Steven Grives

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Steven Grives
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Steven Grives is an English actor based in Australia.

Grives made his debut at age 14 on stage at Drury Lane. [1] He went on to feature in The Sandbaggers before getting a lead role in Flambards . [2] [3] After featuring in The Ravelled Thread , [4] [5] Inseminoid [6] and Second Chance he moved to Australia. [7] [8] 1981 saw him as a main cast member in Holiday Island [9] [10] and from 1999 in Beastmaster . [11] In 2003 he was a regular on Fat Cow Motel .

Other screen appearances include The Footstep Man , [12] Super Sleuth [13] Captain James Cook [14] Scooby-Doo [15] Sinbad and the Minotaur [16] and Dangerous Game . [17]

Grives co-produced the film adaptation of The Right-Hand Man . [18] and hosted Queensland's Best Living, a property program on Channel 7. [19]

On stage Grives has featured in Hamlet (Northcote Theatre, 1975), [1] Murderer (Karnak Playhouse, 1992) [20] Brazilian Blue (Twelfth Night Theatre, 1995) [21] The Duchess of Malfi (Thomas Dixon Centre Performance Studio, 2005) [19] The Drowning Bride (La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre, 2005) [22] Brave New World Order (Brisbane Powerhouse Visy Theatre, 2003) [23] and Dead Cats Don't Bounce (The Cremorne Theatre, 2009). [24]

References

  1. 1 2 "Explosive arrival of two Hamlets", Herald Express, 7 November 1975
  2. "Acting Skills: Hang Upside Down, Fall Off Horse", The Daily Herald, 22 June 1981
  3. "Flambards may gallop back", Sandwell Evening Mail, 21 November 1979
  4. Lynas, Stephan (27 March 1979), "Film crew have rough morning on the Dart", Herald Express
  5. "Life on the ocean wave proves too much for Steven and Jack", Dorset Echo, 28 January 1980
  6. "Steven's on home ground", Birmingham Evening Mail, 12 March 1981
  7. Muir, Debbie (19 December 1983), "Stories on divorce in vogue", The Canberra Times
  8. "Hunting again - and in the pink!", Daily Record, 20 February 1981
  9. Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (15 April 1981), "Australian debut for "the man England loves to hate"", The Australian Women's Weekly
  10. Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (21 July 1981), "Oh! island in the Melbourne sun...", The Sydney Morning Herald
  11. "Fall '99 TV", The Sacramento Bee, 19 September 1981
  12. McDonald, Dougal (2 December 1992), "Two standouts in a mix of highs and lows", The Canberra Times
  13. Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (12 August 1984), "Whodunnit with a difference", The Sydney Morning Herald
  14. Oliver, Robin (5 October 1987), "Aunty turns the captain into one smart Cookie", The Sydney Morning Herald
  15. "Prime video this week", Concord Monitor, 29 October 2023
  16. "Far away from former role", The Courier Mail, 9 February 2010
  17. Kane, Eugene (12 October 1990), "This alleged 'Dangerous Game' will lose viewers to boredom", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  18. Byrnes, Paul (16 November 1985), "The woman behind The Right Hand Man", The Sydney Morning Herald
  19. 1 2 Brown, Phil (28 September 2005), "bad to the core", Brisbane News
  20. Radic, Leonard (11 August 1992), "Lightweight thriller returns in a tropical setting", The Age
  21. Payne, Pamela (21 May 1995), "Wit and dry", The Age
  22. Kennedy, Doug (29 May 2005), "Bad man blues", The Courier Mail
  23. Aldred, Debra (25 June 2003), "The story man", The Courier Mail
  24. Brown, Phil (7 February 2009), "Bouncing the business", Brisbane News