Alex McCrindle
Acting
1911-08-03 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
Leaving
1989 · Movie
Normal Service
1988 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
Comrades
1987 · Movie
Sakharov
1984 · Movie
Samson and Delilah
1984 · Movie
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Series
Flying Into the Wind
1983 · Movie
Tales Out of School
1983 · Series
The Man Who Saved the World
1982 · Movie
Cloud Howe
1982 · Series
Eye of the Needle
1981 · Movie
Sounding Brass
1980 · Series
Degree of Uncertainty
1979 · Movie
Dick Turpin
1979 · Series
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
1979 · Movie
Donal and Sally
1978 · Movie
You Are My Heart's Delight
1978 · Movie
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Series
The Peregrine Hunters
1978 · Movie
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Series
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
Shadows
1975 · Series
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Movie
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Series
The Saint
1962 · Series
Depth Charge
1960 · Movie
Trouble in the Glen
1954 · Movie
I Believe in You
1952 · Movie
The Ghost Train
1937 · Movie