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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 30, 1925
Died
December 3, 1998
Place of Birth
Naples, Campania, Italy
George Murcell
2.3 Popularity
Biography
Arthur George Murcell (30 October 1925 – 3 December 1998) was a British character actor. Born in Italy, he made his film debut in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Murcell went on to develop a career playing snarling villains in both film and television. These could either be stupid, brutish henchmen, as in Hell Drivers and Campbell's Kingdom (both 1957), or sophisticated rogues, such as Needle in "You Have Just Been Murdered", an episode of The Avengers. He specialised in playing foreign characters, including Germans, Russians and South Americans. A number of these roles were in ITC adventure TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Danger Man, The Baron, The Saint, The Champions (Reply Box No.666 episode, 1967) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Persuaders! and Jason King. His film roles included Sea of Sand (1958), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Kaleidoscope (1966), The Fixer (1968), A Dandy in Aspic (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Penny Gold (1973), Special Branch (1974), Inside the Third Reich (1982, as Hermann Göring), Year of the Gun (1991), and Cutthroat Island (1995). He enjoyed a long stage career, which involved working with Tyrone Guthrie and Peter Brook, and was active in the Royal Shakespeare Company.In the 1970s, he acquired a Victorian church in North London, which he converted into an Elizabethan-style theatre in collaboration with director Adrian Brown. In 1973, he opened it as "St George's Theatre", intending that it present little-seen classical plays. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he continued to work at St George's Theatre as both an actor and a director, often with his wife, Elvi Hale.
Known For
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Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice)
Presented in Supercolorisation
2022
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Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only)
Presented in Supercolorisation
2022
4.7
The Ice Princess
1996
5.8
Mordachai Fingers
Cutthroat Island
1995
4.9
Pierre Bernier
Year of the Gun
1991
6.2
Herr Gesing
Pascali's Island
1988
8.0
Peter the Great
1986
0.0
Herman Goering
Inside the Third Reich
1982
5.0
Silas Kemble
Smuggler
1981
7.5
Yashinkov
The Professionals
1977
Credits
Presented in Supercolorisation
as Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice)
2022
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Presented in Supercolorisation
as Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only)
2022
0.0
The Ice Princess
1996
4.7
Cutthroat Island
as Mordachai Fingers
1995
5.8
Year of the Gun
as Pierre Bernier
1991
4.9
Pascali's Island
as Herr Gesing
1988
6.2
Peter the Great
1986
8.0
Inside the Third Reich
as Herman Goering
1982
0.0
Smuggler
as Silas Kemble
1981
5.0
The Professionals
as Yashinkov
1977
7.5
1990
as Tiny
1977
6.0
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
7.0
Penelope Pulls It Off
as Owen
1975
1.2
Armchair Cinema
as Maître Rabut
1974
7.0
The Prison
as Maître Rabut
1974
0.0
Penny Gold
as Doctor Merrick
1973
5.7
Mafia Junction
1973
4.9
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Vandeleur
1971
7.4
The Persuaders!
as Zorakin
1971
7.6
Jason King
1971
7.6
The Horsemen
as Mizrar
1971
6.3
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A Sound from the Sea
as George
1970
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Manhunt
as Franco
1970
6.5
A Walk with Love and Death
as The Captain
1969
5.9
The Possessed
as Liputin
1969
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The Assassination Bureau
as Zeppelin pilot
1969
6.6
The Champions
as Nikko
1968
6.2
The Champions
as El Gaudillo
1968
6.2
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Grels
1968
4.3
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
6.8
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Rogues' Gallery
as Sir Esmond Bellasize
1968
10.0
The Naked Runner
1967
6.0
You Only Live Twice
as Russian Diplomat (uncredited)
1967
6.6
The Informer
as Willie Cluff
1966
0.0
Kaleidoscope
as Johnny
1966
4.9
The Heroes of Telemark
as Sturmfuhrer
1965
6.9
Gideon's Way
as Kautsky
1965
6.8
Theatre 625
as Delamarche
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as Wensley Grafton
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as Grels
1964
7.2
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Victorinus
1964
6.5
In Search of the Castaways
as Ayerton's Assistant
1962
6.5
The Saint
as Vogler
1962
7.4
The Saint
as Abdul Graner
1962
7.4
Suspense
1962
5.5
The Cherry Orchard
as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
1962
8.0
The Pursuers
as Freddy
1961
5.0
Supercar
1961
6.7
The Avengers
as Needle
1961
7.7
Crossroads to Crime
as Diamond
1960
5.5
There Was a Crooked Man
as Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'
1960
6.1
The Angry Silence
as Jones
1960
7.2
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Don't Panic Chaps!
as Meister
1959
5.1
Sea of Sand
as Cpl. Simms
1958
6.5
Sea Fury
as Loudon
1958
6.0
Blood of the Vampire
as First Guard
1958
5.7
Campbell's Kingdom
as Max, a worker
1957
5.9
Hell Drivers
as Tub
1957
6.7
The Battle of the River Plate
as Chief Officer, Newton Beach
1956
6.3
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Jaggyd
1956
6.5
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The Merry Christmas
as Mr. Fezziwig
1955
0.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sheriff's Guard
1955
6.3
Sunday Night Theatre
as M. Lafarge
1950
3.5