Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindle

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.

  • Popularity : 2.99
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1911-08-03
  • Place of Birth : Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Alex McCrindle Movies

  • 1977
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    Star Wars
    Star Wars

    8.2 1977 HD

    Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker...

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  • 1984
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    Sakharov
    Sakharov

    7 1984 HD

    Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.

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  • 1988
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    Normal Service
    Normal Service

    1 1988 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    You Are My Heart's Delight
    You Are My Heart's Delight

    1 1978 HD

    Two contrasting stories: one couple dream of leaving the city; another have left the countryside.

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  • 1937
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    The Ghost Train
    The Ghost Train

    1 1937 HD

    A group of travellers stranded at a remote railway station are menaced by what appears to be a phantom train.

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  • 1983
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    Flying Into the Wind
    Flying Into the Wind

    7 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    The Peregrine Hunters
    The Peregrine Hunters

    1 1978 HD

    A group of kids try to stop the illegal capture of birds of prey.

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  • 1960
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    Depth Charge
    Depth Charge

    1 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    The Man Who Saved the World
    The Man Who Saved the World

    4.776 1982 HD

    Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Although the movie borrows some...

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  • 1979
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    Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
    Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures

    5 1979 HD

    Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights...

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  • 1970
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    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    6.8 1970 HD

    Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six...

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  • 1987
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    Comrades
    Comrades

    6.917 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1979
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    Degree of Uncertainty
    Degree of Uncertainty

    1 1979 HD

    Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.

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  • 1978
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    Donal and Sally
    Donal and Sally

    1 1978 HD

    Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems – problems which alarm their families and the...

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  • 1981
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    Eye of the Needle
    Eye of the Needle

    6.6 1981 HD

    Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of...

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  • 1952
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    I Believe in You
    I Believe in You

    6.1 1952 HD

    A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers...

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  • 1989
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    Leaving
    Leaving

    1 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint
    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1978
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    All Creatures Great and Small
    All Creatures Great and Small

    7.6 1978 HD

    All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the...

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  • 1988
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    The Play on One
    The Play on One

    5.5 1988 HD

    A series of plays specially written for television.

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  • 1983
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    Reilly: Ace of Spies
    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    7.1 1983 HD

    Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever...

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