Alex McCrindle
Acting Born: 1911-08-03 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Movies
Star Wars
Comrades
Leaving
Eye of the Needle
Sakharov
I Believe in You
Donal and Sally
Flying Into the Wind
Degree of Uncertainty
The Man Who Saved the World
Samson and Delilah
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Peregrine Hunters
You Are My Heart's Delight
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Normal Service
The Ghost Train
Depth Charge
