feature film |
| 1977 | Say You Want Me | | TV film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1@59-60 | Whiplash | | TV series |
| 1962 | Telestory | Narrator | TV series (episode: They're a Weird Mob) |
| 1982-84 | Carson's Law | Sgt Vic Brown | TV series |
| 1963-64 | Tribunal | | TV series |
| 1964 | The Stranger | Lord Mayor | TV series |
| 1968 | The Battlers | Bongo Byrne | TV series |
| 1974 | Things That Go Bump in the Night | Charlie | TV miniseries |
| 1974 | Class of '74 | Hubbard | TV series |
| 1975 | The Rise and Fall of Wellington Boots | | TV series |
| 1976 | King's Men | Detective Inspector Harry King | TV series |
| 1982 | Taurus Rising | Harry Brent | TV series |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Company |
| 1948 | Pride and Prejudice | | Minerva Theatre, Sydney |
| 1948 | Storm in a Teacup | | Minerva Theatre, Sydney |
| 1948 | Julius Caesar | | Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 1948 | Ah, Wilderness! | | Minerva Theatre, Sydney |
| 1949 | The Maid of the Mountains | | 'Sydney Conservatorium of Music |
| 1949 | Twelfth Night | | Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 1949 | Dark Enchantment | | Minerva Theatre, Sydney |
| 1949 | Pirates at the Barn | | Minerva Theatre, Sydney |
| 1951-52 | See How They Run | | King's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, Princess Theatre, Melbourne & His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland |
| 1951 | Light Up the Sky | | Princess Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1951 | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp | | Princess Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1953 | For Better for Worse | | Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 1954 | Eternal Night | | Independent Theatre, Sydney |
| 1957-58 | The Shifting Heart | Det. Sgt. Lukie | Elizabethan Theatre |
| 1959 | Hamlet | Two Gravediggers | ABN Channel 2 |
| 1959 | They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful | | ATN-7, GTV-9 TV Studios, Melbourne |
| 1959 | The Piccadilly Bushman | | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Adelaide |
| 1960 | The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day | Charlie Gibson | ABC Television Studios |
| 1962 | Saint Joan | | University of Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Palace Theatre, Sydney, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1962 | You Never Can Tell | | University of Melbourne |
| 1962-63 | Carnival! | | Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 1963 | Ballad for One Gun | | ABC Television Studios |
| 1963 | The Fire on the Snow | | Independent Theatre |
| 1964 | King Henry V | Pistol | Tent Theatre, Adelaide, Tent Theatre, Rushcutters Bay |
| 1964 | Hullabaloo Belay | | St James Playhouse, Sydney |
| 1966 | The Apple Cart | | Ensemble Theatre |
| 1967 | The Homecoming | | University of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre |
| 1967 | Getting Married | | Independent Theatre |
| 1969 | Hamlet | | University of NSW, Old Tote Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra, Theatre Royal, Hobart |
| 1969 | The Rivals | | Playhouse, Canberra |
| 1969 | Little Murder | | University of NSW |
| 1969 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Polonius | Theatre Royal, Hobart |
| 1970 | The Band Wagon | | Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Phillip Theatre, Sydney |
| 1970-72 | Man of La Mancha | The Innkeeper | Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Canberra Theatre |
| 1970 | Dick Whittington | | University of NSW |
| 1972 | A Dead Liberty | | AMP Theatrette, Sydney |
| 1972 | The Removalists | Simmonds | Phillip Street Theatre |
| 1976 | The Puddin' Club (Same Difference) | | Bonaparte's Theatre Restaurant, Woolloomooloo |
| 1977 | Next | | St James Playhouse, Sydney |
| 1977 | Funny Peculiar | Harry Asquith | Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 1978 | Don't Piddle Against the Wind, Mate | Frank Burke / Understudy for Bob | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane |
| 1978 | The Homecoming | Max | Townsville Civic Theatre, Cairns Civic Theatre |
| 1978 | King Lear | Earl of Kent | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane, Seymour Centre |
| 1979 | The Drowned Phoenician Sailor | Shop Stewart | ABC Radio Sydney |
| 1979 | No Names ... No Pack Drill | Det. Sgt. Browning | NSW regional tour |
| 1979 | The Day After the Fair | Arthur Harnham | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 1981 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | Theatre 3, Canberra |
| 1981 | Travelling North | Frank | NSW & QLD tour |
| 1981 | Flexitime | The Boss | Phillip Street Theatre |
| 1984 | Salonika | | Nimrod Theatre Company |

## Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
| 1952 | The Explorers | | |
| 1955 | Friday the 13th | Erik | |
| 1954 | Dangerous Assignment | | Episodes: "Sandakan, Borneo", "Singapore", "Tibet" |
| 1955 | The Clock | George | Episodes: "Ghost Story", "Only Death is Timeless", "Deadlier than the Male" |
| 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 | |
| 1960 | The Quiet Stranger | Old John | |
| 1961 | Passage of the Tangmar | Captain Goddard | |

## Death

Glenwright passed away 25 May 1985, aged 67 in Sydney, New South Wales.