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Alex McCrindle is a Actor British born on 3 august 1911 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Alex McCrindle (August 3, 1911 – April 20, 1990) was a British actor. He is best known for his role as General Jan Dodonna in Star Wars.
He was married to children's novelist Honor Arundel.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 august 1911 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 20 april 1990 (at 78 years) at Edinburgh (United-kingdom)
Birth 3 august 1911 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 20 april 1990 (at 78 years) at Edinburgh (United-kingdom)
Biography
McCrindle was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He 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 U.S. called "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 1962-1974 he went to TV acting. In 1976 he was cast as General Dodonna in the first Star Wars film. He once again went back to minor roles on TV, including the role of the eccentric veterinarian Ewan Ross on All Creatures Great and Small. He did two last films and a TV appearance: Samson and Delilah (1985), Comrades (1987), Taggart (1988).He was married to children's novelist Honor Arundel.
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Comrades (1987)
, 3h3Directed by Bill Douglas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Political films
Actors Keith Allen, William Gaminara, Phil Davis, Alex Norton, Arthur Dignam, James Fox
Roles Jailor
Rating72%
C'est l'histoire des Martyrs de Tolpuddle . Des ouvriers agricoles du Dorset exploités par les propriétaires terriens s’organisent et créent la Société amicale des ouvriers agricoles (Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers). En 1834, ils sont déportés en Australie.
Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983)
, 50minutesDirected by Martin Campbell
Actors Sam Neill, Leo McKern, Tom Bell, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson, Kenneth Cranham
Roles Captain MacDougal
Rating81%
Eye of the Needle (1981)
, 1h52Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Radio, Political films
Actors Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Bannen, Philip Martin Brown, George Belbin
Roles Tom
Rating70%
A man calling himself Henry Faber is actually a German spy nicknamed "the Needle" because of his preferred method of assassination, the stiletto. He is a coldly calculating sociopath, emotionlessly focused on the task at hand, whether the task is to signal a U-boat or to gut a witness to avoid exposure.
Star Wars (1977)
, 2h1Directed by George Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew
Roles général Dodonna
Rating82%
The galaxy is in a civil war, and spies for the Rebel Alliance have stolen plans to the Galactic Empire's Death Star, a heavily armed and armored space station capable of destroying entire planets. Rebel leader Princess Leia is in possession of the plans, but her ship is captured by Imperial forces under the command of the evil Lord Darth Vader. Before she is captured Leia hides the plans in the memory of an astromech droid called R2-D2, along with a holographic recording. The droid, accompanied by fellow protocol droid C-3PO, escape from the captured ship to the desert planet Tatooine.
, 2h5Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Sherlock Holmes films, Political films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Robert Stephens, Geneviève Page, Colin Blakely, Christopher Lee, Clive Revill, Irene Handl
Rating69%
The film is divided into two separate, unequal stories. In the shorter of the two, Holmes is approached by a famous Russian ballerina, Madame Petrova (Tamara Toumanova), who proposes that they conceive a child together, one who she hopes will inherit her physique and his intellect. Holmes manages to extricate himself by claiming that Watson is his lover, much to the doctor's embarrassment.
Trouble in the Glen (1954)
, 1h31Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker, Victor McLaglen, John McCallum, Eddie Byrne
Roles Keegan
Rating54%
After moving from South America to the Scottish Highlands, millionaire Sanin Cejador y Mengues (Welles) reassumes the title of laird of Glen Easan, which he inherited from his grandfather, Sandy Menzies. Obstinate in nature, Mengues soon finds the climate inhospitable, and the language and customs of the Highland people exasperating. While fishing on the loch with his equally stubborn, distantly related cousin Angus, who works as a fishing or hunting guide for the estate, Mengues hooks and then loses a large trout, and the confrontation escalates from Gaelic epithets and an overturned boat to Mengues firing Angus. When the locals then refuse to work for him and his cattle roam unmanaged over the glen, Mengues, advised by Oliver Dukes (Archie Duncan), his factor from Glasgow whom the villagers distrust, closes a heavily used road that leads through his property.
I Believe in You (1952)
, 1h35Directed by Basil Dearden, Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim, Godfrey Tearle, Harry Fowler, George Relph
Roles Tom Haines
Rating67%
Henry Phipps a retired Colonial Serviceman takes on the job of a probation officer, and finds it a challenge. Various characters lives are examined as Phipps and his colleagues attempt to reform (amongst others), a hardened criminal and a juvenile delinquent.