George Murcell

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1925-10-30
  • event Death Date 1998-12-03
  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Naples, Campania, Italy
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6.5

Sea of Sand

1958-11-04

6.4

In Search of the Castaways

1962-12-01

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The Cherry Orchard

1962-04-17

5.3

The Year of the Sex Olympics

1968-07-29

6.5

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964-03-24

6.6

The Assassination Bureau

1969-03-09

7.1

The Angry Silence

1960-03-10

6.1

There Was a Crooked Man

1960-08-31

6.1

A Walk with Love and Death

1969-10-05

5.2

Mafia Junction

1973-03-05

6.4

Pascali's Island

1988-07-22

5.5

Crossroads to Crime

1960-11-01

5.6

Don't Panic Chaps!

1959-01-01

1.3

Penelope Pulls It Off

1975-05-02

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1975-06-11

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A Sound from the Sea

1970-08-17

5.7

Penny Gold

1973-06-22

5.7

Blood of the Vampire

1958-08-25

6.5

The Horsemen

1971-08-16

6.2

The Battle of the River Plate

1956-10-30

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The Possessed

1969-05-02

7

The Heroes of Telemark

1965-11-12

5.8

Cutthroat Island

1995-12-22

6

The Naked Runner

1967-07-19

6

Sea Fury

1958-08-26

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The Merry Christmas

1955-12-21

5.6

Campbell's Kingdom

1957-09-03

5

The Pursuers

1961-12-31

6.6

You Only Live Twice

1967-06-13

6.8

Hell Drivers

1957-07-23

7.2

Inside the Third Reich

1982-05-09

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Year of the Gun

1991-09-10

4.9

Kaleidoscope

1966-07-01

6.8

A Dandy in Aspic

1968-04-02

6.8

Supercar

1961-01-28

6.8

Gideon's Way

1965-03-18

7.8

The Avengers

1961-01-07

7.6

The Persuaders!

1971-09-17

7.3

Jason King

1971-09-15

7.3

The Saint

1962-10-04

6.1

The Champions

1968-09-25

6.1

The Champions

1968-09-25

6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955-09-26

7.3

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971-09-20

3.7

No Hiding Place

1959-09-16

5.5

Suspense

1962-04-30

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Smuggler

1981-04-05

8.2

Peter the Great

1986-02-02

7.3

The Saint

1962-10-04

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Rogues' Gallery

1968-01-01

6.5

Manhunt

1970-01-02

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1990

1977-09-18

6.5

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956-09-15

7.4

The Professionals

1977-12-30

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Presented in Supercolorisation

2022-12-12

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Presented in Supercolorisation

2022-12-12