Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 03, 1911
Died
Apr 20, 1990
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Credits
30 titles
Alex McCrindle
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Leaving
Man in Office
Normal Service
Wilf
The Play on One
Wilf
Comrades
Gaolor
Sakharov
Siberia Trainman
Samson and Delilah
Mr. Trevorrow
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Macdougal
Flying Into the Wind
The Tramp
Tales Out of School
The Tramp
The Man Who Saved the World
Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Cloud Howe
Old Leslie
Eye of the Needle
Tom
Sounding Brass
Mr. Mackenzie
Degree of Uncertainty
Father
Dick Turpin
Dr Hector Andrews
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Hepworth
Donal and Sally
Tam
You Are My Heart's Delight
David
All Creatures Great and Small
Ewan Ross
The Peregrine Hunters
The Sunday Drama
David
Star Wars
General Dodonna
Shadows
Mr. Campbell
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Baggageman
Mystery and Imagination
Lapraik
The Saint
Fergus MacLish
Depth Charge
Trouble in the Glen
Keegan
I Believe in You
Mr. Haines
The Ghost Train
Jackson