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.

Title: Alex McCrindle
Popularity: 4.187
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1911-08-03
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Alex McCrindle Movies

1977
Movies

Star Wars

Star Wars

8.205 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...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Mark Hamill

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...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Graham Crowden

1960
Movies

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alex McCrindle

1978
Movies

The Peregrine Hunters

The Peregrine Hunters

1 1978 HD

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

Genre: Family

Cast: Julia Gambold

1979
Movies

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...

Genre:

Cast: Jeff Rawle

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...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Robert Stephens

1987
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Comrades

Comrades

7 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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robin Soans

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.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jennie Linden

1978
Movies

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...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Gerard Kelly

1981
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Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle

6.607 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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Donald Sutherland

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Celia Johnson

1989
Movies

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenneth McFadyen

1984
Movies

Sakharov

Sakharov

7 1984 HD

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jason Robards

1988
Movies

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Wilson

1978
Movies

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.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anton Rodgers

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.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Laura Smithson

1982
Movies

The Man Who Saved the World

The Man Who Saved the World

4.875 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...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Cüneyt Arkın

1983
S1 E12

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...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Sam Neill

1990
S7 E12

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

7.622 1990 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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Lynda Bellingham

1969
S6 E20

The Saint

The Saint

7.279 1969 HD

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

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Roger Moore

1991
S4 E6

The Play on One

The Play on One

5.5 1991 HD

A series of plays specially written for television.

Genre: Drama

Cast: