Alex McCrindle
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Star Wars
General Dodonna
1977
Series
The Saint
Fergus MacLish
1962
Series
All Creatures Great and Small
Ewan Ross
1978
Series
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Macdougal
1983
Series
The Play on One
Wilf
1988
Series
Dick Turpin
Dr Hector Andrews
1979
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Lapraik
1966
Series
Shadows
Mr. Campbell
1975
The Sunday Drama
David
1977
Film
Eye of the Needle
Tom
1981
Film
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Baggageman
1970
Series
Tales Out of School
The Tramp
1983
Sounding Brass
Mr. Mackenzie
1980
Series
Cloud Howe
Old Leslie
1982
Film
The Man Who Saved the World
Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
1982
Depth Charge
1960
Samson and Delilah
Mr. Trevorrow
1984
Film
Comrades
Gaolor
1987
Film
Trouble in the Glen
Keegan
1954
Film
Sakharov
Siberia Trainman
1984
The Peregrine Hunters
1978
Film
Flying Into the Wind
The Tramp
1983
Film
I Believe in You
Mr. Haines
1952
Film
You Are My Heart's Delight
David
1978
Film
Normal Service
Wilf
1988
Film
Leaving
Man in Office
1989
Film
Degree of Uncertainty
Father
1979
Film
Donal and Sally
Tam
1978
Film
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Hepworth
1979
The Ghost Train
Jackson
1937