Alex McCrindle

Acting

Born August 3, 1911, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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

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