Arthur George Murcell (30 October 1925 – 3 December 1998) was a British character actor.
Arthur George Murcell (30 October 1925 – 3 December 1998) was a British character actor.
Born in Italy, he made his film debut in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Murcell went on to develop a career playing snarling villains in both film and television. These could either be stupid, brutish henchmen, as in Hell Drivers and Campbell's Kingdom (both 1957), or sophisticated rogues, such as Needle in "You Have Just Been Murdered", an episode of The Avengers.
He specialised in playing foreign characters, including Germans, Russians and South Americans. A number of these roles were in ITC adventure TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Danger Man, The Baron, The Saint, The Champions (Reply Box No.666 episode, 1967) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Persuaders! and Jason King. His film roles included Sea of Sand (1958), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Kaleidoscope (1966), The Fixer (1968), A Dandy in Aspic (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Penny Gold (1973), Special Branch (1974), Inside the Third Reich (1982, as Hermann Göring), Year of the Gun (1991), and Cutthroat Island (1995).
He enjoyed a long stage career, which involved working with Tyrone Guthrie and Peter Brook, and was active in the Royal Shakespeare Company.In the 1970s, he acquired a Victorian church in North London, which he converted into an Elizabethan-style theatre in collaboration with director Adrian Brown. In 1973, he opened it as "St George's Theatre", intending that it present little-seen classical plays.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he continued to work at St George's Theatre as both an actor and a director, often with his wife, Elvi Hale.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Ice Princess
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1996
Cutthroat Island
Character:Mordachai Fingers
Release Date:22/12/1995
Year of the Gun
Character:Pierre Bernier
Release Date:10/09/1991
Pascali's Island
Character:Herr Gesing
Release Date:22/07/1988
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Character:
Release Date:11/06/1975
Penelope Pulls It Off
Character:Owen
Release Date:02/05/1975
The Prison
Character:Maître Rabut
Release Date:24/05/1974
Penny Gold
Character:Doctor Merrick
Release Date:22/06/1973
Mafia Junction
Character:
Release Date:05/03/1973
The Horsemen
Character:Mizrar
Release Date:16/08/1971
A Sound from the Sea
Character:George
Release Date:17/08/1970
A Walk with Love and Death
Character:The Captain
Release Date:05/10/1969
The Possessed
Character:Liputin
Release Date:02/05/1969
The Assassination Bureau
Character:Zeppelin pilot
Release Date:09/03/1969
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Character:Grels
Release Date:29/07/1968
A Dandy in Aspic
Character:
Release Date:02/04/1968
The Naked Runner
Character:
Release Date:19/07/1967
You Only Live Twice
Character:Russian Diplomat (uncredited)
Release Date:13/06/1967
Kaleidoscope
Character:Johnny
Release Date:01/07/1966
The Heroes of Telemark
Character:Sturmfuhrer
Release Date:12/11/1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character:Victorinus
Release Date:24/03/1964
In Search of the Castaways
Character:Ayerton's Assistant
Release Date:01/12/1962
The Cherry Orchard
Character:Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
Release Date:17/04/1962
The Pursuers
Character:Freddy
Release Date:31/12/1961
Crossroads to Crime
Character:Diamond
Release Date:01/11/1960
There Was a Crooked Man
Character:Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'
Release Date:31/08/1960
The Angry Silence
Character:Jones
Release Date:10/03/1960
Don't Panic Chaps!
Character:Meister
Release Date:01/01/1959
Sea of Sand
Character:Cpl. Simms
Release Date:04/11/1958
Sea Fury
Character:Loudon
Release Date:26/08/1958
Blood of the Vampire
Character:First Guard
Release Date:25/08/1958
Campbell's Kingdom
Character:Max, a worker
Release Date:03/09/1957
Hell Drivers
Character:Tub
Release Date:23/07/1957
The Battle of the River Plate
Character:Chief Officer, Newton Beach
Release Date:30/10/1956
The Merry Christmas
Character:Mr. Fezziwig
Release Date:21/12/1955
Television Appearances
Presented in Supercolorisation
Character:Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice)
Presented in Supercolorisation
Character:Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only)
Peter the Great
Character:
Inside the Third Reich
Character:Herman Goering
Smuggler
Character:Silas Kemble
The Professionals
Character:Yashinkov
1990
Character:Tiny
Armchair Cinema
Character:Maître Rabut
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Inspector Vandeleur
The Persuaders!
Character:Zorakin
Jason King
Character:
Manhunt
Character:Franco
The Champions
Character:Nikko
The Champions
Character:El Gaudillo
Rogues' Gallery
Character:Sir Esmond Bellasize
The Informer
Character:Willie Cluff
Gideon's Way
Character:Kautsky
Theatre 625
Character:Delamarche
Theatre 625
Character:Wensley Grafton
Theatre 625
Character:Grels
The Saint
Character:Vogler
The Saint
Character:Abdul Graner
Suspense
Character:
Supercar
Character:
The Avengers
Character:Needle
No Hiding Place
Character:
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Character:Jaggyd
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character:Sheriff's Guard
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:M. Lafarge