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Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindle

Born: 1911-08-03 • Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography
Leaving poster
Leaving
1989 • Man in Office
Normal Service poster
Normal Service
1988 • Wilf
Comrades poster
Comrades
1987 • Gaolor
Sakharov poster
Sakharov
1984 • Siberia Trainman
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Samson and Delilah
1984 • Mr. Trevorrow
Flying Into the Wind poster
Flying Into the Wind
1983 • The Tramp
The Man Who Saved the World poster
The Man Who Saved the World
1982 • Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Eye of the Needle poster
Eye of the Needle
1981 • Tom
Degree of Uncertainty poster
Degree of Uncertainty
1979 • Father
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures poster
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
1979 • Hepworth
Donal and Sally poster
Donal and Sally
1978 • Tam
You Are My Heart's Delight poster
You Are My Heart's Delight
1978 • David
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The Peregrine Hunters
1978
Star Wars poster
Star Wars
1977 • General Dodonna
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes poster
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 • Baggageman
No Image
Depth Charge
1960
Trouble in the Glen poster
Trouble in the Glen
1954 • Keegan
I Believe in You poster
I Believe in You
1952 • Mr. Haines
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The Ghost Train
1937 • Jackson