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