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George Murcell
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George Murcell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-10-30,Naples, Campania, Italy
Gender
Male
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 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.

Filmography

6.5

Sea of Sand
1958-11-04

In Search of the Castaways

6.4

In Search of the Castaways
1962-12-01

The Cherry Orchard

8

The Cherry Orchard
1962-04-17

The Year of the Sex Olympics

5.3

The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968-07-29

The Fall of the Roman Empire

6.5

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964-03-24

The Assassination Bureau

6.4

The Assassination Bureau
1969-03-09

The Angry Silence

7.133

The Angry Silence
1960-03-10

There Was a Crooked Man

6.1

There Was a Crooked Man
1960-08-31

A Walk with Love and Death

6

A Walk with Love and Death
1969-10-05

5.2

Mafia Junction
1973-03-05

Pascali's Island

6.4

Pascali's Island
1988-07-22

Crossroads to Crime

5.5

Crossroads to Crime
1960-11-01

Don't Panic Chaps!

5.6

Don't Panic Chaps!
1959-01-01

Penelope Pulls It Off

1.3

Penelope Pulls It Off
1975-05-02

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

7

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975-06-11

A Sound from the Sea

0

A Sound from the Sea
1970-08-17

5.7

Penny Gold
1973-06-22

Blood of the Vampire

5.6

Blood of the Vampire
1958-08-25

6.5

The Horsemen
1971-08-16

The Battle of the River Plate

6.2

The Battle of the River Plate
1956-10-30

0

The Possessed
1969-05-02

The Heroes of Telemark

6.927

The Heroes of Telemark
1965-11-12

Cutthroat Island

5.8

Cutthroat Island
1995-12-22

The Naked Runner

6

The Naked Runner
1967-07-19

6

Sea Fury
1958-08-26

The Merry Christmas

0

The Merry Christmas
1955-12-21

Campbell's Kingdom

5.633

Campbell's Kingdom
1957-09-03

5

The Pursuers
1961-12-31

You Only Live Twice

6.581

You Only Live Twice
1967-06-13

6.702

Hell Drivers
1957-07-23

Inside the Third Reich

7.3

Inside the Third Reich
1982-05-09

Year of the Gun

4.9

Year of the Gun
1991-09-10

4.8

Kaleidoscope
1966-07-01

A Dandy in Aspic

6.8

A Dandy in Aspic
1968-04-02

6.8

Supercar
1961-01-28

6.8

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

7.7

The Avengers
1961-01-07

The Persuaders!

7.625

The Persuaders!
1971-09-17

7.3

Jason King
1971-09-15

7.3

The Saint
1962-10-04

6.132

The Champions
1968-09-25

6.132

The Champions
1968-09-25

The Adventures of Robin Hood

6.118

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955-09-26

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.3

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

5.5

Suspense
1962-04-30

5

Smuggler
1981-04-05

Peter the Great

8.2

Peter the Great
1986-02-02

7.3

The Saint
1962-10-04

Rogues' Gallery

10

Rogues' Gallery
1968-01-01

6.5

Manhunt
1970-01-02

6

1990
1977-09-18

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

6.5

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956-09-15

The Professionals

7.4

The Professionals
1977-12-30