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Gerard Maguire (born 25 September 1945) also credited as Gerard McGuire, is an Australian actor, producer and screenwriter best known for his role in Prisoner as Deputy Governor, Jim Fletcher. Often appearing on Australian television police dramas and soap operas throughout the 1970s and 80s, he is also one of Australia's top voice actors, voicing numerous commercials and narrations during the 1990s and early 2000s.
In the late 1960s and the 1970s, he was a guest actor on drama series Dynasty, Ryan, and on police procedural series Matlock Police, Homicide, Division 4 and Cop Shop. Joining the Melbourne Theatre Company, he also performed in Going Home at St. Martin's Theatre on 11 March 1976. That same year, he starred with Tom Oliver and Kate Sheil in David Williamson's A Handful of Friends at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne.Perkins, Elizabeth. The Plays of Alma de Groen. Amsterdam: Rodopi B.V., 1994. Williamson, David and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt. Australian Playwrights: David Williamson. Amsterdam: Rodopi B.V., 1988. Maguire went on to supporting roles in the television miniseries Luke's Kingdom and the film Mad Dog Morgan. In 1978 he was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play , presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, on 2 February 1978.
A late arrival during the first season of Prisoner, Maguire joined the cast in mid 1979 as Deputy Governor Jim Fletcher and eventually became the only main male character during his three years on the series. Maguire eventually left during the show's fourth season in early 1982. During his last year with the series, he appeared with Prisoner co-stars Colette Mann and Val Lehman in Kitty and the Bagman (1982).
During 1983, Maguire starred as Dr. John Rivers in the television series Starting Out. As one of the school's tutors and the father of the disfigured Michelle (Rowena Mohr), his time on the series dealt with Rivers' guilt over his daughter's accident while dealing with his unhappily married wife Yvonne (Suzy Gashler).Mercado, Andrew. Super Aussie Soaps: Behind the Scenes of Australia's Best Loved TV Shows. Melbourne: Pluto Press Australia, 2004. (pg. 199)
After the series' cancellation, Maguire made a guest appearance on Special Squad and had supporting roles in The Surfer and Alice to Nowhere before returning to the stage in 1986 to perform in David Williamson's Sons of Cain which ran for five-months in London's West End. In 1987, was a television presenter for Ground Zero and appeared in one episode of The Flying Doctors during the next two years. Maguire also appeared during the final season of the soap opera The Power, The Passion as a police investigator and ex-boyfriend of one of the central characters, Ellen Byrne Edmonds (Olivia Hamnett).Mercado, Andrew. Super Aussie Soaps: Behind the Scenes of Australia's Best Loved TV Shows. Melbourne: Pluto Press Australia, 2004. (pg. 284)
Maguire continued working as a voice actor during the next several years via the internet. After a five-year absence, Maguire made an appearance in the 2007 independent film Brothel.
As of 2013, Maguire lives in Arizona.
| 1969 | You Can't See 'Round Corners | Terry (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1971 | Demonstrator | Steven Slater | Feature film |
| 1971 | Country Town | Phillip Henderson | Feature film |
| 1972 | Crisis | TV film | |
| 1976 | Secret Doors | TV film | |
| 1976 | Mad Dog Morgan | Rutherford | Feature film |
| 1979 | Burn the Butterflies | TV film | |
| 1981 | Prisoner in Concert | Jim Fletcher | TV film |
| 1982 | Kitty and the Bagman | Cyril | Film |
| 1984 | The Bodyguard | Lawyer | Short film |
| 1986 | The Surfer | ||
| 1987 | Death Ware | Jack | |
| 1987 | Ground Zero | TV presenter | Feature film |
| 1988 | Vicious! (aka To Make a Killing) | Brian Kennedy | Feature film |
| 1989 | Mull | Dr. Graham | |
| 1993 | Gross Misconduct | Vice Chancellor | Feature film |
| 1997 | Heart of Fire | Scott Dodd | TV film |
| The Fury Within | Dr. Daryl Levine | TV film | |
| 2001 | The Finder | Sgt. Jack Matthews | TV film |
| 2002 | Bloodsports | Barry Kelly | TV film |
| 2003 | Code 11-14 | Captain Copeland | TV film |
| 2008 | Brothel | Curtis | Feature film |
| 1969 | Riptide | Tractor Driver | Episode: "North of the Headland" |
| 1970 | The Link Men | Terry | Episode: "Somebody's Kid is Missing" |
| 1970-71 | Dynasty | Jamie Brooks | 2 episodes |
| 1973 | Ryan | Jack Baker | 2 episodes |
| 1971-74 | Matlock Police | Ted Brewer, Keith Evans, Mick Johnson, Terry Harris, Nick Rogers, Walt Rogers | 6 episodes |
| 1969-73 | Homicide | Wilson, Bruce Foster, Lyell Revel, Gecko, Riley | 4 episodes |
| 1969-75 | Division 4 | Vince Jordon, George Flack, Jerry Thompson, Martin Roche, Mike Turner, Donald West, Phillip Reid, Brent Campbell, Cookson | 9 episodes |
| 1975 | Shannon's Mob | Fraser | Episode: "When Collier Came" |
| 1976 | Luke's Kingdom | 13 episodes | |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | Colin Lassiter | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Bluey | Larry Davis | Episode: "The Pick Up" |
| 1978-79 | Cop Shop | Peter Galbraith, Phillip Kline, Frank Garde, Eddy Marshall | 7 episodes |
| 1980 | Lawson's Mates | Jock | Episode: "Joe Wilson" |
| The Daryl Somers Show | Man with parked car (uncredited) | ||
| Jim Fletcher | 209 episodes | ||
| 1983 | Starting Out | Dr. John Rivers | |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Hansen | |
| 1985 | The Fast Lane | Bill Martin | Episode: "Irreconcilable Differences" |
| 1986 | The Lancaster Miller Affair | Frank Upton | Miniseries |
| 1986 | Alice to Nowhere | Tim Sanderson | Miniseries |
| 1987 | Neighbours | Parnell | |
| 1988 | The Flying Doctors | Harry McDonald | Episode: "Johnnie Come Home" |
| 1989 | The Power, The Passion | David | |
| 1989 | Bodysurfer | Gordon | Miniseries |
| 1990 | The Bradys | Australian Envoy | Episode: "The Party Girls" |
| 1990 | Embassy | Freddie | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Iron Man | Titanium Man (voice) | Episode: "Distant Boundaries" |
| 1997 | Heartbreak High | Tom Harding | |
| 1998 | Water Rats | Lloyd Venables | Episode: "Old Bones" |
| 1999 | Murder Call | Donald Cook | |
| All Saints | Peter Maloney | 2 episodes |
| The Jane |
| UNSW Old Tote Theatre with NIDA |
| UNSW Old Tote Theatre with NIDA |
| UNSW, Sydney with NIDA |
| UNSW, Sydney with NIDA |
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| Menzies Hotel, Sydney |
| Queensland tour with Youth Elizabethans |
| Queensland tour with Youth Elizabethans |
| Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Canberra, Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Hobart with Harry M. Miller |
| Pitt Street Congregational Church, Sydney |
| Nimrod Street Theatre, Sydney |
| UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra with NIDA |
| Playhouse, Canberra, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, Hunter Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, UNSW Old Tote Theatre with MTC |
| AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company |
| UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company |
| Stables Theatre, Sydney with King O'Malley Theatre Company |
| St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC |
| Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC |
| Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC (also played trumpet & trombone) |
| Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC |
| Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC |
| Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Wyndham’s Theatre, London with Queensland Theatre, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust & Theatre of Comedy |
| Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| Old Marketplace, Sedona, Arizona |
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| Bondi Pavilion |
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