Alex McCrindle
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.
Acting
Movie
Star Wars
as General Dodonna
1977
Movie
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman
1970
Movie
Eye of the Needle
as Tom
1981
TV
The Saint
as Fergus MacLish
1962
Movie
The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
1982
TV
All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan Ross
1978
Movie
Comrades
as Gaolor
1987
TV
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Macdougal
1983
Movie
I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines
1952
TV
Dick Turpin
as Dr Hector Andrews
1979
Movie
Trouble in the Glen
as Keegan
1954
TV
Mystery and Imagination
as Lapraik
1966
Movie
Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp
1983
TV
Shadows
as Mr. Campbell
1975
TV
The Play on One
as Wilf
1988
Movie
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
1984
Movie
Normal Service
as Wilf
1988
Movie
The Ghost Train
as Jackson
1937
Movie
Depth Charge
1960
Movie
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth
1979
Movie
Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
1979
Movie
Donal and Sally
as Tam
1978
TV
Tales Out of School
as The Tramp
1983
TV
The Sunday Drama
as David
1977