Cast
Alex McCrindle
Acting
Cast
Alex McCrindle
Known for
Acting
Born
1911-08-03
From
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died
1990-04-20
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 β 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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8.2
MOVIE1977
Star Wars
as General Dodonna
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6.7
MOVIE1981
Eye of the Needle
as Tom
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6.8
MOVIE1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman
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4.8
MOVIE1982
The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
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7.0
MOVIE1960
Depth Charge
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6.2
MOVIE1954
Trouble in the Glen
as Keegan
MOVIE1978
You Are My Heart's Delight
as David
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6.9
MOVIE1987
Comrades
as Gaolor
MOVIE1984
Samson and Delilah
as Mr. Trevorrow
MOVIE1978
The Peregrine Hunters
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6.8
MOVIE1952
I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines
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8.0
MOVIE1979
Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
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10.0
MOVIE1988
Normal Service
as Wilf
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5.0
MOVIE1979
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth
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7.5
MOVIE1984
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
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8.0
MOVIE1983
Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp
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8.0
MOVIE1978
Donal and Sally
as Tam
MOVIE1989
Leaving
as Man in Office
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8.0
MOVIE1937
The Ghost Train
as Jackson