McCrindle began his acting career in 1937 starring in minor roles in UK Television.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Leaving
Character:Man in Office
Release Date:05/02/1989
Normal Service
Character:Wilf
Release Date:02/02/1988
Comrades
Character:Gaolor
Release Date:23/08/1987
Sakharov
Character:Siberia Trainman
Release Date:20/06/1984
Samson and Delilah
Character:Mr. Trevorrow
Release Date:01/01/1984
Flying Into the Wind
Character:The Tramp
Release Date:26/06/1983
The Man Who Saved the World
Character:Jan Dodonna (archive footage)
Release Date:04/11/1982
Eye of the Needle
Character:Tom
Release Date:24/07/1981
Degree of Uncertainty
Character:Father
Release Date:06/03/1979
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Character:Hepworth
Release Date:01/01/1979
Donal and Sally
Character:Tam
Release Date:14/11/1978
You Are My Heart's Delight
Character:David
Release Date:27/08/1978
The Peregrine Hunters
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1978
Star Wars
Character:General Dodonna
Release Date:25/05/1977
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Baggageman
Release Date:29/10/1970
Depth Charge
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1960
Trouble in the Glen
Character:Keegan
Release Date:15/06/1954
I Believe in You
Character:Mr. Haines
Release Date:05/03/1952
The Ghost Train
Character:Jackson
Release Date:20/12/1937
Television Appearances
The Play on One
Character:Wilf
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Character:Macdougal
Tales Out of School
Character:The Tramp
Cloud Howe
Character:Old Leslie
Dick Turpin
Character:Dr Hector Andrews
All Creatures Great and Small
Character:Ewan Ross
Shadows
Character:Mr. Campbell
Mystery and Imagination
Character:Lapraik
The Saint
Character:Fergus MacLish
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