Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindle

Born: August 3, 1911
Died: April 20, 1990
in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.

Movies for Alex McCrindle...

Leaving
Title: Leaving
Character: Man in Office
Released: February 5, 1989
Type: Movie
A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.
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Normal Service
Title: Normal Service
Character: Wilf
Released: February 2, 1988
Type: Movie
It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the strain.
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Comrades
Title: Comrades
Character: Gaolor
Released: August 23, 1987
Type: Movie
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
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Sakharov
Title: Sakharov
Character: Siberia Trainman
Released: June 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
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Title: Reilly: Ace of Spies
Character: Macdougal
Released: September 5, 1983
Type: TV
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
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Flying Into the Wind
Title: Flying Into the Wind
Character: The Tramp
Released: June 26, 1983
Type: Movie
The Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other ideas. Moving between 1969 and 1980, we see how this affects the various individuals and attitudes.
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Eye of the Needle
Title: Eye of the Needle
Character: Tom
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
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Degree of Uncertainty
Title: Degree of Uncertainty
Character: Father
Released: March 6, 1979
Type: Movie
Mature student, divorcee and mother of three, Josie, finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.
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Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Title: Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Character: Hepworth
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights into the way in which "film language" developed during the silent era, with emphasis on the process by which spectators came to be increasingly "contained" with the space time of narrative.
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Donal and Sally
Title: Donal and Sally
Character: Tam
Released: November 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems – problems which alarm their families and the instructors at Strathvale Centre.
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You Are My Heart's Delight
Title: You Are My Heart's Delight
Character: David
Released: August 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Two contrasting stories: one couple dream of leaving the city; another have left the countryside.
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Title: All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Ewan Ross
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
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The Peregrine Hunters
Title: The Peregrine Hunters
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A group of kids try to stop the illegal capture of birds of prey.
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Star Wars
Title: Star Wars
Character: General Dodonna
Released: May 25, 1977
Type: Movie
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Baggageman
Released: October 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Fergus MacLish
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Depth Charge
Title: Depth Charge
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A Scottish fishing trawler hauls in an unexploded depth charge and a bomb disposal veteran teams up with an inexperienced volunteer to try to defuse is before it destroys the ship.
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I Believe in You
Title: I Believe in You
Character: Mr. Haines
Released: March 5, 1952
Type: Movie
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
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The Ghost Train
Title: The Ghost Train
Character: Jackson
Released: December 20, 1937
Type: Movie
A group of travellers stranded at a remote railway station are menaced by what appears to be a phantom train.