Biography
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.
Filmography
all 19
Movies 16
TV Shows 3
Narrator 1
Man in Office
Leaving (1989)
Movie
Wilf
Normal Service (1988)
Movie
Gaolor
Comrades (1987)
Movie
Siberia Trainman
Sakharov (1984)
Movie
Macdougal
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
TV
4
The Tramp
Flying Into the Wind (1983)
Movie
Tom
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Movie
6.5
Father
Degree of Uncertainty (1979)
Movie
Hepworth
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures (1979)
Movie
Tam
Donal and Sally (1978)
Movie
David
You Are My Heart's Delight (1978)
Movie
Ewan Ross
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
TV
6
Hawkeye Brown
The Peregrine Hunters (1978)
Movie
General Dodonna
Star Wars (1977)
Movie
6.1
Baggageman
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Movie
1
Fergus MacLish
The Saint (1962)
TV
5
Skipper
Depth Charge (1960)
Movie
Narrator (English version)
Song of the Rivers (1954)
Movie
Mr. Haines
I Believe in You (1952)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.37
Based on 1.5 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1952
1977
1979
1979
1989
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1911-08-03
Deathday1990-04-20 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceGlasgow, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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