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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7636 |
| Birthday | 1911-08-03 |
| Place of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As |
1977
Star Wars
8.208/22855
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker an...
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Star Wars
1984
Sakharov
7.5/2
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
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Sakharov
1988
Normal Service
10/1
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 quickly...
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Normal Service
1978
You Are My Heart's Delight
0/0
Two contrasting stories: one couple dream of leaving the city; another have left the countryside.
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You Are My Heart's Delight
1937
The Ghost Train
8/1
A group of travellers stranded at a remote railway station are menaced by what appears to be a phantom train.
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The Ghost Train
1983
Flying Into the Wind
8/4
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 affec...
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Flying Into the Wind
1978
The Peregrine Hunters
0/0
A group of kids try to stop the illegal capture of birds of prey.
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The Peregrine Hunters
1960
Depth Charge
7/1
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 i...
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Depth Charge
1982
The Man Who Saved the World
4.799/117
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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The Man Who Saved the World
1979
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
5/1
Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights int...
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Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
6.813/348
When a bored Sherlock eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon following an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch...
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1987
Comrades
6.9/27
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 t...
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Comrades
1979
Degree of Uncertainty
8/1
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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Degree of Uncertainty
1978
Donal and Sally
8/1
Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems – problems which alarm their families and the instruc...
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Donal and Sally
1981
Eye of the Needle
6.7/265
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of v...
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Eye of the Needle
1952
I Believe in You
6.8/10
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers an...
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I Believe in You
1989
Leaving
0/0
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 lif...
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Leaving
1984
Samson and Delilah
0/0
Based on the story from DH Lawrence set during the time of the Great War in Cornwall. When a dapper gent alights from a bus and enters the local pub,...
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Samson and Delilah
1954
Trouble in the Glen
6.2/5
Major Jim "Lance" Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps, returns to Scotland after the war and finds much trouble in the glen where he s...
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