Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindle

Рождение : 1911-08-03, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Смерть : 1990-04-20

История

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.

Профиль

Alex McCrindle

Фильмы

Leaving
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.
Normal Service
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.
Comrades
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.
Сахаров
Siberia Trainman
Картина, основанная на документальных записях, тщательно и подробно воспроизводит обстоятельства жизни академика Андрея Сахарова, его борьбы за права человека — начиная с известного письма руководству КПСС в конце 60-х годов и вплоть до ссылки в Горький.
Flying Into the Wind
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.
Ушко иголки
Tom
Англия. Вторая мировая война. Люси — обычная неприметная домохозяйка. Она живет на маленьком безлюдном острове. Однажды, после сильного шторма она находит на берегу еле живого, но чертовски привлекательного мужчину…
Degree of Uncertainty
Father
Mature student, divorcee and mother of three, Josie, finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
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.
Donal and Sally
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.
The Peregrine Hunters
A group of kids try to stop the illegal capture of birds of prey.
Звёздные войны: Эпизод 4 - Новая надежда
General Dodonna
Татуин. Планета-пустыня. Уже постаревший рыцарь Джедай Оби Ван Кеноби спасает молодого Люка Скайуокера, когда тот пытается отыскать пропавшего дроида. С этого момента Люк осознает свое истинное назначение: он один из рыцарей Джедай. В то время как гражданская война охватила галактику, а войска повстанцев ведут бои против сил злого Императора, к Люку и Оби Вану присоединяется отчаянный пилот-наемник Хан Соло, и в сопровождении двух дроидов, R2D2 и C-3PO, этот необычный отряд отправляется на поиски предводителя повстанцев — принцессы Леи.
Частная жизнь Шерлока Холмса
Baggageman
В один прекрасный вечер на пороге дома 221Б по Бэйкер-стрит появляется прекрасная бельгийка Габриэль Валладон и умоляет Холмса найти её пропавшего мужа. Хотя таинственный брат Майкрофт предупреждал Холмса не браться за это дело, Шерлок не отступает, и след приводит его в Шотландию, на берега знаменитого озера Лох-Несс, где Холмс и Ватсон лицом к лицу сталкиваются с легендарным чудищем...
Depth Charge
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.
I Believe in You
Mr. Haines
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.