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Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindle

Acting

August 3, 1911 — April 20, 1990Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Known for

Leaving1989

Leaving

Man in Office

Normal Service1988

Normal Service

Wilf

Comrades1987

Comrades

Gaolor

Sakharov1984

Sakharov

Siberia Trainman

Flying Into the Wind1983

Flying Into the Wind

The Tramp

The Man Who Saved the World1982

The Man Who Saved the World

Jan Dodonna (archive footage)

Eye of the Needle1981

Eye of the Needle

Tom

Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures1979

Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures

Hepworth

Degree of Uncertainty1979

Degree of Uncertainty

Father

You Are My Heart's Delight1978

You Are My Heart's Delight

David

Donal and Sally1978

Donal and Sally

Tam

Star Wars1977

Star Wars

General Dodonna

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Baggageman

Trouble in the Glen1954

Trouble in the Glen

Keegan

I Believe in You1952

I Believe in You

Mr. Haines