George Murcell
Age: N/A | From: Naples, Campania, Italy
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Naples, Campania, Italy
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Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Gideon's Way
(1965) Kautsky
The Champions
(1968) El Gaudillo
The Avengers
(1961) Needle
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1955) Sheriff's Guard
The Saint
(1962) Abdul Graner
The Professionals
(1977) Yashinkov
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) Inspector Vandeleur
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(1956) JaggydActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Mordachai Fingers | |
| 1991 | Pierre Bernier | |
| 1988 | Herr Gesing | |
| 1986 | N/A | |
| 1982 | Herman Goering | |
| 1981 | Silas Kemble | |
| 1977 | Yashinkov | |
| Tiny | ||
| 1975 | Owen | |
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Doctor Merrick | |
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1971 | Inspector Vandeleur | |
| Zorakin | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mizrar | ||
| 1970 | Franco | |
| 1969 | The Captain | |
| Zeppelin pilot | ||
| 1968 | Nikko | |
| El Gaudillo | ||
| Grels | ||
| Sir Esmond Bellasize | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| Russian Diplomat (uncredited) | ||
| 1966 | Johnny | |
| 1965 | Sturmfuhrer | |
| Kautsky | ||
| 1964 | Victorinus | |
| 1962 | Ayerton's Assistant | |
| Vogler | ||
| Abdul Graner | ||
| N/A | ||
| Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin | ||
| 1961 | Freddy | |
| N/A | ||
| Needle | ||
| 1960 | Diamond | |
| Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms' | ||
| Jones | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Meister | ||
| 1958 | Cpl. Simms | |
| Loudon | ||
| First Guard | ||
| 1957 | Max | |
| Tub | ||
| 1956 | Chief Officer, Newton Beach | |
| Jaggyd | ||
| 1955 | Mr. Fezziwig | |
| Sheriff's Guard | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
