Alex McCrindle
- Acting
- August 3, 1911 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- April 20, 1990
Biography
Alex McCrindle (August 3, 1911 - April 20, 1990) 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
Filmography
- Leaving · Man in Office
- Normal Service · Wilf
- The Play on One · Wilf
- Comrades · Gaolor
- Sakharov · Siberia Trainman
- Samson and Delilah · Mr. Trevorrow
- Reilly: Ace of Spies · Macdougal
- Flying Into the Wind · The Tramp
- Tales Out of School · The Tramp
- The Man Who Saved the World · Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
- Cloud Howe · Old Leslie
- Eye of the Needle · Tom
- Sounding Brass · Mr. Mackenzie
- Degree of Uncertainty · Father
- Dick Turpin · Dr Hector Andrews
- Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures · Hepworth
- Donal and Sally · Tam
- You Are My Heart's Delight · David
- All Creatures Great and Small · Ewan Ross
- The Peregrine Hunters
- The Sunday Drama · David
- Star Wars · General Dodonna
- Shadows · Mr. Campbell
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes · Baggageman
- Mystery and Imagination · Lapraik
- The Saint · Fergus MacLish
- Depth Charge
- Trouble in the Glen · Keegan
- I Believe in You · Mr. Haines
- The Ghost Train · Jackson