Alex McCrindle
Actor
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
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman 1970
Eye of the Needle
as Tom 1981
The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage) 1982
Comrades
as Gaolor 1987
I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines 1952
Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp 1983
Trouble in the Glen
as Keegan 1954
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman 1984
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth 1979
Normal Service
as Wilf 1988
You Are My Heart's Delight
as David 1978
The Ghost Train
as Jackson 1937
The Peregrine Hunters
1978
Depth Charge
1960
Degree of Uncertainty
as Father 1979
Donal and Sally
as Tam 1978