Ian Ogilvy Movies and Career Information

Ian Raymond Ogilvy (born 30 September 1943) is an English film and television actor. He was born in Woking, Surrey, England, the son of advertising executive Francis Ogilvy (the brother of advertising legend David Ogilvy) and actress Aileen Raymond (who had previously been married to John Mills). He was educated at Eton End School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is best known as the star of the 1978–1979 television series Return of the Saint, in which he assumed the role of Simon Templar, which Roger Moore played from 1962 to 1969. The role led to his being considered a leading contender for taking over the role of James Bond in the early 1980s, when Moore announced his intention to leave the role. Ultimately, Ogilvy never played the part (in part due to Moore's reconsidering his resignation on several occasions), although he did play a Bond-like character in a series of North American TV commercials broadcast in the early 1990s. At least once, in an Episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Dragon's Wing II", he played a Bond-like British agent, complete with white dinner jacket. He did, in addition, record a series of readings of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels in