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George Murcell

1925-10-30 Naples, Campania, Italy

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Biografia

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.

Películas

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