Oliver MacGreevy
Known for: Actor
Born: 3 August 1928, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1 October 1981
Credits: 41 titles
Oliver John MacGreevy (25 July 1928 – October 1981) was an Irish actor who appeared in many British films and television series from the mid 1950s until he retired in 1980, often as brutish, shaven-headed villains.
Among his roles he played Housemartin in The Ipcress File (1965) and made an appearance as both the Gardener and the Electrician in the first episode of The Prisoner TV series ("Arrival", 1967). He also appeared in an episode of Thriller (1975).
On stage, he appeared in Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in London, 1961.
Filmography
Flash Gordon
No. 1 of the Secret Service
Where the Action Is
The Four Musketeers
Thriller
Thrills Galore
The Ruling Class
Tales from the Crypt
Jason King
When Eight Bells Toll
Department S
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Great Catherine
Salt & Pepper
The Prisoner
The Whisperers
The Christmas Tree
The Frozen Dead
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Modesty Blaise
The Fall of the House of Usher
Mystery and Imagination
Time in Advance
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Gideon's Way
The Ipcress File
Six
Theatre 625
A Wicked World
The Leather Boys
Festival
Espionage
The Rivals
Incident at Midnight
The Scales of Justice
The Avengers
The Four Just Men
The Scamp
The Buccaneers
ITV Play of the Week
Sunday Night Theatre