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