Steven Grives

Steven Grives
OccupationActor

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