Alex McCrindle
Acting • Born 1911-08-03 – Died 1990-04-20
Biography
McCrindle 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
28 credits
Star Wars
Movie • 1977
General Dodonna
Sakharov
Movie • 1984
Siberia Trainman
Normal Service
Movie • 1988
Wilf
You Are My Heart's Delight
Movie • 1978
David
The Ghost Train
Movie • 1937
Jackson
Flying Into the Wind
Movie • 1983
The Tramp
The Peregrine Hunters
Movie • 1978
Depth Charge
Movie • 1960
The Man Who Saved the World
Movie • 1982
Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Movie • 1979
Hepworth
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 1970
Baggageman
Comrades
Movie • 1987
Gaolor
Degree of Uncertainty
Movie • 1979
Father
Donal and Sally
Movie • 1978
Tam
Eye of the Needle
Movie • 1981
Tom
I Believe in You
Movie • 1952
Mr. Haines
Leaving
Movie • 1989
Man in Office
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1984
Mr. Trevorrow
Trouble in the Glen
Movie • 1954
Keegan
The Saint
TV • 1962
Fergus MacLish
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Ewan Ross
The Play on One
TV • 1988
Wilf
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV • 1983
Macdougal
Cloud Howe
TV • 1982
Old Leslie
Dick Turpin
TV • 1979
Dr Hector Andrews
Shadows
TV • 1975
Mr. Campbell
Tales Out of School
TV • 1983
The Tramp
Mystery and Imagination
TV • 1966
Lapraik