George Murcell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-10-30 (73 years old)

Deathday

1998-12-03

Place of Birth

Naples, Campania, Italy

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 ...

Acting

1958

Sea of Sand

as Cpl. Simms

1962

In Search of the Castaways

as Ayerton's Assistant

1962

The Cherry Orchard

as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin

1969

The Assassination Bureau

as Zeppelin pilot

1960

1960

There Was a Crooked Man

as Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'

1969

1988

Pascali's Island

as Herr Gesing

1960

1959

1973

Penny Gold

as Doctor Merrick

1958

Blood of the Vampire

as First Guard

1971

The Horsemen

as Mizrar

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

as Chief Officer, Newton Beach

1969

The Possessed

as Liputin

1965

1995

Cutthroat Island

as Mordachai Fingers

1958

Sea Fury

as Loudon

1955

The Merry Christmas

as Mr. Fezziwig

1957

Campbell's Kingdom

as Max, a worker

1961

The Pursuers

as Freddy

1967

You Only Live Twice

as Russian Diplomat (uncredited)

1957

1982

Inside the Third Reich

as Herman Goering

1991

Year of the Gun

as Pierre Bernier

1966

Kaleidoscope

as Johnny

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