Oliver MacGreevy
Oliver John MacGreevy (25 July 1928 – October 1981) was an Irish actor who appeared in many British films and television series from the mid 1950s until he retired in 1980, often as brutish, shaven-headed villains.
Among his roles he played Housemartin in The Ipcress File (1965) and made an appearance as both the Gardener and the Electrician in the first episode of The Prisoner TV series ("Arrival", 1967). He also appeared in an episode of Thriller (1975).
On stage, he appeared in Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in London, 1961.
Acting
Movie
Flash Gordon
as Klytus Observer No. 1
1980
Movie
The Ipcress File
as Housemartin
1965
Movie
Tales from the Crypt
as Maniac
1972
Movie
The Four Musketeers
as Headsman (uncredited)
1974
TV
The Prisoner
as Gardener / Electrician
1967
TV
The Avengers
as Barman
1961
Movie
The Ruling Class
as Inmate
1972
Movie
Modesty Blaise
as Tattooed Man
1966
Movie
When Eight Bells Toll
as Quinn
1971
Movie
The Whisperers
as 2nd Redeemer
1967
Movie
The Frozen Dead
as Joseph the Butler
1966
Movie
Salt & Pepper
as Rack
1968
Movie
The Leather Boys
as Merchant Seaman
1964
Movie
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
as Ringo
1966
TV
Department S
as Karnack
1969
Movie
No. 1 of the Secret Service
as Simms
1977
Movie
The Scamp
as Building Foreman
1957
TV
Jason King
1971
TV
Thriller
as Henry
1973
Movie
Great Catherine
as General Pskov
1968
TV
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Landlord
1965
Movie
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
as Hargreaves (segment "The Old Dark House")
1969
TV
Gideon's Way
as The Contact Man
1965
TV
The Buccaneers
as Noll
1956