Alex McCrindle
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.
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 TomGreat Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry...
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as BaggagemanHolmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The...
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Comrades
as GaolorThe story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed...
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Sakharov
as Siberia TrainmanBiography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his...
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I Believe in You
as Mr. HainesA drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue...
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Leaving
as Man in OfficeA moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland,...
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Degree of Uncertainty
as FatherMature 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 TrampThe Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other...
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Normal Service
as WilfIt's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under...
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Donal and Sally
as TamAdolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems...
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Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as HepworthExperimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and...
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan RossAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
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The Saint
as Fergus MacLishSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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Reilly: Ace of Spies
as MacdougalReilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a...
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