Oliver MacGreevy
Acting • Born 1928-08-03 – Died 1981-10-01
Biography
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
39 credits
Modesty Blaise
Movie • 1966
Tattooed Man
The Ipcress File
Movie • 1965
Housemartin
The Whisperers
Movie • 1967
2nd Redeemer
The Frozen Dead
Movie • 1966
Joseph the Butler
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Movie • 1969
Hargreaves (segment "The Old Dark House")
The Four Musketeers
Movie • 1974
Headsman (uncredited)
The Ruling Class
Movie • 1972
Inmate
The Christmas Tree
Movie • 1966
Time in Advance
Movie • 1965
Chief Guard
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Movie • 1966
Ringo
The Fall of the House of Usher
Movie • 1966
Finn
When Eight Bells Toll
Movie • 1971
Quinn
Great Catherine
Movie • 1968
General Pskov
The Scamp
Movie • 1957
Building Foreman
Tales from the Crypt
Movie • 1972
Maniac
The Leather Boys
Movie • 1964
Merchant Seaman
Salt & Pepper
Movie • 1968
Rack
Flash Gordon
Movie • 1980
Klytus Observer No. 1
Where the Action Is
Movie • 1975
Henry
No. 1 of the Secret Service
Movie • 1977
Simms
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
Movie • 1964
Sir Humphrey
Incident at Midnight
Movie • 1963
Wilkinson
The Rivals
Movie • 1963
Cafe Owner
Thrills Galore
Movie • 1972
Landlord
The Prisoner
TV • 1967
Gardener / Electrician
Department S
TV • 1969
Karnack
Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
The Contact Man
Jason King
TV • 1971
The Scales of Justice
TV • 1962
Boxer
The Buccaneers
TV • 1956
Noll
Six
TV • 1964
Thriller
TV • 1973
Henry
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Barman
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
The Four Just Men
TV • 1959
Max / Policeman
Festival
TV • 1963
Barney Doran
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Terry Flynn
Mystery and Imagination
TV • 1966
Finn
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Landlord