Alex McCrindle
Nacimiento : 1911-08-03, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Muerte : 1990-04-20
Historia
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.
Man in Office
A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.
Wilf
It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the strain.
Gaolor
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Siberia Trainman
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
The Tramp
The Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other ideas. Moving between 1969 and 1980, we see how this affects the various individuals and attitudes.
Tom
Gran Bretaña, 1944, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Perseguido implacablemente por varios agentes del MI5, Henry Faber la Aguja, un despiadado espía alemán que posee información vital sobre el Día D, se refugia en la isla de las Tormentas, una inhóspita tierra apenas habitada situada cerca de las costas del norte de Escocia.
Father
Mature student, divorcee and mother of three, Josie, finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.
Hepworth
Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights into the way in which "film language" developed during the silent era, with emphasis on the process by which spectators came to be increasingly "contained" with the space time of narrative.
Tam
Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems - problems which alarm their families and the instructors at Strathvale Centre.
A group of kids try to stop the illegal capture of birds of prey.
General Dodonna
La princesa Leia, líder del movimiento rebelde que desea reinstaurar la República en la galaxia en los tiempos ominosos del Imperio, es capturada por las malévolas Fuerzas Imperiales, capitaneadas por el implacable Darth Vader, el sirviente más fiel del emperador. El intrépido Luke Skywalker, ayudado por Han Solo, capitán de la nave espacial "El Halcón Milenario", y los androides, R2D2 y C3PO, serán los encargados de luchar contra el enemigo y rescatar a la princesa para volver a instaurar la justicia en el seno de la Galaxia.
Baggageman
Sherlock Holmes y el doctor Watson parten hacia Escocia para investigar la desaparición del marido de una bella mujer. Una vez allí, descubren que en el caso está involucrada una sociedad que pertenece al Servicio Secreto de su Majestad. Pero, antes de que pueda aplicar sus extraordinarias dotes de deducción para resolver el asunto, Holmes comete un error que, además de arruinar su reputación, podría también poner en peligro la seguridad de Gran Bretaña.
A Scottish fishing trawler hauls in an unexploded depth charge and a bomb disposal veteran teams up with an inexperienced volunteer to try to defuse is before it destroys the ship.
Mr. Haines
Ofrece una mirada sobre el funcionamiento del servicio de libertad condicional a través de los ojos de Phipps, un hombre de mediana edad en busca de mérito y una nueva ocupación.
