Alex McCrindle
Born: 1911-08-03 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died: 1990-04-20
Known For: Acting
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 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.
Filmography
1989
- Leaving as Man in Office
1988
- The Play on One as Wilf
- Normal Service as Wilf
1987
- Comrades as Gaolor
1984
- Sakharov as Siberia Trainman
- Samson and Delilah as Mr. Trevorrow
1983
- Reilly: Ace of Spies as Macdougal
- Flying Into the Wind as The Tramp
- Tales Out of School as The Tramp
1982
- The Man Who Saved the World as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
- Cloud Howe as Old Leslie
1981
- Eye of the Needle as Tom
1979
- Dick Turpin as Dr Hector Andrews
- Degree of Uncertainty as Father
- Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures as Hepworth
1978
- All Creatures Great and Small as Ewan Ross
- Donal and Sally as Tam
- The Peregrine Hunters
- You Are My Heart's Delight as David
1977
- Star Wars as General Dodonna
1975
- Shadows as Mr. Campbell
1970
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Baggageman
1962
- The Saint as Fergus MacLish
1960
1952
- I Believe in You as Mr. Haines
1937
- The Ghost Train as Jackson