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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 3, 1911
Died
April 20, 1990
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Alex McCrindle
0.2 Popularity
Biography
McCrindle 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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Man in Office
Leaving
1989
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Wilf
Normal Service
1988
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Wilf
The Play on One
1988
6.8
Gaolor
Comrades
1987
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Siberia Trainman
Sakharov
1984
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Mr. Trevorrow
Samson and Delilah
1984
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Macdougal
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
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The Tramp
Flying Into the Wind
1983
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The Tramp
Tales Out of School
1983
4.7
Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
The Man Who Saved the World
1982
Credits
Leaving
as Man in Office
1989
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Normal Service
as Wilf
1988
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The Play on One
as Wilf
1988
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Comrades
as Gaolor
1987
6.8
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
1984
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Samson and Delilah
as Mr. Trevorrow
1984
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Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Macdougal
1983
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Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp
1983
7.3
Tales Out of School
as The Tramp
1983
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The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
1982
4.7
Cloud Howe
as Old Leslie
1982
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Eye of the Needle
as Tom
1981
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Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
1979
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Dick Turpin
as Dr Hector Andrews
1979
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Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth
1979
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Donal and Sally
as Tam
1978
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You Are My Heart's Delight
as David
1978
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan Ross
1978
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The Peregrine Hunters
1978
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Star Wars
as General Dodonna
1977
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Shadows
as Mr. Campbell
1975
5.7
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman
1970
6.8
The Saint
as Fergus MacLish
1962
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Depth Charge
1960
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Trouble in the Glen
as Keegan
1954
5.7
I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines
1952
6.4
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The Ghost Train
as Jackson
1937
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