Alex McCrindle
Acting
Born: 1911-08-03 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Star Wars
General Dodonna
The Saint
Fergus MacLish
All Creatures Great and Small
Ewan Ross
Shadows
Mr. Campbell
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Macdougal
Dick Turpin
Dr Hector Andrews
The Play on One
Wilf
Mystery and Imagination
Lapraik
Eye of the Needle
Tom
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Baggageman
The Man Who Saved the World
Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Tales Out of School
The Tramp
Depth Charge
Cloud Howe
Old Leslie
Trouble in the Glen
Keegan
The Peregrine Hunters
Comrades
Gaolor
Sakharov
Siberia Trainman
I Believe in You
Mr. Haines
You Are My Heart's Delight
David
Donal and Sally
Tam
Degree of Uncertainty
Father
Leaving
Man in Office
Normal Service
Wilf
Flying Into the Wind
The Tramp
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Hepworth