Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Alex McCrindle
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 15Series: 9
TMDB ID: 216087
IMDb ID: nm0567018
Known for: Acting
Born: August 3, 1911
Died: April 20, 1990
Age: 78
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 1989
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.92
Wikidata: Q15488048
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alex McCrindle.
Leaving
as Man in Office
1989 Movie
Normal Service
as Wilf
1988 Movie
6.8
Comrades
as Gaolor
1987 Movie
7.0
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
1984 Movie
7.3
Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp
1983 Movie
4.8
The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
1982 Movie
6.6
Eye of the Needle
as Tom
1981 Movie
Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
1979 Movie
5.0
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth
1979 Movie
Donal and Sally
as Tam
1978 Movie
You Are My Heart's Delight
as David
1978 Movie
8.2
Star Wars
as General Dodonna
1977 Movie
6.8
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman
1970 Movie
5.5
Trouble in the Glen
as Keegan
1954 Movie
6.4
I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines
1952 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alex McCrindle.
6.0
The Play on One
as Wilf • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Macdougal • 1 eps
1983 Series
Tales Out of School
as The Tramp • 1 eps
1983 Series
Cloud Howe
as Old Leslie • 4 eps
1982 Series
7.5
Dick Turpin
as Dr Hector Andrews • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan Ross • 1 eps
1978 Series
5.7
Shadows
as Mr. Campbell • 1 eps
1975 Series
5.5
Mystery and Imagination
as Lapraik • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Fergus MacLish • 1 eps
1962 Series