Alex McCrindle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1911
- Died
- April 20, 1990 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Leaving
Movie · as Man in Office
Normal Service
Movie · as Wilf
The Play on One
TV · as Wilf · 1 ep
Comrades
Movie · as Gaolor
Sakharov
Movie · as Siberia Trainman
Samson and Delilah
Movie · as Mr. Trevorrow
Flying Into the Wind
Movie · as The Tramp
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV · as Macdougal · 1 ep
Tales Out of School
TV · as The Tramp · 1 ep
The Man Who Saved the World
Movie · as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Cloud Howe
TV · as Old Leslie · 4 eps
Eye of the Needle
Movie · as Tom
Sounding Brass
TV · as Mr. Mackenzie · 6 eps
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Movie · as Hepworth
Degree of Uncertainty
Movie · as Father
Dick Turpin
TV · as Dr Hector Andrews · 1 ep
You Are My Heart's Delight
Movie · as David
The Peregrine Hunters
Movie
Donal and Sally
Movie · as Tam
All Creatures Great and Small
TV · as Ewan Ross · 1 ep
Star Wars
Movie · as General Dodonna
The Sunday Drama
TV · as David · 1 ep
Shadows
TV · as Mr. Campbell · 1 ep
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Baggageman
Mystery and Imagination
TV · as Lapraik · 1 ep
The Saint
TV · as Fergus MacLish · 1 ep
Depth Charge
Movie
Trouble in the Glen
Movie · as Keegan
I Believe in You
Movie · as Mr. Haines
The Ghost Train
Movie · as Jackson