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Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindle

Actor · 1911 – 1990 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Movies17

  • Movie8.2

    Star Wars

    1977 · 22K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Eye of the Needle

    1981 · 265 votes

  • Movie6.8
  • Movie4.8

    Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam

    The Man Who Saved the World

    1982 · 117 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Depth Charge

    1960 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Comrades

    1987 · 27 votes

  • Movie6.8

    I Believe in You

    1952 · 10 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Flying Into the Wind

    1983 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Trouble in the Glen

    1954 · 5 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Sakharov

    1984 · 2 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Normal Service

    1988 · 1 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie8.0

    Degree of Uncertainty

    1979 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Donal and Sally

    1978 · 1 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie5.0
  • Movie8.0

    The Ghost Train

    1937 · 1 votes

Series8

  • TV7.8
  • TV7.4

    The Saint

    1962 · 136 votes

  • TV7.0

    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    1983 · 24 votes

  • TV5.8
  • TV6.0

    The Play on One

    1988 · 3 votes

  • TV7.4

    Dick Turpin

    1979 · 9 votes

  • TV6.8

    Shadows

    1975 · 4 votes

  • TV5.0

    The Sunday Drama

    1977 · 1 votes