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George Murcell
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Cutthroat Island as Mordachai Fingers | 1995-12-22 |
Year of the Gun as Pierre Bernier | 1991-09-10 |
Pascali's Island as Herr Gesing | 1988-07-22 |
Inside the Third Reich as Herman Goering | 1982-05-09 |
Rime of the Ancient Mariner | 1975-06-11 |
Penelope Pulls It Off as Owen | 1975-05-02 |
Penny Gold as Doctor Merrick | 1973-06-22 |
Mafia Junction | 1973-03-05 |
The Horsemen as Mizrar | 1971-08-16 |
A Sound from the Sea as George | 1970-08-17 |
A Walk with Love and Death as The Captain | 1969-10-05 |
The Possessed as Liputin | 1969-05-02 |
The Assassination Bureau as Zeppelin pilot | 1969-03-09 |
The Year of the Sex Olympics as Grels | 1968-07-29 |
A Dandy in Aspic | 1968-04-02 |
The Naked Runner | 1967-07-19 |
You Only Live Twice as Russian Diplomat (uncredited) | 1967-06-13 |
Kaleidoscope as Johnny | 1966-07-01 |
The Heroes of Telemark as Sturmfuhrer | 1965-11-12 |
The Fall of the Roman Empire as Victorinus | 1964-03-24 |
In Search of the Castaways as Ayerton's Assistant | 1962-12-01 |
The Cherry Orchard as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin | 1962-04-17 |
The Pursuers as Freddy | 1961-12-31 |
Crossroads to Crime as Diamond | 1960-11-01 |
There Was a Crooked Man as Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms' | 1960-08-31 |
The Angry Silence as Jones | 1960-03-10 |
Don't Panic Chaps! as Meister | 1959-01-01 |
Sea of Sand as Cpl. Simms | 1958-11-04 |
Sea Fury as Loudon | 1958-08-26 |
Blood of the Vampire as First Guard | 1958-08-25 |
Campbell's Kingdom as Max, a worker | 1957-09-03 |
Hell Drivers as Tub | 1957-07-23 |
The Battle of the River Plate as Chief Officer, Newton Beach | 1956-10-30 |
The Merry Christmas as Mr. Fezziwig | 1955-12-21 |