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Leonard Maguire

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Leonard Maguire
Maguire playing "Uncle" in EastEnders.
Born
Leonard Ignatius Maguire

(1924-05-26)26 May 1924
Manchester, England
Died12 September 1997(1997-09-12) (aged 73)

Leonard Maguire (26 May 1924 – 12 September 1997) was a British actor, born in England but lived much of his life in Scotland. Maguire's acting career, began in the 1940s.

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Early life

Maguire was born in Manchester, England, to Scottish parents.[1] His father was Thomas Maguire, a former consul in Valparaíso, Chile,[2] who was of Irish descent. Maguire's family moved to Antwerp, Belgium in 1926 before moving to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1932. He was educated at St Mungo's Academy in Glasgow.[1] Maguire was one of the founding members of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre[3] in 1943, after being invalided out of the RAF during World War II.[1] He began in the company as an Assistant Stage Manager with walk on parts.[2]

Career

In 1945, he auditioned for and joined Laurence Olivier's company at the Phoenix Theatre in London, in a production of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, starring Vivien Leigh. Other productions in which he was cast include Sheridan's The Rivals, starring Edith Evans, and a stage version of Crime and Punishment, starring John Gielgud.[2]

He appeared on stage in numerous plays, including world premieres from Samuel Beckett and Dylan Thomas at the Edinburgh Festival. Maguire won the sought-after Fringe First award three years in a row for solo shows (1976, 1977, 1978); he was the only performer to accomplish this.[4] In 1959, he played Menteith in Finlay J. MacDonald's BBC radio production of Sydney Goodsir Smith's play, The Wallace.[5] During the fifteen years period from 1951, he presented nearly 2,000 radio programmes, which included Scope and Perspective.[6] He was one of the hosts of the television arts programme Tempo in the 1960s.[4]

Maguire appeared as the headmaster in school drama serial This Man Craig. Other television credits include: Dixon of Dock Green (1962); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1963–1970); Z-Cars (1967); The Troubleshooters (1967); The Borderers (1969); Emmerdale Farm (1973); Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1974); The Pallisers (1974); Doctor Who (1980); Rockliffe's Babies (1987); a recurring character in EastEnders as Lou Beale's friend "Uncle" (1986–1988); Rab C. Nesbitt (1990); Bergerac (1991), and Poirot (1993), among many others.

His film credits included The Awakening (1980), The Honorary Consul (1983), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987), A Dry White Season (1989), and Prospero's Books (1991).

Personal life

Maguire married radio producer Frances Campbell (1917–2008) in the 1960s.[7] After his retirement, Maguire moved to France, settling in the village of Cordes-sur-Ciel, where he died in 1997 after a lengthy illness. He was aged 73. He was survived by his wife and their three children.[4]

Theatre

Year Title Role Company Director Notes
1972 Kidnapped Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Bill Bryden adaptation by Keith Dewhurst

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Awakening John Matthews
1983 The Honorary Consul Dr. Humphries
1985 The Doctor and the Devils Nightwatchman
1987 Little Dorrit Knowledgeable Debtor
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Doctor Bowe
1988 The Girl in a Swing Dr. Frazer
1989 A Dry White Season Bruwer
1994 OcchioPinocchio Brando's Brother
1996 Victory Old Trader McNab (final film role)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Actor content to let his work do the talking". The Herald. 15 September 1997.
  2. ^ a b c Presenter: Matthew Parris (21 August 2012). "Leonard Maguire". Great Lives. Series 28. Episode 4. BBC Radio 4.
  3. ^ "Leonard Maguire obituary - the Doctor Who Cuttings Archive".
  4. ^ a b c "Leonard Maguire obituary". The Independent. 14 September 1997. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. ^ McLellan, Robert, Review of The Wallace, in Thomson, David Cleghorn (ed.), Saltire Review, Vol. 6, No. 22, Autumn 1960, The Saltire Society, Edinburgh, pp. 75 - 77
  6. ^ Obituary, The Times, 29 September 1997 (pg.27)
  7. ^ "Frances Campbell". The Scotsman. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

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