Alex McCrindle
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
Star Wars
as General Dodonna
1977
Sakharov
as Siberia Trainman
1984
Normal Service
as Wilf
1988
You Are My Heart's Delight
as David
1978
The Ghost Train
as Jackson
1937
Flying Into the Wind
as The Tramp
1983
The Peregrine Hunters
1978
Depth Charge
1960
The Man Who Saved the World
as Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
1982
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
as Hepworth
1979
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Baggageman
1970
Comrades
as Gaolor
1987
Degree of Uncertainty
as Father
1979
Donal and Sally
as Tam
1978
Eye of the Needle
as Tom
1981
I Believe in You
as Mr. Haines
1952
Leaving
as Man in Office
1989
Samson and Delilah
as Mr. Trevorrow
1984
Trouble in the Glen
as Keegan
1954
TV Appearances
The Saint
as Fergus MacLish
1962
All Creatures Great and Small
as Ewan Ross
1978
The Play on One
as Wilf
1988
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Macdougal
1983
Cloud Howe
as Old Leslie
1982
Dick Turpin
as Dr Hector Andrews
1979
Shadows
as Mr. Campbell
1975
Tales Out of School
as The Tramp
1983
Mystery and Imagination
as Lapraik
1966
The Sunday Drama
as David
1977