About
McCrindle 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 USA, 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 to 1974 he went to television acting. In 1976 he was cast as General Dodonna in the first Star Wars film. He went back to minor roles on TV, including the role of the eccentric veterinarian Ewan Ross on All Creatures Great and Small.
Known For

The Saint

Star Wars

All Creatures Great and Small

Mystery and Imagination

Reilly: Ace of Spies
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The Sunday Drama

Dick Turpin

The Play on One

Shadows

Tales Out of School

Eye of the Needle

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Sakharov

Cloud Howe

Comrades

The Man Who Saved the World

Trouble in the Glen

I Believe in You

Flying Into the Wind

Degree of Uncertainty