Personal Info
Alex McCrindle
Acting
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 t…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Leaving
as Man in Office
Normal Service
as Wilf
Comrades
as Gaolor
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
Samson and Delilah
as Mr. Trevorrow
Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp
The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Eye of the Needle
as Tom
Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth
TV Shows
The Play on One
as Wilf · 1 ep.
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Macdougal · 1 ep.
Tales Out of School
as The Tramp · 1 ep.
Cloud Howe
as Old Leslie · 4 ep.
Dick Turpin
as Dr Hector Andrews · 1 ep.
All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan Ross · 1 ep.
The Sunday Drama
as David · 1 ep.
Shadows
as Mr. Campbell · 1 ep.
Mystery and Imagination
as Lapraik · 1 ep.
The Saint
as Fergus MacLish · 1 ep.