Cast & creator
Alex McCrindle
Best known for The Saint, Star Wars, All Creatures Great and Small
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.
19
film credits
11
television credits
30
1937–1989 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (30)
Showing 30 of 30 credits
The Saint
Fergus MacLish
1962
Star Wars
General Dodonna
1977
All Creatures Great and Small
Ewan Ross
1978
The Play on One
Wilf
1988
Dick Turpin
Dr Hector Andrews
1979
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Macdougal
1983The Sunday Drama
David
1977
Mystery and Imagination
Lapraik
1966
Eye of the Needle
Tom
1981
Shadows
Mr. Campbell
1975
Tales Out of School
The Tramp
1983Sounding Brass
Mr. Mackenzie
1980
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Baggageman
1970
Cloud Howe
Old Leslie
1982
The Man Who Saved the World
Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
1982
I Believe in You
Mr. Haines
1952
Comrades
Gaolor
1987
Flying Into the Wind
The Tramp
1983
Trouble in the Glen
Keegan
1954
Sakharov
Siberia Trainman
1984
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Hepworth
1979Depth Charge
1960
You Are My Heart's Delight
David
1978Samson and Delilah
Mr. Trevorrow
1984The Peregrine Hunters
1978
Degree of Uncertainty
Father
1979
Leaving
Man in Office
1989
Normal Service
Wilf
1988
Donal and Sally
Tam
1978The Ghost Train
Jackson
1937