George Murcell
Born in Naples, Campania, Italy — Oct 30 1925• Died Dec 03 1998
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Biography
Arthur George Murcell (30 October 1925 – 3 December 1998) was a British character actor. Born in Italy, he made his film debut in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Murcell went on to develop a career playing snarling villains in both film and television. These could either be stupid, brutish henchmen, as in Hell Drivers and Campbell's Kingdom (both 1957), or sophisticated rogues, such as Needle in "You Have Just Been Murdered", an episode of The Avengers. He specialised in playing foreign characters, includin…
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The Professionals
Yashinkov
The Avengers
Needle
The Saint
Vogler
Theatre 625
Delamarche
The Champions
Nikko
Gideon's Way
Kautsky
No Hiding Place
The Persuaders!
Zorakin
Sunday Night Theatre
M. Lafarge
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sheriff's Guard
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Vandeleur
Jason King
You Only Live Twice
Russian Diplomat (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Jaggyd
Manhunt
Franco
The Informer
Willie Cluff
1990
Tiny
Cutthroat Island
Mordachai Fingers
Supercar
Smuggler
Silas Kemble
Peter the Great
Rogues' Gallery
Sir Esmond Bellasize
Inside the Third Reich
Herman Goering
The Heroes of Telemark
Sturmfuhrer
Armchair Theatre
Beno
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Victorinus
Armchair Cinema
Maître Rabut
Presented in Supercolorisation
Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice)
The Battle of the River Plate
Chief Officer, Newton Beach
A Dandy in Aspic
Year of the Gun
Pierre Bernier
The Horsemen
Mizrar
Kaleidoscope
Johnny
The Assassination Bureau
Zeppelin pilot
The Angry Silence
Jones
Hell Drivers
Tub
Sea of Sand
Cpl. Simms
Pascali's Island
Herr Gesing
The Cherry Orchard
Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
Campbell's Kingdom
Max, a worker
The Naked Runner
In Search of the Castaways
Ayerton's Assistant
Mafia Junction
Penny Gold
Doctor Merrick
Sea Fury
Loudon
Blood of the Vampire
First Guard
The Prison
Maître Rabut
Don't Panic Chaps
Meister
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Grels
A Sound from the Sea
George
A Walk with Love and Death
The Captain
There Was a Crooked Man
Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'
Crossroads to Crime
Diamond
The Ice Princess
Penelope Pulls It Off
Owen
The Possessed
Liputin
The Pursuers
Freddy
The Merry Christmas
Mr. Fezziwig