Alex McCrindle
Known for: Actor
Born: 3 August 1911, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died: 20 April 1990
Credits: 30 titles
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
Leaving
Normal Service
The Play on One
Comrades
Sakharov
Samson and Delilah
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Flying Into the Wind
Tales Out of School
The Man Who Saved the World
Cloud Howe
Eye of the Needle
Sounding Brass
Degree of Uncertainty
Dick Turpin
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Donal and Sally
You Are My Heart's Delight
All Creatures Great and Small
The Peregrine Hunters
The Sunday Drama
Star Wars
Shadows
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Mystery and Imagination
The Saint
Depth Charge
Trouble in the Glen
I Believe in You
The Ghost Train