Alex McCrindle

Known for ActingBorn 1911-08-03Died 1990-04-20Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Alex McCrindle (August 3, 1911 - April 20, 1990) 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Normal Service

Tales Out of School

Star Wars

Flying Into the Wind

Degree of Uncertainty

Donal and Sally

All Creatures Great and Small

The Ghost Train

Sakharov

Dick Turpin

The Saint

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Comrades

Depth Charge

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Shadows

Eye of the Needle

I Believe in You

The Play on One

Trouble in the Glen

Mystery and Imagination

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

The Sunday Drama

The Man Who Saved the World

Leaving

Samson and Delilah

Cloud Howe

Sounding Brass

You Are My Heart's Delight

The Peregrine Hunters