Alex McCrindle
Known For
Acting
Born
1911-08-03 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died
1990-04-20
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 back to minor roles on TV, including the role of the eccentric veterinarian Ewan Ross on All Creatures Great and Small.
Most Known For
The Saint
as Fergus MacLish
Star Wars
as General Dodonna
All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan Ross
Mystery and Imagination
as Lapraik
Dick Turpin
as Dr Hector Andrews
Shadows
as Mr. Campbell
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Macdougal
The Play on One
as Wilf
Tales Out of School
as The Tramp
Eye of the Needle
as Tom
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman
Cloud Howe
as Old Leslie
Depth Charge
Comrades
as Gaolor
The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines
Trouble in the Glen
as Keegan
Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp