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 Super Sleuth[12] Captain James Cook[13] Scooby-Doo[14] Sinbad and the Minotaur[15] and Dangerous Game.[16]

Grives co-produced the film adaptation of The Right-Hand Man.[17] and hosted Queensland's Best Living, a property program on Channel 7.[18]

On stage Grives has featured in Hamlet (Northcote Theatre, 1975),[1] Murderer (Karnak Playhouse, 1992)[19] Brazilian Blue (Twelfth Night Theatre, 1995)[20] The Duchess of Malfi (Thomas Dixon Centre Performance Studio, 2005)[18] The Drowning Bride (La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre, 2005)[21] Brave New World Order (Brisbane Powerhouse Visy Theatre, 2003)[22] and Dead Cats Don't Bounce (The Cremorne Theatre, 2009).[23]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (12 August 1984), "Whodunnit with a difference", The Sydney Morning Herald
  13. ^ Oliver, Robin (5 October 1987), "Aunty turns the captain into one smart Cookie", The Sydney Morning Herald
  14. ^ "Prime video this week", Concord Monitor, 29 October 2023
  15. ^ "Far away from former role", The Courier Mail, 9 February 2010
  16. ^ Kane, Eugene (12 October 1990), "This alleged 'Dangerous Game' will lose viewers to boredom", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  17. ^ Byrnes, Paul (16 November 1985), "The woman behind The Right Hand Man", The Sydney Morning Herald
  18. ^ a b Brown, Phil (28 September 2005), "bad to the core", Brisbane News
  19. ^ Radic, Leonard (11 August 1992), "Lightweight thriller returns in a tropical setting", The Age
  20. ^ Payne, Pamela (21 May 1995), "Wit and dry", The Age
  21. ^ Kennedy, Doug (29 May 2005), "Bad man blues", The Courier Mail
  22. ^ Aldred, Debra (25 June 2003), "The story man", The Courier Mail
  23. ^ Brown, Phil (7 February 2009), "Bouncing the business", Brisbane News