Alex McCrindle

Born: 1911-08-03

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.


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as General Dodonna
Released: 1977-05-25

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take...

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Eye of the Needle

as Tom
Released: 1981-07-24

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry...

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

as Baggageman
Released: 1970-10-29

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The...

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The Man Who Saved the World

as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Released: 1982-11-04

Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to...

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Comrades

as Gaolor
Released: 1987-08-23

The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed...

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Sakharov

as Siberia Trainman
Released: 1984-06-20

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his...

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I Believe in You

as Mr. Haines
Released: 1952-03-05

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue...

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Degree of Uncertainty

as Father
Released: 1979-03-06

Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of...

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Flying Into the Wind

as The Tramp
Released: 1983-06-26

The Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other...

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Leaving

as Man in Office
Released: 1989-02-05

A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland,...

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Donal and Sally

as Tam
Released: 1978-11-14

Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems...

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Normal Service

as Wilf
Released: 1988-02-02

It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under...

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Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures

as Hepworth
Released: 1979-01-01

Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and...

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The Saint

as Fergus MacLish
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Ewan Ross
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Macdougal
First aired: 1983-09-05

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a...

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The Play on One

as Wilf
First aired: 1988-01-19

A series of plays specially written for television.

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