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