Early career 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 Rivers' 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).
Producing and writing 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.
Return to Australia 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.
Return to USA 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, Maguire lives in
Arizona. ==Filmography==