Alex McCrindle

Birthday: 1911-08-03
Deathday: 1990-04-20
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1989-02-05 Leaving Man in Office
1988-02-02 Normal Service Wilf
1987-08-23 Comrades Gaolor
1984-06-20 Sakharov Siberia Trainman
1983-06-26 Flying Into the Wind The Tramp
1981-07-24 Eye of the Needle Tom
1979-03-06 Degree of Uncertainty Father
1979-01-01 Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures Hepworth
1978-11-14 Donal and Sally Tam
1978-08-27 You Are My Heart's Delight David
1978-01-01 The Peregrine Hunters
1977-05-25 Star Wars General Dodonna
1970-10-29 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Baggageman
1960-01-01 Depth Charge
1952-03-05 I Believe in You Mr. Haines
1937-12-20 The Ghost Train Jackson