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Oliver MacGreevy

Oliver MacGreevy

Actor · 1928 – 1981 · Dublin, Ireland

Oliver John MacGreevy (25 July 1928 – October 1981) was an Irish actor who appeared in many British films and television series from the mid 1950s until he retired in 1980, often as brutish, shaven-headed villains. Among his roles he played Housemartin in The Ipcress File (1965) and made an appearance as both the Gardener and the Electrician in the first episode of The Prisoner TV series ("Arrival", 1967). He also appeared in an episode of Thriller (1975). On stage, he appeared in Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in London, 1961.

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  • Movie6.3

    Flash Gordon

    1980 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Four Musketeers

    1974 · 232 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Tales from the Crypt

    1972 · 359 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Ipcress File

    1965 · 362 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Modesty Blaise

    1966 · 75 votes

  • Movie5.7

    When Eight Bells Toll

    1971 · 62 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Ruling Class

    1972 · 102 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Salt & Pepper

    1968 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Se tutte le donne del mondo

    Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

    1966 · 17 votes

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  • Movie5.2

    The Frozen Dead

    1966 · 32 votes

  • Movie4.1
  • Movie6.6

    The Leather Boys

    1964 · 24 votes

  • Movie9.0
  • Movie3.8
  • Movie8.0

    Where the Action Is

    1975 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Christmas Tree

    1966 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Great Catherine

    1968 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Whisperers

    1967 · 34 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Time in Advance

    1965 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Incident at Midnight

    1963 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Scamp

    1957 · 11 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Thrills Galore

    1972 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Rivals

    1963 · 2 votes

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  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 157 votes

  • TV7.2

    Theatre 625

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV4.2

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    1965 · 8 votes

  • TV3.5

    Sunday Night Theatre

    1950 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0

    Thriller

    1973 · 12 votes

  • TV10.0

    Espionage

    1963 · 1 votes

  • TV4.0

    ITV Play of the Week

    1955 · 5 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Prisoner

    1967 · 221 votes

  • TV7.0

    Gideon's Way

    1965 · 5 votes

  • TV6.4

    The Buccaneers

    1956 · 5 votes

  • TV8.0

    Festival

    1963 · 1 votes

  • TV5.8
  • TV5.5

    Department S

    1969 · 17 votes

  • TV7.8

    Jason King

    1971 · 12 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Scales of Justice

    1962 · 3 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Four Just Men

    1959 · 3 votes

  • TV

    Six

    1964