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Australian actor, producer and screenwriter

After minor one time roles on the television series Riptide and The Link Men, Maguire made his feature film debut in The Demonstrator with Joe James and Irene Inescort. In the film, he portrayed university student Steve Slater whose political differences with his father Joe Slater, a Federal cabinet minister, result in his leading a series of protests disrupting his father's activities in organising an international conference. The film was considered a commercial failure. Following this he starred in the film Country Town (1971) Country Town was a feature film spin off from Australian Broadcasting Corporation soap opera Bellbird. 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. 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 Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 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 his guilt over his daughter's accident while dealing with his unhappily married wife Yvonne (Suzy Gashler). 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).

While producing a film adaptation of a novel during the mid 1980s, he replaced the screenwriter originally working on the screenplay. Contacted by Columbia Pictures, he flew to California to discuss the project, he met producer and then Senior Vice president Jane Alsobrook. He soon began a romantic relationship and Maguire ended up staying in Los Angeles for the next several years. In 1993, he and Lance Peters co wrote Gross Misconduct, later directed by George T. Miller and, the following year, wrote Seduce Me: Pamela Principle 2 and was the script supervisor for Tunnel Vision. He was also involved in acting workshops with actors such as Jon Voight among others.

In 1995, he moved back to Australia with Alsobrook when she accepted a position as president of Australia's largest independent film production and distribution company, REP. During the mid to late 1990s, Maguire appeared in the television movies Heart of Fire, The Fury Within and The Finder as well as the guest appearances on the television series Water Rats, Murder Call and All Saints. He became a voice actor, eventually narrating hundreds of commercials and, in 1995, was the voice of Titanium Man in the series Iron Man. During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was the announcer during the diving events.

Following the September 11 attacks, Maguire moved to the United States allowing his wife to be closer to her family in Sedona, Arizona. Although continuing to be involved in a number of film projects with his wife, he also became involved in local theatre agreeing to appear in theatrical performances with the Canyon Moon Theatre Company and, in April 2002, appeared as the narrator in Side By Side By Sondheim at the Old Marketplace in West Sedona. 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 Gerard lives in Arizona.

Year Title Role Type 1969 You Can't See 'Round Corners Terry (uncredited) 1971 Demonstrator Steven Slater 1971 Country Town Phillip Henderson 1972 Crisis Television film 1976 Secret Doors Television film 1976 Mad Dog Morgan Rutherford 1979 Burn the Butterflies Television film 1981 Prisoner in Concert Jim Fletcher Television film 1984 The Bodyguard Lawyer Short film 1986 The Surfer 1987 Death Ware Jack 1987 Ground Zero TV presenter 1988 Vicious! Brian Kennedy 1989 Mull Dr. Graham 1993 Gross Misconduct Vice Chancellor 1997 Heart of Fire Scott Dodd Television film The Fury Within Dr. Daryl Levine Television film 2001 The Finder Sgt. Jack Matthews Television film 2002 Bloodsports Barry Kelly Television film 2003 Code 11 14 Captain Copeland Television film 2008 Brothel Curtis

Year Title Role Type 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 TV series, 7 episodes 1980 Lawson's Mates Jock Episode: "Joe Wilson" The Daryl Somers Show Man with parked car (uncredited) Prisoner: Cell Block H Jim Fletcher 209 episodes 1982 Kitty and the Bagman Cyril 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 TV series All Saints Peter Maloney 2 episodes