Ian Ogilvy
Auteur de Measle and the Wrathmonk
A propos de l'auteur
Ian Ogilvy is a writer and an actor. He's done more acting than writing, and most of that in England, where he was born. He's appeared in films, plays, and many television shows. He lives in southern California with his wife, his two stepsons, and lots of dogs
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Naturalized US citizen.
Séries
Œuvres de Ian Ogilvy
The Train Set of Terror! - A Measle Stubbs Adventure: A Measle Stubbs Adventure 1 (2010) 4 exemplaires
We Still Steal the Old Way [Blu-ray] — Actor — 3 exemplaires
Withering Slights 1 exemplaire
Anna Karenina 1 exemplaire
Measle és a Mordmágus 1 exemplaire
Im Bann der schwarzen Hexer 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
We Still Kill the Old Way — Actor — 9 exemplaires
Return of The Saint: The Complete Series 5 exemplaires
The Amicus Collection - Asylum | And Now The Screaming Starts | The Beast Must Die (2007) — Actor — 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Woking, Surrey, England
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Naturalized US citizen.
Membres
Discussions
Found: YA/Kids, Boy, Dog and Sister. Wizard/Warlock à Name that Book (Septembre 2021)
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Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 19
- Aussi par
- 8
- Membres
- 683
- Popularité
- #37,041
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 71
- Langues
- 6
The book opens with Ogilvy's detailed (but not lurid) account of how his father paid a girl to take his virginity at 15 and what a marvellous thing that was for a father to do. He doesn't say whether he did similar for his own son in later years... :-) But this story, amusing and touching as it is, sets the tone for the rest of the book. Somewhat light on detail and very little "bad times" (no mention really of his heavy drinking after his 1st marriage broke down, his parents' heavy drinking or of how tough he found it after Return of The Saint ended, other than stating he couldn't get any TV or film work for years and so returned to the theatre) although his nervous breakdown while appearing in a play and subsequent retirement from the Stage is dealt with. His move to America, meeting his 2nd wife, stopping drinking and becoming an author gets barely a mention, which is a shame.
As befits an ex public schoolboy (he went to Eton), he acknowledges he's not in touch with his emotions to the point where he cries - or can even stand men showing their emotions (admitting it actually makes him angry), so the nervous breakdown episode did show how temporarily broken he was. No real mention of how he recovered, or how long it took - other than he stopped going on stage and hasn't felt like returning to it since. But he's also honest about his own shortcomings (particularly in how his 1st marriage ended) and its that that makes the book entertaining - witty and well written, not taxing or high brow but an entertaining jaunt through the life of an actor who only briefly reached the top but was able to keep working nonetheless.… (plus d'informations)