Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindle

Birthday: 1911-08-03

Deathday: 1990-04-20

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0567018

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.

Played in movies:

Star Wars

Score: 8.2

Flying Into the Wind

Score: 7.3

Sakharov

Score: 7.0

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Score: 6.8

Comrades

Score: 6.8

Eye of the Needle

Score: 6.7

I Believe in You

Score: 6.4

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

Score: 5.0

The Man Who Saved the World

Score: 4.7

Leaving

Score: 0.0

Donal and Sally

Score: 0.0

Degree of Uncertainty

Score: 0.0

Depth Charge

Score: 0.0

The Peregrine Hunters

Score: 0.0

The Ghost Train

Score: 0.0

You Are My Heart's Delight

Score: 0.0

Normal Service

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

All Creatures Great and Small

Score: 7.7

The Saint

Score: 7.3

Dick Turpin

Score: 7.3

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Score: 7.0

The Play on One

Score: 6.0

Cloud Howe

Score: 0.0