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), 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 was a friend of film-maker Michael Reeves and starred in all three of Reeves's films: Revenge of the Blood Beast (1966), The Sorcerers (1967), and Witchfinder General (also known as The Conqueror Worm, 1968)...
From Beyond the Grave
1974
The Saint Steps In... To Television
2008
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
2021
The Saint and the Brave Goose
1979
Witchfinder General
1968
The Athena Syndrome
N/A
Death Becomes Her
1992
The Connoisseur
1966
The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves
2019
Eddie Presley
1993
The Invincible Six
1970
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2022
Horse Sense
1999
We Still Kill the Old Way
2014
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
1997
We Still Steal the Old Way
2017
The Saint
2017
My Life in Ruins
2009
Invasion of Privacy
1992
Wuthering Heights
1970
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
Waterloo
1970
The Gathering Storm
1974
Stranger in the House
1967
Renegades
2022
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967
Fugitive Mind
1999
The Sorcerers
1967
Puppet Master 5
1994
Anna Karenina
1985
Maigret
1988
Mistrust
2018
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
The She Beast
1966
Knightfall
2025
Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976