Alex McCrindle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1911
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Died
- April 20, 1990
Biography
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.
Movies with Alex McCrindle
- Star Wars 1977 · ★ 8.2
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 · ★ 6.8
- Eye of the Needle 1981 · ★ 6.7
- The Man Who Saved the World 1982 · ★ 4.8
- Comrades 1987 · ★ 6.9
- I Believe in You 1952 · ★ 6.8
- Trouble in the Glen 1954 · ★ 6.2
- Flying Into the Wind 1983 · ★ 8.0
- Sakharov 1984 · ★ 7.5
- Normal Service 1988 · ★ 10.0
- The Ghost Train 1937 · ★ 8.0
- Depth Charge 1960 · ★ 7.0
- Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures 1979 · ★ 5.0
- Degree of Uncertainty 1979 · ★ 8.0
- Donal and Sally 1978 · ★ 8.0
- You Are My Heart's Delight 1978
- The Peregrine Hunters 1978
- Leaving 1989
- Samson and Delilah 1984