Alex McCrindle
Birthday
1911/08/03
Day of death
1990/04/20 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also know as
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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 ...Read more
Acting
(1977) Star Wars
as General Dodonna
(1984) Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
(1988) Normal Service
as Wilf
(1978) You Are My Heart's Delight
as David
(1937) The Ghost Train
as Jackson
(1983) Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp
(1978) The Peregrine Hunters
as ---
(1960) Depth Charge
as ---
(1982) The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
(1979) Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth
(1970) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman
(1987) Comrades
as Gaolor
(1979) Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
(1978) Donal and Sally
as Tam
(1981) Eye of the Needle
as Tom
(1952) I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines
(1989) Leaving
as Man in Office
(1962) The Saint
as Fergus MacLish
(1978) All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan Ross
(1988) The Play on One
as Wilf
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Macdougal