Name
Alex McCrindle
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-08-03
Deathday
1990-04-20 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
Alex McCrindle (August 3, 1911 - April 20, 1990) began his acting career in 1937 starring in minor roles in UK Television. From 1946 to 1951 he played the role of Jock Anderson in Dick Barton – Special Agent. In 1951 he starred in his first film in the USA, The House in the Square. From there his acting career took off. He then did five more films: I Believe in You (1952), The Kidnappers (1953), Trouble in the Glen (1954), Geordie (1955) and Depth Charge (1960). From 1962 to 1974 he went to television acting. In 1976 he was cast as General Dodonna in the first Star Wars film. He went back to minor roles on TV, including the role of the eccentric veterinarian Ewan Ross on All Creatures Great and Small.
Known For
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Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henr...
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When a bored Sherlock eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon following an attempt on...
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A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue L...
- 1977 Star Wars as General Dodonna
- 1984 Sakharov as Siberia Trainman
- 1988 Normal Service as Wilf
- 1978 You Are My Heart's Delight as David
- 1937 The Ghost Train as Jackson
- 1983 Flying Into the Wind as The Tramp
- 1978 The Peregrine Hunters
- 1960 Depth Charge
- 1982 The Man Who Saved the World as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
- 1979 Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures as Hepworth
- 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Baggageman
- 1987 Comrades as Gaolor
- 1979 Degree of Uncertainty as Father
- 1978 Donal and Sally as Tam
- 1981 Eye of the Needle as Tom
- 1952 I Believe in You as Mr. Haines
- 1989 Leaving as Man in Office
- 1984 Samson and Delilah as Mr. Trevorrow
- 1954 Trouble in the Glen as Keegan
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Fergus MacLish
- 1978 All Creatures Great and Small ( 1 episode ) as Ewan Ross
- 1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies ( 1 episode ) as Macdougal
- 1982 Cloud Howe ( 4 episodes ) as Old Leslie
- 1979 Dick Turpin ( 1 episode ) as Dr Hector Andrews
- 1975 Shadows ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Campbell
- 1983 Tales Out of School ( 1 episode ) as The Tramp
- 1966 Mystery and Imagination ( 1 episode ) as Lapraik
- 1977 The Sunday Drama ( 1 episode ) as David
- 1988 The Play on One ( 1 episode ) as Wilf
- 1980 Sounding Brass ( 6 episodes ) as Mr. Mackenzie
