George Murcell
Birthday
1925/10/30
Day of death
1998/12/03 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Naples, Campania, Italy
Also know as
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Biography
Arthur George Murcell (30 October 1925 – 3 December 1998) was a British character actor. Born in Italy, he made his film debut in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Murcell went on to develop a career playing snarling villains in both film and television. These could either be stupid, brutish henchmen, as in Hell Drivers and Campbell's Kingdom (both 1957), or sophisticated rogues, such as Needle in "You Have Just Been Murdered", an episode of The Aveng...Read more
Acting
(1958) Sea of Sand
as Cpl. Simms
(1962) In Search of the Castaways
as Ayerton's Assistant
(1962) The Cherry Orchard
as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
(1968) The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Grels
(1964) The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Victorinus
(1969) The Assassination Bureau
as Zeppelin pilot
(1960) The Angry Silence
as Jones
(1960) There Was a Crooked Man
as Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'
(1969) A Walk with Love and Death
as The Captain
(1973) Mafia Junction
as ---
(1988) Pascali's Island
as Herr Gesing
(1960) Crossroads to Crime
as Diamond
(1959) Don't Panic Chaps!
as Meister
(1975) Penelope Pulls It Off
as Owen
(1975) Rime of the Ancient Mariner
as ---
(1970) A Sound from the Sea
as George
(1973) Penny Gold
as Doctor Merrick
(1958) Blood of the Vampire
as First Guard
(1971) The Horsemen
as Mizrar
(1956) The Battle of the River Plate
as Chief Officer, Newton Beach
(1969) The Possessed
as Liputin
(1965) The Heroes of Telemark
as Sturmfuhrer
(1995) Cutthroat Island
as Mordachai Fingers
(1967) The Naked Runner
as ---
(1958) Sea Fury
as Loudon
(1955) The Merry Christmas
as Mr. Fezziwig
(1957) Campbell's Kingdom
as Max, a worker
(1961) The Pursuers
as Freddy
(1967) You Only Live Twice
as Russian Diplomat (uncredited)
(1957) Hell Drivers
as Tub
(1982) Inside the Third Reich
as Herman Goering
(1991) Year of the Gun
as Pierre Bernier
(1966) Kaleidoscope
as Johnny
(1968) A Dandy in Aspic
as ---
(1961) Supercar
as ---
(1965) Gideon's Way
as Kautsky
(1961) The Avengers
as Needle
(1971) The Persuaders!
as Zorakin
(1971) Jason King
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Vogler
(1968) The Champions
as Nikko
(1968) The Champions
as El Gaudillo
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sheriff's Guard
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Vandeleur
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1962) Suspense
as ---
(1981) Smuggler
as Silas Kemble
(1986) Peter the Great
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Abdul Graner
(1968) Rogues' Gallery
as Sir Esmond Bellasize
(1970) Manhunt
as Franco
(1977) 1990
as Tiny
(1956) The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Jaggyd
(1977) The Professionals
as Yashinkov
(2022) Presented in Supercolorisation
as Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice)
(2022) Presented in Supercolorisation
as Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only)