George Murcell
Born
October 30, 1925
Died
December 3, 1998 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Naples, Campania, Italy
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.
Known For

Presented in Supercolorisation
Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice) · (1 episode)
2022

Presented in Supercolorisation
Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only) · (1 episode)
2022

Cutthroat Island
Mordachai Fingers
1995

Year of the Gun
Pierre Bernier
1991

Pascali's Island
Herr Gesing
1988

Peter the Great
(4 episodes)
1986

Inside the Third Reich
Herman Goering
1982

Smuggler
Silas Kemble · (13 episodes)
1981

The Professionals
Yashinkov · (1 episode)
1977

1990
Tiny · (8 episodes)
1977

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975

Penelope Pulls It Off
Owen
1975

Penny Gold
Doctor Merrick
1973

Mafia Junction
1973

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Vandeleur · (1 episode)
1971

The Persuaders!
Zorakin · (1 episode)
1971

Jason King
(1 episode)
1971

The Horsemen
Mizrar
1971
A Sound from the Sea
George
1970

Manhunt
Franco · (1 episode)
1970

A Walk with Love and Death
The Captain
1969

The Possessed
Liputin
1969

The Assassination Bureau
Zeppelin pilot
1969

The Champions
Nikko · (1 episode)
1968

The Champions
El Gaudillo · (1 episode)
1968

The Year of the Sex Olympics
Grels
1968

A Dandy in Aspic
1968
Rogues' Gallery
Sir Esmond Bellasize · (1 episode)
1968

The Naked Runner
1967

You Only Live Twice
Russian Diplomat (uncredited)
1967

Kaleidoscope
Johnny
1966

The Heroes of Telemark
Sturmfuhrer
1965

Gideon's Way
Kautsky · (1 episode)
1965

The Fall of the Roman Empire
Victorinus
1964

In Search of the Castaways
Ayerton's Assistant
1962

The Saint
Vogler · (2 episodes)
1962

The Saint
Abdul Graner · (1 episode)
1962

Suspense
(1 episode)
1962

The Cherry Orchard
Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
1962

The Pursuers
Freddy
1961

Supercar
(39 episodes)
1961

The Avengers
Needle · (2 episodes)
1961

Crossroads to Crime
Diamond
1960

There Was a Crooked Man
Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'
1960

The Angry Silence
Jones
1960

No Hiding Place
(1 episode)
1959

Don't Panic Chaps!
Meister
1959

Sea of Sand
Cpl. Simms
1958

Sea Fury
Loudon
1958

Blood of the Vampire
First Guard
1958

Campbell's Kingdom
Max, a worker
1957

Hell Drivers
Tub
1957

The Battle of the River Plate
Chief Officer, Newton Beach
1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Jaggyd · (1 episode)
1956
The Merry Christmas
Mr. Fezziwig
1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sheriff's Guard · (1 episode)
1955